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COMMENTARY: Swiss banks reap the whirlwind of their greed in Nazi era
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ We have long known that the radical evil of Hitler's Third Reich, which sent 6 million Jews to their deaths, corrupted religion, politics, music,...
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COMMENTARY: Honor your father and mother: Protect them from cults
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(UNDATED) Eighteen years ago this month the catastrophe known as"Jonestown"took place in a Guyana jungle. On orders from the Rev. Jim Jones, the People's T...
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COMMENTARY: Twilight falls on a candidate and an era
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Bob Dole's losing effort to win the presidency reminds me of a dour seminary dean I once knew who abandoned the security of campus life and tried unsuccessfully to lead a congregation.
The congregation is my metaphor for the 260 million peop...
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COMMENTARY: South Carolina flag flap shows the power of symbols
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the
American Jewish Committee.)
UNDATED _ In his effort to remove the Confederate flag from atop the South Carolina state capitol, Gov. David Beasley has discovered what any religious lea...
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TOP STORY: UNCOVERING THE TOMB OF JESUS: Archaeologist expects new findings on tomb of Jesus
c. 1996 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Restoration work within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem may lead to new evidence that the site is really where disciples laid the crucified body of Jesus, a British archaeologist says.
The claim that the rock tomb is the place...
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BODY & SOUL: Power can be a vice or a virtue
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Body & Soul is a regular column exploring the interplay between spirituality and psychology. Pythia Peay is the author of"Putting America on the Couch,"to be published by Riverhead Books in 1997.)
(UNDATED) As Americans prepare to vote in the upcomin...
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TOP STORY: CONTENT-FREE THEOLOGY: Ordinary guy finds fame, fortune, talking with an easy-going God
c. 1996 Religion News Service
MEDFORD, Ore. _ The latest religious book to crack the best-seller list is written by a man who insists Moses got it wrong. The Ten Commandments are the ``Ten Commitments.''
Good and evil, right and wrong, don't exist. You can do your own thing becaus...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Aid groups urge U.S. action on Zaire crisis
(RNS) Alarmed by the possibility that continuing inaction could lead to the deaths of thousands of refugees in eastern Zaire, a group of 18 U.S. aid agencies is urging the United States to take steps to he...
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CRECHE CULTURE: Manger scenes tell more than just the Christmas story
c. 1996 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The scene might be the ruins of an old castle or an ancient temple. Sometimes it's a village, bustling with activity. It could be a cave, or a rich landscape of mountains and rivers and stars. At other times, it's a simple barn.
No matter ho...
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TOP STORY: MINISTRY OF MARY: Visions of Mary inspire faith and skepticism
c. 1996 Religion News Service
EATON TOWNSHIP, Ohio _ The pilgrimage began two years ago, when a handful of Catholics stopped their car to pray.
Maureen Sweeney, a member of the nondenominational Missionary Servants of Holy Love, said the Virgin Mary spoke to her, as she had hundre...
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