BOB ABERNETHY: Are you a mainline Protestant? An Evangelical Protestant? What are you? DR. FRANCIS COLLINS: I guess I’d call myself a serious Christian. That is someone who believes in the reality of Christ’s death and resurrection, and who … More →

June 16, 2000

In Rwanda, tribal violence and genocide broke out on an almost unimaginable scale. Eight hundred thousand people were killed in little more than three months. Now, as the country recovers, churches are experiencing dramatic growth in the Hutu and Tutsi efforts to find reconciliation. More →

June 9, 2000

R & E profiles the Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor: an Episcopal priest once honored as one of the greatest preachers in the world, now primarily a writer and teacher. More →

May 12, 2000

Hundreds of thousands of people in Washington and more than 60 other cities prepared for Sunday’s Million Mom March, a Mother’s Day attempt to convince Congress to pass tougher gun control laws. Every major faith group — Christian, Jewish, Muslim — has endorsed the march, but the gun issue still divides many believers. More →

May 12, 2000

BOB ABERNETHY: Now, Belief & Practice. This Sunday is Pascha or Easter for the world’s more than 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians. They observe the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar followed by most westerners. For the Orthodox, Holy … More →

April 28, 2000

jesus, holy week, easter, the passion of the christ, resurrection More →

April 21, 2000

These rabbis, cantors, and Jewish leaders from the Washington, DC area are learning how to make synagogue worship more spiritually rewarding. More →

April 14, 2000

  KIM LAWTON, anchor: This week, we look at an ancient religious practice: Stopping at certain fixed hours during the day to praise God with prayer and special readings. Phyllis Tickle, of PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY magazine, has been praying this way … More →

March 31, 2000

Imagine the sadness of dying alone. To that dismal prospect, add the thought of dying alone in prison. Not long ago, one of the toughest prisons in the country created a hospice program to ensure that that doesn’t happen to its inmates. More →

March 17, 2000

Homosexuality is one of the most contentious issues facing Christian denominations, A year ago, Methodist ministers blessed a holy union ceremony in which two women exchanged marriage vows. Yet the controversy isn’t going away, and conservatives are urging an end to what they call blatant disobedience among clergy. More →

February 18, 2000