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Salem witch trials get a second look
SALEM, Mass. (RNS) For centuries, scholars have wondered how a farming village in 1692 could have become so hysterically anxious that magistrates would order 20 executions for crimes of witchcraft.
Now a new documentary film about the infamous Salem Witch Trials is stirring fresh deba...
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Friday Godbytes
Some stories you might have missed over the past couple of weeks:
A Tibetan nun died today after self-immolating in the Sichuan province of China, reports AFP.
A group of Christians in Tennessee are trying to start a new movement: Occupy the Altar. No word yet on whether or not you ca...
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Thursday Godbytes
Guess what? The New York Times says cool people go to church! I knew I was cool, right guys? Maybe we can hang out after church and go to the movies or play Dungeons and Dragons or someth-hey, where's everybody going?
Speaking of cool churchiness, CNN notes that some folks just ditch...
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Sheen, Estevez find ‘The Way’ to make a non-preachy religious film
WASHINGTON (RNS) How does a modern filmmaker with qualms about religion make a movie about the power of an ancient Christian pilgrimage?
That's the dilemma that actor/director Emilio Estevez faced when making `The Way,' a new film that opens Friday (Oct. 7) starring his own father, ac...
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How George Harrison changed the way we believe
(RNS) As the lead guitarist of the world's biggest rock band and a prolific song writer, the Beatles' George Harrison has secured his place in pop culture history. But his greatest legacy may be the way his decades-long spiritual quest shaped the ways the West looks at God, gurus and...
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Monday Godbytes
The Washington Post has a photo series covering the Blessing of the Animals, an annual event that occured this pst weekend. This is religion at its adorable-est, folks.
Tom Beaudoin over at the Catholic-centered America Magazine blog offers a faith-based report on the Occupy Wall Stre...
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New Orleans pastor on restaurant quest can’t live by bread alone
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Minister Ray Cannata's mission is almost complete.
Four years ago he set out to eat at every restaurant in New Orleans. By mid-September, he'd already checked 719 eateries off his list and only had 10 meals to go before the ceremonial conclusion of his quest on Oct....
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Don’t tell Beyonce
That sound you hear if Beyonce, losing her breakfast.
Jon Skelley, the music minister at Geyer Springs First Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., probably thought this was a good idea. But that line between inspiration and execution is a very thin one.
H/t: Clayton McClesk...
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Should Mel Gibson really be making a movie about Jews?
(RNS) After combating claims of anti-Semitism for years, actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson is slated to bring the story of Judah Maccabee, the Jewish military hero whose decisive victory was the inspiration for Hanukkah, to the big screen.
News that Gibson is producing the film has drawn...
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Army agrees to host concert for atheists on N.C. base
(RNS) A group of military atheists have won the backing of U.S. Army officials to hold a "Rock Beyond Belief" concert for nonbelievers at North Carolina's Fort Bragg next year.
The victory came after several church-state separation watchdog groups complained last month to the Secretar...
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