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NEWS FEATURE: The devil’s back in Hollywood
c. 1997 Religion News Service
LOS ANGELES _ The devil is back in Hollywood.
After a brief hiatus, Satan has re-emerged on the screen to embody evil and claim human souls.
With this month's release of"The Devil's Advocate,"Satan returns in the guise of John Milton (Al Pacino), a...
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NEWS FEATURE: California prof plans to retrace the journey of the Magi
c. 1997 Religion News Service
JERUSALEM _ He has hiked the Rocky Mountains and has guided inner-city youths in Outward Bound-style adventures. But for decades, Robin Wainwright's big dream has been to make a camel trek through the desert steppes of Iraq and Jordan _ guided by the st...
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NEWS FEATURE: Eds: Repeating for all who need, with new information after the 12th par
c. 1997 Religion News Service
JERUSALEM _ He has hiked the Rocky Mountains and has guided inner-city youths in Outward Bound-style adventures. But for decades, Robin Wainwright's big dream has been to make a camel trek through the desert steppes of Iraq and Jordan _ guided by the st...
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NEWS STORY: Books on Jehovah’s Witnesses mutilated at seminary libraries
c. 1997 Religion News Service
INDIANAPOLIS _ At least three seminaries in Indiana have been hit by a wave of mutilations of books dealing with the Jehovah's Witnesses, according to librarians at the schools.
Officials at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, at Anderson...
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NEWS FEATURE: Nativity display is a sight to behold
c. 1997 Religion News Service
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Otto Freudenberger may have spent a career as an aeronautical engineer, but he never questioned his wife's design specifications when it came to helping her with her biggest art project, ``Come to the Manger.''
``I just cut exactly...
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NEWS FEATURE: Plethora of sci-fi films explore creation, human nature
c. 1997 Religion News Service
HOLLYWOOD _ As planet Earth hurtles toward the year 2000, Hollywood has turned, once again, to outer space to explore the mysteries of creation and the meaning of life."I think there's more of an interest in science fiction as we approach the millennium...
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NEWS FEATURE: Plethora of sci-fi films explore creation, human nature
c. 1997 Religion News Service
HOLLYWOOD _ As planet Earth hurtles toward the year 2000, Hollywood has turned, once again, to outer space to explore the mysteries of creation and the meaning of life."I think there's more of an interest in science fiction as we approach the millennium...
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NEWS FEATURE: Another kind of Christian school alternative
c. 1997 Religion News Service
HARRISBURG, Pa. _ No controversial library books. No skirmishes over teaching evolution vs. creationism. No chance that birth control methods might be explained in health class. No debates over prayer's place in the school day.
These arguments for for...
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Porn publisher Flynt shows milder side promoting book, film
c. 1997 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ Of all the events occurring in Cleveland on an ordinary winter day, this, surely, is the oddest: Larry Flynt taping an appearance on"The Morning Exchange"and chatting politely with host Fred Griffith.
Never mind that Flynt's Elvis-like ent...
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NEWS FEATURE: Artwork’s witness: You can burn buildings, but not the church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
BALTIMORE _ When the news of the spate of church burnings entered the national consciousness last year, there were many responses: churches raised money, corporations gave building materials and people young and old volunteered to aid rebuilding efforts...
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