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COMMENTARY: Religious freedom is an ongoing balancing act
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Striking the proper balance between religious liberty and church-state separation has become an increasingly tense issue in many American commu...
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NEWS FEATURE: Steadying the body, soul in whirlwind world of work
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ On Labor Day, millions of Americans will take a break from the daily grind: They will sleep in, catch a matinee, hike the outdoors or join family and friends at the last barbecue of summer.
A national holiday that began in 1882, Labor Day ce...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: Saintly, yes. But Mother Teresa is not yet a saint.
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Mother Teresa was a living example of Christian spiritual truths.
But was she a saint?
Not in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church _ at least not yet.
In a process that could take as long as two centuries or as little as 25 years, her l...
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NEWS FEATURE: Making the Koran more accessible for Ramadan
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ It opens with the al-Fatiha, a succinct rendering of Islam's essence also included in the prayers that observant Muslims recite five times daily. For Muslims, the holy book known in formal Arabic as al-Qur'an al-Karim,"the noble Koran,"has a s...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: The many ways to take a break at work
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Experts recommend an array of techniques to help employees"entrain"their over-stressed nerves to a rhythmic pace more conducive to peace of mind:
_ Stephan Rechtschaffen says it is through practicing"mindfulness"during the little pauses in e...
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COMMENTARY: Turning off TV talk, tuning into prayer
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ Riding my exercise bicycle each morning is physically rewarding, but incredibly boring. For years, I watched the morning programs on television t...
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COMMENTARY: It’s time to retire the term `Judeo-Christian’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ It's time to retire one of our most popular verbal icons:"Judeo-Christian tradition." I say this with sadness, because until recently I...
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NEWS FEATURE: Retreats _ creating spiritual oases for women
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ All summer long, self-help author Jennifer Louden has been the expert-du-jour on the daytime TV talk-show circuit, explaining why women periodically need to withdraw from the world, the company of men and the demands of their children to seek...
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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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