"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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