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Jesus Seminar to mark 25 years of questions
(RNS) Since 1985, scholars affiliated with the Jesus Seminar have been casting doubt on the authenticity of sayings attributed to Jesus and questioning whether he saw himself as an end-times prophet.
As the seminar marks its 25th anniversary Oct. 13-16 in Santa Rosa, Calif., it's gene...
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COMMENTARY: The way forward is not an escape from troubled times
(RNS) I grew up as a city boy in a farm state. I drove by fields of row crops and imagined waking each morning to the land, my roots deep in the rich Indiana soil.
I learned, however, that the romance of farming looked better from the roadside than from the milking station or harveste...
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Friday’s roundup
CNN says some (semi) high-profile evangelicals are under fire for their participation in tomorrow's "Restore Honor" rally hosted by Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin in DC; some Christians are nervous about Beck's Mormon faith, even though they worked with Mormons to outlaw gay marriage in C...
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Conservative groups push against hiring rules in federal funding
WASHINGTON (RNS) A coalition of mostly conservative religious organizations is urging Congress to amend a proposed bill that would bar them from making personnel decisions based on religion if they receive government funds to treat mental illness and substance abuse.
In a letter sent...
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Tuesday’s roundup
A local zoning debate on an Islamic center two blocks north of Ground Zero in NYC has become a political slugfest, with American Muslims caught in the middle, as GOP candidates on Monday intensified their efforts to turn support for the mosque into an election-year wedge issue.
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Fight over N.Y. mosque becomes a partisan wedge issue for Obama, GOP
WASHINGTON (RNS) What started as a local zoning debate about an Islamic center near Ground Zero, and then morphed into a fight over religious expression, has now turned into an election-year political brawl.
Caught in the middle of the rancorous partisan fight are American Muslims, wh...
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Kenyan church leaders defend opposition to constitution
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS/ENInews) Kenyan church leaders have rejected calls for an apology after they campaigned against a new constitution that was overwhelmingly supported by voters in a referendum.
"There is no need to apologize. The voice of the church is the voice of prophecy and we d...
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Study finds strong Amish growth, western migration
(RNS) A new study says that the population of North American Amish has increased by nearly 10 percent in the past two years, causing many communities to turn westward in search of new land.
Conducted by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in El...
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Religious leaders hail cocaine-sentencing bill
WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. religious leaders are applauding Congress' approval of legislation that reduces the disparity of jail time between crack and powder cocaine offenses.
After passing the Senate in March, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 was approved by the House on Wednesday (July 2...
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