Faith
NEWS STORY: Episcopal Church approves historic agreement with Lutherans
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ The Episcopal Church Friday (July 18) approved its end of an historic intercommunion agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) that will create pastor exchanges, common parishes and joint ministries.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: New bishop, new direction for the Episcopal Church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ The Episcopal Church _ known in recent decades for its emphasis on social activism _ appears to have embarked on a new, middle-of-the road course focused on evangelism and healing internal divisions.
The shift in emphasis was evident he...
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NEWS STORY: Lutherans give approval to infants receiving Communion
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ Baptized Lutheran infants cradled in a parent's arms will be allowed to receive Holy Communion at Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregations, delegates to the denomination's top policy-making body said Wednesday (Aug. 20).
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NEWS STORY: Episcopal Church moves to clarify faith
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ An expected change in Episcopal Church law may for the first time in its 208-year-old history give church members a legally binding doctrine of faith.
Currently the church operates under a common understanding that its doctrine is found...
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NEWS FEATURE: Closing of New Jersey Catholic school mirrors national trend
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEWARK, N.J. _ The quiet high-ceilinged classrooms of Our Lady of the Valley Elementary School in Orange, N.J., filled with studious girls in plaid skirts and boys in maroon sweaters, contrast sharply with the surrounding neighborhood, where rows of hou...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: A conversation with Presiding Bishop Browning of the Episcopal Church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ When the Episcopal Church meets in General Convention in Philadelphia July 16-25, Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning will round out his 12-year term as head of the 2.5 million-member church. In a conversation with RNS correspondent Ed Briggs...
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NEWS FEATURE: Presiding Bishop Browning recalls 12 tumultuous years
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ When Bishop Edmond L. Browning of Hawaii was elected in 1985 to head the Episcopal Church for a dozen years, he found a denomination that would test his ability to keep intact a house rooted in tradition but embracing the realities of modern...
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NEWS STORY: Religion at heart of Allen Ginsberg’s life, poetry
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ When Allen Ginsberg chanted"Hare Krishna"during a classic"Firing Line"TV episode, host William F. Buckley simply sat back and looked amused. When Ginsberg chanted monotonous Buddhist prayers during his popular poetry readings across the count...
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NEWS FEATURE: Wiesenthal book prompts exploration of forgiveness
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ In the television studio of the city's most prestigious public high school, 14 high school seniors recently wrestled with an overpowering moral dilemma.
In the minds of the students gathered at Stuyvesant High School, it's the twilight of W...
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NEWS STORY: Orthodox Jews celebrate end of Talmud study cycle
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ At the rate of one double-sided page per day, it takes 2,711 consecutive days _ nearly seven and a half years _ to complete a study of the Talmud, the authoritative body of traditional Jewish law and other rabbinic writings.
To complete the...
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