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20 Nov
Parabola Magazine Presents The Justice Issue In Full Color
"You can turn it into a monastery or it will turn into hell" says Death Row prisoner Damien Echols of his life of solitary confinement in a "supermax" prison in Arkansas. In the new issue of Parabola, Echols, convicted of murder but believed innocent by many, reports how his study of Zen Buddhism an... More
20 Nov
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Program Listings for November 21, 2008
** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY ** This week's edition of the PBS newsmagazine program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY #1212 (distributed Friday, November 21 at 5 p.m., check local listings) will include the following reports: * Online Religion - Lucky Severson explores how religi... More
20 Nov
Web Site, Conference Explores Link Between Religion And Health
WASHINGTON, NOV. 18, 2008--Want to live longer? Go to church. That's the result of just one of 10 academic studies highlighted this month on FamilyFacts.org, a free, online searchable database of more than 3,500 findings on family and religion from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surve... More
19 Nov
BibleWorks 8 Offers Unequaled Exegetical Capabilities
November 19, 2008 For Immediate Release BibleWorks 8 Offers Unequaled Exegetical Capabilities New tools and essential references for enriched research of Biblical text (Norfolk, Va.) - BibleWorks has just launched version 8 with a tremendous array of innovative tools, essential resources and inter... More
19 Nov
Translating Best-Selling Book of All Time -The Bible- into World’s Remaining Languages
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 19, 2008--On the eve of National Bible Week--established in 1942 by the Roosevelt administration--Wycliffe Bible Translators, the world's largest Bible translation organization, is launching the Last Languages Campaign. This historic, high-speed, high-tech effort to start a langu... More
17 Nov
Inaugural meeting of the Jesus Project to take place in Amherst, New York
Scholars will investigate the Sources of the Gospel Amherst, New York (November 17, 2008)--Following in the footsteps of the famed Jesus Seminar, scholars representing the cream of the crop in the field of Biblical studies are set to gather December 5-7 at the Center for Inquiry campus in Amherst, N... More
13 Nov
Youth Around the World See Spirituality as Important, Want to Talk About It
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Youth Around the World See Spirituality as Important, Want to Talk About It Results of Search Institute study show 90 percent of youth believe life has a spiritual dimension MINNEAPOLIS - November 13, 2008 - A two-year global research project reveals that today's youth view... More
13 Nov
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Program Listings for November 14, 2008
** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY ** This week's edition of the PBS newsmagazine program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY #1211 (distributed Friday, November 14 at 5 p.m., check local listings) will include the following reports: • Catholic Church and Labor - Lucky Severson explore... More
12 Nov
Religion News Service has moved
The Religion News Service offices have moved. Please make a note of our new contact information. Our new address is: Religion News Service 1930 18th Street, NW Suite B2 Washington, DC 20009 Our main phone numbers are remain the same: 202-463-8777 800-767-6781 (toll-free) 202-463-0033 (fax) **Direct... More
12 Nov
Church-Related Media All Atwitter About Social Networking
Two leading religious press associations will sponsor a webinar titled: "You Could Learn a Thing or Two from Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton" at 11 a.m. (EST) Nov. 14. The one-hour webinar is sponsored by Associated Church Press and the Evangelical Press Association. It is available for $49 for memb... More
