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How the Antichrist reflects an era’s anxieties
(RNS) Every age needs an Antichrist.
Protestant Reformers picked the papacy as their embodiment of evil. American colonists chose King George III and some Cold War Christians suspected the Soviet Union was satanically led.
Now, amid threats of Islamic terrorism, a nuclear-...
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COMMENTARY: The key to entrepreneurial success
Some enterprises, like tech start-ups, are all dream and no structure.
A founder's dream of making a world-changing product compels other pioneers to work long, self-sacrificial days. In what resembles religious fervor, they are like monks in constant prayer, hunched over computer...
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Children conceived through rape open new front in abortion culture wars
WASHINGTON (RNS) Standing before the throngs at the March for Life on Jan. 25, Ryan Bomberger admitted that he was the poster child for one of the most difficult aspects of the abortion debate: his mother had been raped.
“I’m the fringe case that even pro-lifers have a hard time e...
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Ravens or Niners? Christians face a ‘Super’ dilemma
(RNS) Who should Christians root for in Sunday’s Super Bowl: the San Francisco 49ers or the Baltimore Ravens?
It may be a silly question to some, though not to millions of American believers who invest a lot of faith and hope in their sports teams, and see it repaid many times ove...
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Renowned journalist throws the book at Scientology
(RNS) After winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for his expose of al-Qaida, journalist Lawrence Wright turned his eye toward another secretive and controversial religious movement.
The Church of Scientology boasts a glittering roster of celebrity adherents and landmark real estate....
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Modeling agency helps demure Muslims keep it ‘Underwraps’
(RNS) Ever since she was a little girl, Savannah Uqdah longed to pose for pictures and strut down a runway with flashbulbs bursting. But as an observant Muslim who didn't want to violate Islam’s tenets on modesty, the aspiring model assumed that designers wouldn't hire someone who w...
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Drew Barrymore considers converting to Judaism
(RNS) Drew Barrymore is telling the world that she and her Jewish husband plan to raise baby daughter Olive as Jewish, and the former child star may not be far behind.
Barrymore said so on "The View" on Friday (Jan. 25), but various celebrity outlets, such as E! Online and Us Week...
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At halftime, a religious alternative to Beyonce
(RNS) Super Bowl halftime shows often burn more vivid images into the American conscience than the most-watched football game of the year, and can claim millions more viewers.
They can also ignite controversy, as Janet Jackson did with her halftime "wardrobe malfunction" in 2004....
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COMMENTARY: Deep in the heart of Texas mythology
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) After a walk around the Texas Statehouse, it became clear they tell a different history here.
Inside the Capitol is a large painting of a onetime Tennessee congressman named David Crockett, who failed in a re-election bid and stormed out west to join the revolu...
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Tibetans mourn as self-immolations near 100
BORA MONASTERY, China (RNS) Six Tibetan pilgrims prostrated themselves face down on the road, then rose, took three paces forward and repeated the dusty act of devotion around the 250-year-old monastery here.
It is a ritual that Tibetans have practiced for centuries. Despite wars...
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