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Porn publisher Flynt shows milder side promoting book, film
c. 1997 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ Of all the events occurring in Cleveland on an ordinary winter day, this, surely, is the oddest: Larry Flynt taping an appearance on"The Morning Exchange"and chatting politely with host Fred Griffith.
Never mind that Flynt's Elvis-like ent...
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NEWS FEATURE: Christian trucker put gospel message on the road
c. 1997 Religion News Service
ATMORE, Ala. _ When employees at Robby Jaye's trucking and excavating business get to work in the mornings they assemble in the front office and turn off the telephones. But they're not mapping out a strategy or planning to increase business.
They're...
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COMMENTARY: Seeing _ and hearing _ the right way to play the `race card’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. _ Mineral Springs Baptist Church sits on a slight rise. Its red-brick, soaring c...
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Jesus on film: a partial chronology
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Following is a partial list of some of the more important or popular films about the life and times of Jesus.
"Intolerance"(1916), with Howard Gaye as Jesus; directed by D.W. Griffith. Landmark epic that interweaves four stories _ including...
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COMMENTARY: Whatever happened to conscience?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.)
UNDATED _ Whatever happened to conscience?
We learned to numb it.
And what happens to people who...
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COMMENTARY: Living in a predatory society
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.)
UNDATED _ We watch the royals, yet we rarely identify with them. But the death of Princess Diana spe...
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COMMENTARY: Jimmy Stewart embodied what’s best about America
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He is now a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
UNDATED _ Perhaps President Clinton summed it up best when reflecting on the death of actor...
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COMMENTARY: The kings live! Biblical David meets Elvis Presley
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the National Interreligious Affairs Director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Question: What do the biblical David and Elvis Presley have in common? Answer: the title"King"and a great deal more.
Both men infuriated many w...
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COMMENTARY: Beware the"biblical sanitation squad”
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ One of my favorite films, Robert Altman's"Nashville,"was recently shown on VH-1, a cable TV outlet. While I've grown accustomed to the many comme...
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COMMENTARY: Disturbing morality tale raises troubling ethical questions
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Woody Allen's 1989 film"Crimes and Misdemeanors"was on cable TV recently. Despite its comedic aspects, the movie is one of the most dist...
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