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Church seeks line between interfaith and intolerance
DES PERES, Mo. (RNS) In a time when disdain for other faiths is commonplace, even blessed in some religious circles, how does a Bible study instructor contrast the teachings and doctrines of another tradition and his own without seeming intolerant? Tim Townsend reports.
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On eve of Darwin’s birthday, states take steps to limit evolution
(RNS) On the eve of the 203rd anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday, six bills in four states would hinder the teaching of evolution in public schools, and another two are poised to do the same without naming evolution outright. By Kimberly Winston.
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Pennsylvania Catholic bishop criticized for Hitler comment
HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) "In totalitarian governments, they would love our system," Bishop Joseph McFadden said. "This is what Hitler and Mussolini and all those tried to establish: a monolith so all the children would be educated in one set of beliefs and one way of doing things." By Diana Fishlock.
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After angering Catholics, White House honors teachers
WASHINGTON (RNS) Days after angering Catholics with a new rule that forces religious groups to offer contraceptive coverage, the White House on Wednesday tried to repair relations by honoring nine Catholic educators. By Lauren Markoe.
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Photographer captures Muslims’ self-portraits
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Artist Todd Drake has aimed his camera lens at truck drivers, Alzheimer's patients and employees of an exotic nightclub. But he's trying to build interfaith bridges by asking Muslims to turn the lens on themselves.
Drake's traveling exhibit, "Muslim Self Port...
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Film explores shifting debate over evolution
(RNS) A new documentary examines the evolving battle over teaching evolution in American classrooms as tactics have shifted from a hard-nosed debate to a more subtle fight in the name of "academic freedom."
The film, "No Dinosaurs in Heaven," follows Eugenie Scott, executive director...
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Wednesday Godbytes
The Washington Post grabbed one of Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's old professors to talk about what a "Mormon Approach" to the economy could do for America.
Anne Marie Roderick of God's Politics Blog talks about "Yoga Sabbath," or "Shabat Shal-OM! (get it? eh? eh? See...
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Can young Jews become more Jewish without much Judaism?
(RNS) Samantha Perilstein is a bubbly hospitality major at the University of Delaware and deeply connected to Jewish life on campus. Which is a change from where she started.
To Rabbi Jeremy Winaker, that made Perilstein a perfect candidate for an ambitious national experiment to brin...
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Study probes why college students leave church
PASADENA, Calif. (RNS) Millions of college freshmen are overwhelmed right now trying to make new friends, adjusting to more rigorous school work and learning to live away from home. Whether they also find time for church during their first two weeks on campus will set the mold for the...
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Muslim teens push back against 9/11 bullying
(RNS) At first, Sarah O'Neal thought the older boy's comment was directed at the towel she was carrying to water polo practice.
"What are you looking at towel-head?" he said.
And that's when it sunk in.
A freshman at Wilcox High School in Santa Clara, Calif., at the time, O...
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