Culture
NEWS FEATURE: AIDS’ youngest victims alter attitudes about disease
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Lana Aumer used to think AIDS was a gay man's disease.
Then she met 3-year-old Shanita."It never occurred to me that it'd be a child,"said Aumer, a Roman Catholic who volunteers for the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) in Charlotte, N...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: RNS-CHAVIS-BELIEFS: What the Nation of Islam believes
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Key beliefs of the Nation of Islam include:
_ W. Fard Muhammad, the mysterious founder of the sect, whose origins remain unclear and who disappeared in 1934, was God incarnate, and that Elijah Muhammad, his successor, was God's messenger, or...
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Key Mormon beliefs
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Key beliefs and doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church, include:
_ The church"is Christian but is neither Catholic nor Protestant,"according to a statement issued by the Latter-day Saint...
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NEWS FEATURE: In music, it’s going to be a Celtic Christmas
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ It's going to be a Celtic Christmas.
Celtic music and culture are enjoying a revival thanks to the worldwide success of the"Riverdance"and"Lord of the Dance"revues, the films"Braveheart"and"Michael Collins,"best-selling books such as"Angela'...
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EARTH DAY FEATURE: Rain forest shamans call for"earth-honoring"to save environment
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ In 1968, John Perkins lay dying of an intestinal infection in the remote depths of a rain forest in Ecuador. A Peace Corps volunteer, he had lost 35 pounds and was days away from the nearest hospital.
But through the intervention of an elder...
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NEWS STORY: Scholars want biology teachers to change evolution statement
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Huston Smith, one of the nation's pre-eminent religion scholars, says he is"appalled"by belief in"big `C' creationism,"his term for literal acceptance of the Bible's account of creation.
But he also thinks the National Association of Biology...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: Excerpt from the lyrics of the song"Not Natural”
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Here are excerpts from the song"Not Natural,"on the compact disc"Bold"by Angie and Debbie Winans:
"I was chilling on my couch one night
Looking at my screen TV
There were people celebrating and congratulating
The new addition to the ga...
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COMMENTARY: The grief of fathers: painfully fresh throughout generations
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee).
UNDATED _ When I think of entertainer Bill Cosby and media executive Gerald Levin, two prominent and powerful men whose sons were recently murdered, the an...
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COMMENTARY: Clones: an expression of God’s wonderous creation
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ The successful cloning of a lamb in Scotland has produced cries of alarm from many religious and political leaders who fear a cloned human may so...
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NEWS FEATURE: Jars of Clay: `Humanity is a frail thing’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Jars of Clay aren't exactly an overnight sensation, but the band's four Gen-X members come close: Their 1995 self-titled debut has sold 1.5 million copies, the best-selling debut in Christian music history."It's always been one surprise after...
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