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Monday’s Religion News Roundup
The AJC profiles Herman Cain's Atlanta church, noting that it's solidly Democratic and some of his fellow parishioners don't recognize the man they see on the campaign trail. Notes one: "This is kind of weird."
The LAT, meanwhile, profiles the Kansas City IHOP (no, not the pancake pla...
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Friday Godbytes
CNN reports that the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi - killed just yesterday by revolutionaries - apparently practiced a "renegade" version of Islam.
Folks at Relevant Magazine and the Washington Post are asking whether or not Jesus would be in the streets with the Occupy Wall Stre...
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D.C. pastor to lead Democrats’ faith outreach
WASHINGTON (RNS) As President Obama gears up his re-election campaign, the Democratic National Committee has tapped a well-connected Washington pastor to lead the party's religious outreach.
The Rev. Derrick Harkins is senior pastor of Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, one of Washingt...
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Wednesday Godbytes
Actor Robert Downey Jr. - who has publicly struggled with bouts of substance abuse - took some time away from flying around in an Iron suit to ask Hollywood to "forgive" his controversy-ridden friend Mel Gibson. Downey, a self-described "Jewish-Buddhist," claimed that Gibson had once...
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Monday’s Religion News Roundup
Lots of chatter over the weekend about the indictment of Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City, but no one seems to have moved the story forward significantly since Friday's reports.
Angling to ride the KC case's coattails, a notoriously litigious DC attorney (his license plate reads "SU...
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MLK memorial dedication is dream fulfilled for black churches
WASHINGTON (RNS) In a ceremony that blended worship and a call to action, tens of thousands gathered Sunday (Oct. 16) for the official dedication of a national memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
"In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered...
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Friday Godbytes
USA Today asks: can God take a joke? USA Today thinks God can (have you seen a platypus?), but we're curious: what's your favorite religion joke?
It looks like all the religious groups are getting in on Occupy Wall Street these days. You can head over to the Huffington Post to hear a...
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Report says tithing, church spending hit record low
(RNS) Tithing to U.S. Protestant churches as a percentage of income is at its lowest level in at least 41 years, according to a new report, and churches are keeping a greater share of those donations for their own needs.
Parishioners gave about 2.38 percent of their income to their ch...
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Poll: Three in four pastors say Mormons aren’t Christian
WASHINGTON (RNS) As a prominent evangelical pastor and supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking heat for calling Mormonism a "cult," a newly released poll says most Protestant pastors in U.S. agree that Mormons are not Christians.
Three out of four pastors surveyed by Southern Bap...
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Friday Godbytes
CNN has a piece by Marisa Egerstrom - one of the leaders of the "Protest Chaplains" group participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement - explaining how her faith ties in with her protesting-ness.
Christian Magazine Relevant has an article called "Slacker for Jesus." It's about...w...
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