"School's Move Toward Inclusion Creates a Rift," Washington Post, December 26, 2006—". . . the cross, which has graced the altar table in a chapel at the College of William and Mary for decades, has come to symbolize a passionate debate about religious tolerance ever since the school's president ordered the cross removed from historic Wren Chapel."
"Pause and give thanks for evangelical Christians, too," Houston Chronicle, November 21, 2006—". . . anyone familiar with the history of social justice knows that evangelicals, as well as others of different faiths, have led many of the causes that progressives today claim as their turf."
"Religion Rebounds at YMCA," Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2006—"'The YMCA is a sleeping giant," Reall said, spreading his arms in a broad evangelical flourish. 'It has the opportunity to spread Christian healing throughout the world.'"
"Christian Coalition Chief Won't Serve," Los Angeles Times, November 29, 2006— "The Rev. Joel C. Hunter . . . said his departure was sparked by 'just a basic philosophical difference …. I saw an opportunity to really broaden the conversation and broaden the constituency. I'm really over this whole polarization thing.'"
"As 'goblins' knock, evangelicals answer the door," Christian Science Monitor, October 30, 2006 — "Halloween, long associated with pagan traditions, is now high season for an old American tradition of evangelizing through tracts. The nation's four major publishers of tracts say they sell more at Halloween than at any other time of year, including Christmas and Easter."
"A Right at Righteous, a Left at Licentious," New York Times, July 17, 2005 — "HELL has no air-conditioning, but I knew that. Still, the message had never been brought home to me in quite the same way as it was when I stopped my motor home along a country road near Prattville, Ala., lured by a roadside display called Cross Garden."
Susan Kinzie, "Christian-Themed Cartoons Draw Ire," Washington Post, September 14, 2006 — "Two cartoons that ran in a University of Virginia student newspaper recently have sparked thousands of e-mails to the school and the paper with complaints that they are offensive and blasphemous."
Mark I. Pinsky, "Southern Jews and Evangelicals: Coming Together," USA Today, August 7, 2006 – "Jews and Christians — increasingly friends, neighbors and co-workers — are finding that their suburban, middle-class values and aspirations are similar. Ideally, they want healthy, stable marriages; good higher education for their children; an active commitment to the poor, the disadvantaged and the environment; and a diverse sense of community."
Will Haygood, "Scattered by Katrina, Linked by a Church," Washington Post, August 5, 2006 – "Good Faith Baptist Church . . . stands in New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward. Right there at 1703 Benton St. Which means that Hurricane Katrina bent it to its will. Bibles floated right down the street."
Candace Rondeaux, "Virginia Man Executed for Killing Inmate," Washington Post, July 28, 2006
– "Convicted killer Michael Lenz was executed by injection last night in Virginia's death chamber for fatally stabbing another inmate during a pagan religious gathering six years ago."
Rukmini Callimachi, "Religious Leaders Quit Katrina Fund Panel," Washington Post, July 14, 2006 – "By all accounts, the group of nine was a religious powerhouse: Their ranks included rabbis, imams and ministers, including the man hailed by some as the next Billy Graham. But as of Thursday, seven of the nine religious leaders serving on a committee created by the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund to disburse money to churches destroyed by Hurricane Katrina had quit their posts, claiming their advice was ignored."
Chris L. Jenkins,
"In the Thick of It: Gay-Nuptials Fight," Washington Post, July 13, 2006 – "The yellow-and-black placards that read 'Vote Yes 4 Marriage' are starting to appear in leafy suburban cul-de-sacs. So are groups of Northern Virginia activists, walking the streets every third Saturday of the month, ringing doorbells and passing out literature with 'Vote No, Virginia!' emblazoned across the top."
Shaila Dewan, "Lady Liberty Trades In Some Trappings," New York Times, 5 July 2006 – "As the congregation of the World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church looked on and its pastor, Apostle Alton R. Williams, presided, a brown shroud much like a burqa was pulled away to reveal a giant statue of the Lady, but with the Ten Commandments under one arm and 'Jehovah' inscribed on her crown."
Adam Nossiter, "Venerable Church Burns in New Orleans," New York Times, 28 June 2006
"Episcopalians Elect First Woman to Head U.S. Church," News Hour, 19 June 2006 – "[Scott Appleby, University of Notre Dame] We find in American religion and across the world the same kind of dividing lines on matters of gender, and sexuality, and abortion, and it's just as true for the Anglicans as for the Southern Baptists, that there seems to be a linkage in the minds of many people between women's rights, or feminism, and gay rights."
Ansley Roan, "Passover
on the Gulf Coast," Washington Post, 8 April 2006 – "As residents of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast prepare for
Passover, which celebrates the Jewish people's escape from slavery in Egypt,
it is as if they have lived through an epic of their own."
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