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COMMENTARY: Some lessons from the real world are better left unlearned
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(RNS)-A recent survey of Protestant ministers in the United States presents some depressing news: Nearly 25 percent have reported being dismissed or forced...
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National Religion Report
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Following is a collection of domestic religion stories compiled from RNS staff, wire and denominational reports).
Study finds high number of clergy fired or forced to resign during career
(RNS)-A national survey of Protestant clergy has found t...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
African-American Muslim leader meets with Pope John Paul II
(RNS) Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, leader of the nation's largest mainstream African-American Muslim organization, and Pope John Paul II met for the first time Wednesday (Oct. 2) following th...
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COMMENTARY: Taking Exception: Christian churches seek a shared Jerusalem
DALE L. BISHOP, MARK B. BROWN AND TERENCE W. MILLER
(Dale L. Bishop is the area executive for the Middle East for the United Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ; Mark B. Brown is assistant director for advocacy governmental affairs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amer...
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COMMENTARY: Here comes the father of the bride
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ My shoulders tightened up; my breathing became rapid and shallow. The muscles in my neck grew tense; my stomach churned. The roof of my mouth bec...
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COMMENTARY: Chicago Catholics contemplate a new regime
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: A pastor opens his heart to the Christmas church-goer
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Charles Austin is a journalist and a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Ridgefield Park, N.J.)
UNDATED _ You are welcome; and yes, we know who you are. But be assured, that from where I stand...
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COMMENTARY: Reclaiming the black church’s lost sheep
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister who has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
(UNDATED) A recent incident in my prison congregation underscores the struggle for re...
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COMMENTARY: The legacy of Herod: Piety becomes a cloak for selfishness
c. 1995 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
UNDATED _ As a minister, I often encounter people who feel it necessary to impress me...
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NEWS STORY: JESUS SEMINAR SHIFTS FOCUS: Jesus seminar changes focus, taking aim at Paul and Nicene C
c. 1996 Religion News Service
SANTA ROSA, Calif. _ Having completed an ambitious and controversial decade of work on the sayings and deeds of"the historical Jesus,"the maverick scholars of the Jesus Seminar have changed course, with a plan to write their own version of the New Testa...
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