Faith
NEWS FEATURE: `We’re all varieties, but we’re still ice cream’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ A few weeks ago, Lee Cropp reluctantly agreed to attend a meeting at Northminster Presbyterian Church to hear a proposal to invigorate the dwindling north Huntsville congregation to which he belongs."When I went to that first meeting...
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NEWS STORY: WCC official has hands full leading ecumenical group
c. 1997 Religion News Service
GENEVA _ The Rev. Konrad Raiser says he has enough trouble steering his unwieldy ecumenical ship through the choppy seas of Christian doctrine toward the distant port of unity without having to worry about how the churches will unite on such question as...
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NEWS STORY: Russian Orthodox threaten to pull out of WCC
c. 1997 Religion News Service
GENEVA _ Russian Orthodox Church leaders said Tuesday (Sept. 16) that Patriarch Alexii, angered about the direction of the World Council of Churches, is likely to sever ties with the ecumenical group before the WCC's eighth general assembly in Zimbabwe...
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NEWS FEATURE: Chaplains’ school: teaching soldiers to assist the sermonizing
c. 1997 Religion News Service
COLUMBIA, S.C. _ In a few brief hours under the pines of a training field at the Army's Fort Jackson, Pfc. Matt Slyder learned some of the most violent _ and some of the most pacific _ aspects of military life.
With dabs of green, black and brown pain...
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NEWS PROFILE: Process theologian John Cobb: making retirement its own process
c. 1997 Religion News Service
CLAREMONT, Calif. _ John B. Cobb Jr. _ the world's leading apologist of process theology and arguably one of the most influential American theologians of the second half of the century _ retired from teaching seven years ago.
But typical of Cobb, he's...
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NEWS STORY: Archbishop Francis George installed as head of the archdiocese of Chicago
c. 1997 Religion News Service
CHICAGO _ With a wreath of incense, prayer and song, Chicago Roman Catholics welcomed Archbishop Francis George as he was installed as their new archbishop Wednesday (May 7) in an elaborate ceremony drawing on the church's ancient traditions to celebrat...
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NEWS STORY: Portland Archbishop named Bernardin’s successor in Chicago
c. 1997 Religion News Service
CHICAGO _ The Vatican, acting nearly five months after the death of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Tuesday (April 8) named Archbishop Francis George of Portland, Ore., as the new head of the powerful and important archdiocese of Chicago.
Francis, 60, a me...
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NEWS STORY: Archbishop of Canterbury backs mandatory union recognition
c. 1997 Religion News Service
BRIGHTON, England _ Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, in an unprecedented appearance before trade unionists, won a standing ovation from labor leaders Tuesday (Sept. 9) announcing his support for a law that would make companies recognize unions."I...
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NEWS STORY: NAACP, People For launch campaign against school vouchers
c. 1997 Religion News Service
BALTIMORE _ The NAACP and People For the American Way Thursday launched what they said will be a national campaign to fight school voucher initiatives that provide tax funds to aid parents of students attending private and religious schools."In 1997, we...
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NEWS FEATURE: Exhibit opens window on medieval prayer and piety
c. 1997 Religion News Service
BALTIMORE _ People have always prayed, but each human era brings its own distinct art and style to the practice.
A compelling exhibit at the Walters Art Gallery _"Images of Devotion: Personal Piety in Medieval Manuscripts and Ivories,"which closes Oct...
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