Politics
Denominational Report
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Following is a collection of news stories compiled from RNS staff, wire and denominational reports).
Evangelist: Church should provide certainties, not speculation
(RNS)-Liberalism has failed to meet the needs of modern society and transform th...
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School voucher fight in D.C. being watched carefully
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-On the west side of Syracuse, N.Y., a public school and parochial school competed for the area's students, remembered one resident, Rep. James Walsh, R-N.Y.
Parents from Roberts Elementary and Most Holy Rosary knocked on their neighbo...
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Global Religion Report
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Following is a collection of international religion stories compiled by RNS staff, wire and denominational reports.)
Muslims prepare for Ramadan
(RNS)-The more than 800 million Muslims around the world are preparing for the start of the hol...
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TOP STORY: VATICAN DIPLOMACY: Flynn denies wrongdoing in face of possible reprimand
c. 1996 Religion News Service
ROME (RNS)-Raymond Flynn, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, said Thursday he was doing his job when he fired off a letter to business and religious leaders last spring that said congressional efforts to cut U.S. anti-poverty programs were"mean-spirited"an...
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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).
Damaged Oklahoma City church to be rebuilt
(RNS)-First United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City, heavily damaged in the April 19,...
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SIDEBAR: A theology of peace, in King’s own words
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Here are excerpts from the speeches and writing of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., touching on his theological concept of the `beloved community':
``The ultimate aim of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is to foster and create th...
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Martin Luther King Jr.‘s search for a `beloved community’
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-He is celebrated as a civil rights leader, a social reformer and a great orator, a towering figure of 20th-century pacifism and political leadership.
But the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was also a theologian, a title often forgotten each Jan. 15...
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TOP STORY: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: Martin Luther King Jr.‘s search for a `beloved community
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-He is celebrated as a civil rights leader, a social reformer and a great orator, a towering figure of 20th-century pacifism and political leadership.
But the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was also a theologian, a title often forgotten each Jan. 15...
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TOP STORY: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: A theology of peace, in King’s own words
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Here are excerpts from the speeches and writing of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., touching on his theological concept of the `beloved community':
"The ultimate aim of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is to foster and create the `be...
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NEWS STORY: Christian Coalition inflates membership data, adversary claims
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-How big is the Christian Coalition, the conservative public-policy advocacy group that has become a major player in the nation's political arena?
The Coalition, founded by religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, claims 1.8 million ``memb...
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