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It’s 2012, which means another doomsday may be upon us
(RNS) On Dec. 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar reaches the end of its 5,126 epoch. That's a cause of consternation among some end-times adherents, and amusement among some descendants of the Maya.
Fresh from having survived one end-of-the-world prediction -- a two-stage affair covering 20...
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Thursday’s Religion Roundup: Evangelicals stymied, Christians persecuted, not-so-hot cross buns
Evangelical leaders who met five months ago with Rick Perry to help launch his presidential bid will go back to Texas and back to the drawing board to see if they can find an actual viable candidate to rally around.
Odds are they won't settle on anyone, much like conservative Christia...
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In academia, Islam remains a risky third rail
(RNS) A recent spate of campus controversies involving professors who made provocative statements about Muslims shows one of two things: a decreasing tolerance for inflammatory speech, or how easy it is for academics to get into trouble.
Or, perhaps, a little bit of both.
The incident...
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U.K. Christians lose ground as unbelief grows
LONDON (RNS) Christians in England and Wales are losing ground about as fast as nonbelievers are gaining it, according to a new government-sponsored poll.
The British government's latest Citizenship Survey reports that in the five years leading up to 2010, the percentage of declared C...
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Assemblies of God starts a church a day
(RNS) The Assemblies of God, one of the nation's largest Pentecostal denominations, opened more than a church a day last year.
In all, 368 new churches opened in 2011, the denomination said. That total marks the second highest number of church starts since it began keeping reliable st...
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Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup: Romney wins Iowa; Pat Robertson’s secret; Catholic bishops’ kids
Admit it: You skipped the Iowa caucuses last night and watched Ted Haggard on "Wife Swap."
That's okay, we have your back. Here's what you missed.
Mitt Romney beat Rick Santorum by less than half a Duggar family. If only they had 8 more kids! By 2016 Santorum should be go...
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Mitt Romney’s evangelical problem starts with theology
(RNS) The good news for Mitt Romney: he won the Iowa caucuses. The bad news for Romney: evangelicals remain reluctant to support him.
Romney bested former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes in Tuesday's (Jan. 3) first-in-the-nation voting. But just 14 percent...
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Catholic school officially ends paddling
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) A Catholic high school that was the country's last refuge of corporal punishment has ended a legal struggle over control of the school and agreed that the days of paddling are over.
"There will be no attempt to reinstate corporal punishment," said Dan Davillier, a bo...
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Atheists face uphill climb with new political party
(RNS) How viable is a political party with the word "atheist" in its name?
Troy Boyle, a corporate legal representative for a finance company, thinks very viable. Last March, he and a friend founded the National Atheist Party, which they believe to be the first American political part...
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2011: A year of taking it to the streets
(RNS) 2011 was supposed to be the year the world ended. Twice.
But after evangelist Harold Camping's doomsday predictions failed to materialize, all eyes are now on 2012 when, according to an ancient Mayan calendar, we need to once again prepare for the end of the world as we know it....
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