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NEWS ABOUT: Liberty University

Liberty University stories: 6 news summaries

 University Ski Slope Aims  
 to 'Bring People to Christ' 

First all-weather slope 'of its kind in North America'

Aug 31, 09 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia’s Liberty University presented its new synthetic ski slope—the first in North America—this weekend with extreme performances from pro skiers and snowboarders. The chancellor of the Christian university, Jerry Falwell, showed off his own moves after paying tribute to his dad, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who... More »

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Christianity • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • evangelism • Virginia • skiing • snowboarding

(Newser) - Jerry Falwell’s conservative Christian Liberty University has suspended the student Democratic Club for supporting candidates “directly contrary to the mission” of the school, the Lynchburg News Advance reports. Virginia Democrats are up in arms. “I urge the leadership of Liberty University to reverse this attack on the... More »

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abortion • free speech • Tim Kaine • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • Virginia • Democratic Party • Democratic club

 Secular Kid Goes 
 Undercover at 
 Falwell's 
 School 

Book about his experience is out now

Apr 22, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kevin Roose spent spring break in Florida last year, but instead of boozing with the rest of the college students, he proselytized them. It was all part of the Brown University student’s undercover semester at Jerry Falwell-founded Liberty University, where he “had to follow their 46-page code of... More »

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religious right • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • religion • book • Brown University • Kevin Roose

Student Bomber Foiled at Falwell Funeral

FBI found explosives in Liberty University student's car

May 23, 07 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student at Jerry Falwell's university is under arrest for a bomb plot against protesters at the late evangelist's funeral. A relative of Mark Uhl tipped off authorities, who found five bombs in the 19-year-old Liberty University student's trunk. Uhl admitted he planned to use the bombs to disrupt a... More »

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FBI • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • ATF • bombing • Mark Uhl • funeral

Televangelist Falwell Dead
at 73

Controversial conservative mixed religion, politics

May 15, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and mixed evangelism with conservative social criticism, died today after collapsing in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73. A lightning rod for controversy, Falwell once called AIDS "the wrath of a just God against homosexuals"... More »

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religious right • abortion • feminism • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • religion • obituary • evangelism • homosexuality • Moral Majority • televangelist

Evangelicals Split on
Climate Change

Christian universities find their own ground on global warming

May 15, 07 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - American evangelical Christians diverge on the issue of climate change, with one side calling it a hoax and the other exhorting believers—in the Lord as well as the scientific evidence—to work against global warming. The BBC reports on two Christian universities in Virginia that come down on opposite... More »

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climate change • environment • Christianity • global warming • environmentalism • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • Eastern Mennonite University • evangelicals

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