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COMMENTARY: Disturbing morality tale raises troubling ethical questions
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Woody Allen's 1989 film"Crimes and Misdemeanors"was on cable TV recently. Despite its comedic aspects, the movie is one of the most dist...
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COMMENTARY: Special Seders highlight Passover’s universal appeal
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Passover, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Freedom, begins at sundown April 21, and each year I receive invitations to attend some uniqu...
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EASTER FEATURE: America’s impressions of Jesus come from film rather than Bible
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ It's spring again: gentle rains, yellow tulips, Easter.
As soon as the grass begins to green, TV and cable networks nationwide roll away the stones that seal their movie archives to rerun an array of films that depict the life, death and res...
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NEWS FEATURE: Minister sees gospel story in signs of the zodiac
c. 1997 Religion News Service
MOBILE, Ala. _ When the Rev. Chris Patrick looks at the stars, he sees something different than most people: He sees God's plan for salvation.
In fact, the pastor of Life Church Outreach Center in Chickasaw, Ala., believes the zodiac _ the 12 cluster...
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NEWS FEATURE: Sheila Kennedy: Marriage is a `sacred bond’ church can’t annul
c. 1997 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ Sheila Rauch Kennedy is sturdy and deliberate about the importance of telling the truth.
It was why she filed for divorce in 1991. Living a charade, she says, became too hurtful for everyone. And it was why she fought the Roman Catholic Ch...
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NEWS FEATURE: Did Dylan, the pope sell out in their joint appearance?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Which is odder: Pope John Paul II's choice of a middle-aged Jewish folkie to inspire Catholic youth? Or a counter-cultural icon's decision to play for a culturally conservative cleric like the pope?
Music critic Tim Riley, author of"Hard Rai...
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NEWS FEATURE: Love thy neighbor _ and hope he takes a ten count
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ Catholic boxer Tommy Rodriguez prays to God to protect him and his opponent before a fight. Still, the boyish, 132-pound former Golden Gloves champion says he can get ``really motivated'' when the crowd yells for him to ``take a guy out.'' Du...
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NEWS STORY: Theologians, scientists meet to discuss ethics of cloning
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ About 200 scientists, ethicists and theologians gathered here Wednesday (June 25) to hear a panel discussion on the ethical implications surrounding recent developments in cloning.
In an afternoon session of the one-day forum at the Ameri...
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NEWS FEATURE: Methodist minister takes on the gambling industry
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ When the National Gambling Impact Study Commission holds its first meeting June 20, the Rev. Tom Grey will be there, ready to fight the apostles of the gospel of gambling and the prophets of the get-rich-quick profits of gaming.
Grey, a U...
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NEWS STORY: Senate passes bill to outlaw late-term abortion procedure
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ The Senate, as expected, Tuesday (May 20) passed a bill banning a controversial late-term abortion procedure, but fell shy of achieving a margin of victory large enough to override an expected presidential veto.
The Senate vote on the Par...
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