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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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So apparently the music director at an Alabama church had to be let go. Sad, yes? Equally sad is the way he reportedly handled it: by pulling out a Taser and starting a massive brawl that put several people (including his momma) in the hospital.
"'The deacons and myself said we were...
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Study of secularism sees boost on college campuses
(RNS) Almost every major college and university offers a degree in religious studies. But secularism? Nary a one -- until now.
Starting this fall, Pitzer College, a small liberal arts school in Southern California, will offer a bachelor's degree in secular studies. The degree is the f...
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Colleges sign up for Obama’s interfaith program
WASHINGTON (RNS) More than 250 colleges, universities and seminaries have submitted plans to the White House for yearlong interfaith service projects in response to a campaign launched by the Obama administration.
Joshua DuBois, director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Ne...
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Parochial schools not immune to bullies
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) Middle school is no picnic for a lot of students, but for Alec McGuire, it was intolerable.
He transferred from one Catholic school to another in eighth grade to get away from another student whom he said harassed and ridiculed him. Whether making fun of his...
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Catholic University ends mixed-gender housing
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Catholic University of America will phase out co-ed dormitories later this year, President John H. Garvey said Monday (June 13), in a bid to crack down on drinking and casual sex.
Garvey, writing in The Wall Street Journal, said the Washington school would instead...
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