Ethics
COMMENTARY: Christmas amid our economic anxieties
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ A"macro"view of the American economy requires a loftier perch than most of us can obtain. But at ground zero, our mutual economic adventure looks like this:
On the Friday after Thanksgiving, the parking lot at Target started to fill at 7:30...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
Psychological study examines well-being after abortions
(RNS) A psychological study has found that the well-being of women who have abortions is dependent most on what their emotional state was before they became pregnant rather than religion or race....
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FEATURE STORY: Oregon Catholic Church takes new tack in fight against suicide law
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PORTLAND, Ore. _ The Roman Catholic Church led the fight against doctor-assisted suicide in 1994 _ and learned a tough political lesson.
Priests preached from the pulpit, Catholic leaders sent impassioned letters to members, and Catholic groups gave h...
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NEWS FEATURE:“The Fonz,“propelled by Jewish faith, campaigns for children
c. 1997 Religion News Service
ATLANTA _ Henry Winkler is best known for his role as"the Fonz,"the 50s-style anti-hero and gentle delinquent on the 1970s hit sitcom"Happy Days." Today, Winkler is a different kind of hero. At 51, the successful actor, producer and director has shed t...
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NEWS STORY: Cardinal offers"unconditional"aid to women with unwanted pregnancies
c. 1997 Religion News Service
LONDON _ Roman Catholic Cardinal Thomas Winning, the archbishop of Glasgow,has promised any woman _ anywhere _ facing an unwanted pregnancy unconditional practical and financial aid if she refuses to have an abortion."Today, I issue an open invitation t...
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NEWS FEATURE: Sharing the word through `God’s cookie business’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ In a way, you could say Bill Heiland has shared his faith with millions around the world during the past decade. But he's neither an evangelist nor a pastor _ he runs what he calls"God's cookie business." Heiland is the founder of Evangelisti...
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COMMENTARY: The perspective from jail on the Nativity
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 _ The security vestibule at Forsyth County Jail in Winston-Salem, N.C., is like an air lock....
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COMMENTARY: Supreme Court’s euthanasia ruling is good news
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ It was good news indeed that the Supreme Court decided to tackle the complex and emotional issue of physician-assisted suicides. And it is even b...
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COMMENTARY: Religious communities must prepare for complex bioethical debates
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee).
UNDATED _ Two recent court decisions dealing with the complex and emotional subject of physician-assisted suicide have raised profound issues for America's...
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COMMENTARY: People still don’t get it about cults
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Let me say it loud and clear to people who still don't get it about cults that carry out murder and suicide: I told you so!
For more t...
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