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The Haitian judge presiding over the fate of the 10 American missionaries charged with kidnapping said they should be released, perhaps as early as today.
Investigators say two church fires in rural east Texas were arson, bringing the total of church burnings, which officials deduce t...
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Online archive opens the Reformers’ works
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) Some surprises started unfolding when a team of Calvin Theological Seminary professors and graduate students recently launched the Post-Reformation Digital Library.
Chief eye-openers included successfully tracking down rare Reformed theologians' manuscripts o...
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Evangelicals stake Lewis’ claim on liberal Mass. turf
(RNS) At the point where Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts come together, and about a mile from a forest called Satans Kingdom, Northfield, Mass., isn't exactly what you'd call a hotbed of either conservatives or evangelicals.
Yet when a new evangelical college opens there in 2...
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Christian colleges get into the swing
(RNS) Classes are done for the day. Meetings and work are winding down, and Facebook can provide a study break for only so long. So what's a restless Christian college student to do?
For undergrads at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., a walk down to the campus theater provides one s...
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10 Minutes with ... Karen Armstrong
(RNS) Acclaimed British writer Karen Armstrong has been described as one of the most provocative and original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world.
Her first book, "Through the Narrow Gate," chronicled her seven years as a nun in a Roman Catholic religious order, which...
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`Milk’ filmmaker turns down invitation from Christian college
HOLLAND, Mich. (RNS) The Oscar-winning writer behind "Milk" turned down an invitation to talk shop with students at a Christian college here, after administrators had earlier barred him from talking about gay rights.
Dustin Lance Black, who won an Academy Award for his original screen...
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Smithsonian to open evolution hall, launch dialogue with faith
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural history will open a new permanent exhibit on to the "discovery and understanding of human origins" next March and convene a panel of experts to bridge the gap between religion and science.
With input from more than 50 scie...
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COMMENTARY: Bruised by booze
NEW YORK (RNS) At 10:30 p.m., after a drive upstate to look at colleges, I returned a borrowed car to Greenwich Village, threaded my way through reeling and raucous revelers, and boarded the subway for home.
A couple got on around 14th Street. She had dressed nicely for an evening out...
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