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COMMENTARY: Nirvana is here, right now
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Les Kaye is abbot of the Kannon-do Zen Center in Mountain View, Calif.)
(RNS)-A student once asked Zen master Shunryu Suzuki,"What is Nirvana?"He replied,"Seeing one thing through to the end." Suzuki-roshi, as he was known, (roshi means teacher) cam...
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Graham takes a cue from MTV
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Evangelist Billy Graham hopes to reach his largest audience ever with a one-hour program aimed at viewers who would not normally watch religious programming."The Billy Graham World Television Series"features a message from Graham intercut with fas...
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NEWS STORY: Advocacy group says Christian Right censored arts
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-Conservative religious or political groups instigated dozens of incidents last year in which paintings, movies, plays and other artistic displays were altered or kept from public view, according to People For the American Way, a liberal...
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TOP STORY: MEDICINE AND ETHICS: Physicians’ classic anatomy work used victims of Nazi murders
c. 1996 The Jerusalem Report
(RNS)-One day in April 1993, Dr. Howard Israel, an oral surgeon at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, prepared for an operation by doing what he always did beforehand: Reviewing the terrain in his trusted copy of"Pernkopf's Topographi...
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COMMENTARY: A V chip? How about an E chip—for `Embarrassing?’
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of"Turn Toward the Wind"and the publisher of Religion News Service.)
(RNS)-With the rating system for television programs gaining momentum, even the Europeans are getting into the act.
According to Variety, the Euro...
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NEWS FEATURE: Former `Sanford and Son’ star trades studio for pulpit
c. 1996 Religion News Service
MOBILE, Ala. _ When former television star Demond Wilson stands behind the pulpit, as he did recently at a small church here, he preaches the Gospel like any other fiery, charismatic evangelist.
``I love the Word,'' he shouted. ``If you got your sword...
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TOP STORY: RELIGION AND CULTURE: Baltimore museum is a window on the soul of `visionary art’
c. 1996 Religion News Service
BALTIMORE (RNS)-Gerald Hawkes is an artist whose internal dialogue prompts him to paste together thousands-sometimes millions-of painted wooden matchsticks, producing creations he said reflect a struggle between God and Satan to speak through him.
Eac...
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Gospel, New Age Grammy nominees announced
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-More than two dozen gospel and New Age artists were among the Grammy award nominees announced Thursday by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
The winners in 88 categories of music will be announced Feb. 28 at a ceremony in Los A...
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COMMENTARY: God’s unfathomable ways prompt a cosmic `why?’
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the National Interreligious Affairs Director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(UNDATED) Recent news reports of the bizarre and untimely deaths of Nobel Prize-winning economist William Vickrey and wildlife photographer Michio Hoshino...
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Presents of mind and spirit: Books and music for the holidays
c. 1996 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Everyone know's it's better to give than to receive. And better still, during the holiday season is to give something of value, something with meaning, a gift that will last long after the celebrations have concluded.
So here's a sample of t...
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