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  • March 2008

    • Evangelicals Turn Back to Ritual

      Washington Post  |  Mar 8, 08 12:51 PM CST

      Evangelicals Turn Back to Ritual

      (Newser) - Evangelical Christians are increasingly turning to long-shunned traditions as a means of practicing their faith, reports the Washington Post . In a trend some call “worship renewal,” some are reviving Catholic customs such as fasting for Lent, going to confession, and weekly communion. “Evangelicalism is coming to point where the early church has become the newest staple of its diet,” says a theology professor. More »

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      evangelicals  • Christianity  • Catholicism  • Christians  • Catholics  • confession  • traditions  • ancient customs  • communion  • monasteries  • Lent

    • Teddy Teacher Spurs UK to Kill Own Blasphemy Law

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 6, 08 2:12 PM CST

      Teddy Teacher Spurs UK to Kill Own Blasphemy Law

      (Newser) - Britain's House of Lords voted yesterday to abolish blasphemy laws after an international incident sparked debate over secularism and tradition, the Los Angeles Times reports. With the UK and Sudan at odds in November over the prosecution of a British teacher allowing students to name a teddy bear Mohammad, many pointed out the hypocrisy of having a similar measure on common-law books. More »

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      Great Britain  • Islam  • Sudan  • Christianity  • Jesus Christ  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons  • blasphemy  • hypocrisy

    • Pope to Cut Luther a Break

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 6, 08 5:33 AM CST

      Pope to Cut Luther a Break

      (Newser) - Five centuries after he ignited the Reformation by challenging papal authority, Martin Luther is expected to get a break from—of all people—Pope Benedict XVI. The pope is German and ostensibly that's the only thing he has in common with Luther. Nevertheless, the pope plans a warmer and fuzzier re-evaluation of the monk who divided Christianity in 1517, according to the Times of London. Benedict is expected to argue that Luther didn't intend to divide the Church—only cleanse it of corruption. More »

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      Islam  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Christianity  • Muslims  • heresy  • Protestantism

  • February 2008

    • Rice Plans Another Vampire Book

      Time  |  Feb 25, 08 12:50 PM CST

      Rice Plans Another Vampire Book

      (Newser) - When atheist and chronicler of the undead Anne Rice embraced Christianity in 2005, she seemed to seal the coffin on her Vampire Chronicles. But she's backtracking on her vow to write only about the Lord and not Lestat. "I have one more book that I would really like to write," Rice tells Time. "It will be a story that I need to tell." More »

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      Christianity  • atheism  • vampire

    • $3.7M Study Questions Origins of Faith

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 20, 08 1:40 PM CST

      $3.7M Study Questions Origins of Faith

      (Newser) - UK researchers will spend $3.7 million probing whether belief in God is a matter of nature or nurture, the Times of London reports. The University of Oxford crew will examine whether faith in a deity conferred an evolutionary advantage, or might be byproduct of other advantageous human characteristics, such as sociability. More »

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      religion  • Christianity  • faith  • Oxford University  • God  • academic research

    • I-35 Beckons the Faithful

      NPR  |  Feb 16, 08 6:45 PM CST

      I-35 Beckons the Faithful

      (Newser) - A group of Dallas Pentecostal Christians reading the Bible one day noted that Isaiah 35, Verse 8, mentions a "highway for holiness." That put them in mind of nearby Interstate 35, which runs from Laredo, Texas, to Duluth, Minn., NPR reports, and that, in turn, prompted an unusual prayer movement. Originally set to last 35 days, the idea was to rally the faithful to call God’s attention to “everybody that lives in all parts of this highway,” says its founder. More »

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      evangelicals  • Christianity  • Bible  • highways  • prayer  • Pentecostals

    • Jesus-Themed Cosmetics Fail to Amuse

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 14, 08 11:29 AM CST

      Jesus-Themed Cosmetics Fail to Amuse

      (Newser) - What would Jesus use? A line of cosmetics that worked just that angle has been whisked from shelves in Singapore after a Catholic backlash, reports the Independent . The US-made line, called "Lookin’ Good for Jesus," drew criticism over slogans for lotions and bubble bath like “Get Tight With Jesus” and “Guaranteed to help you be worthy and get noticed by the King of Kings.” More »

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      Massachusetts  • Christianity  • Singapore  • Catholics  • cosmetics

    • Bishop: Heaven a Place on Earth

      Time  |  Feb 9, 08 6:34 PM CST

      Bishop: Heaven a Place on Earth

      (Newser) - There is no heaven—or at least not the way most Christians think of it, according to Episcopal Bishop N.T. “Tom” Wright, who lashes out at the common angels-and-clouds view of the afterlife. “That’s a very damaging distortion,” the prominent theologian tells Time magazine. “Never at any point do the Gospels say Jesus has been raised, therefore we are all going to heaven.” More »

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      religion  • Christianity  • Afterlife

    • Bishops' Bright Idea: Give Up Carbon for Lent

      BBC  |  Feb 5, 08 12:05 PM CST

      Bishops' Bright Idea: Give Up Carbon for Lent

      (Newser) - For many Christians, Lent is a time to forgo chocolate or ice cream, but two senior British bishops have a better idea: “fasting” away your carbon footprint. “The poor are already suffering the effects of climate change,” says Liverpool’s bishop. “To carry on regardless of their plight is to fly in the face of Christian teaching.” More »

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      climate change  • religion  • Christianity  • carbon footprint  • chocolate  • Church of England  • Lent

  • December 2007

    • Priests Brawl With Brooms at Church of the Nativity

      Times (UK)  |  Dec 29, 07 6:58 AM CST

      Priests Brawl With Brooms at Church of the Nativity

      (Newser) - A holiday cleanup at the church built over the grotto in Bethlehem where Christians believe Jesus was born turned ugly Thursday, as Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows, the Times of London reports. Robed priests pummeled each other with brooms and stones in the Church of the Nativity for an hour before police broke up the melee. More »

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      religion  • Palestine  • Christianity  • priest  • religious conflict  • Bethlehem

    • The Good Book Is Good Biz

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 25, 07 9:19 AM CST

      The Good Book Is Good Biz

      (Newser) - In the thriving business of Bible publishing, the lone calligrapher in his scriptorium has been superseded by marketing execs armed with PowerPoint. About 25 million Bibles were sold this year in America, reports the Los Angeles Times —that's 11 million more than the latest Harry Potter installment. But since the content stays the same, the dressing has to keep changing. More »

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      Christianity  • publishing  • Bible  • HarperCollins

    • 'Geeky Hip' New Billy Graham Grabs Next Generation

      Time  |  Dec 11, 07 5:30 AM CST

      'Geeky Hip' New Billy Graham Grabs Next Generation

      (Newser) - Bible-thumper Rob Bell wears geeky-hip glasses, once aspired to be David Letterman, and was momentarily poised for rock stardom, reports Time magazine. And he may be "one of the most important 21st Century Christian leaders," according to one biblical scholar. Nine years ago, Bell founded a nontraditional church called Mars Hill in Michigan for Christians left cold by traditional services, and support has been surging ever since. More »

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      evangelicals  • Christianity  • religious right  • David Letterman  • fundamentalism  • spirituality  • Ira Glass  • Billy Graham  • Christianity Today

    • China’s Hot Seller: the Bible

      Times (UK)  |  Dec 8, 07 9:02 PM CST

      China&rsquo;s Hot Seller: the Bible

      (Newser) - It's not in China's bookstores, but the Bible remains one of the country's bestselling books, the Times of London reports. Today China's one authorized Bible publisher, Amity Printing, proved it by producing its 50th millionth copy. Yet Bibles remain a hot issue in China, for police sometimes arrest Bible smugglers, and the Olympics website warns visitors to bring "no more than one Bible into China.” More »

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      China  • Christianity  • Bible  • Communism

  • November 2007

    • Faith Doesn't Play in British Politics

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 25, 07 6:18 PM CST

      Faith Doesn't Play in British Politics

      (Newser) - Soon-to-be-Catholic Tony Blair has confessed that faith was "hugely important"  in decisions he made as Britain's prime minister, and he wished he could, like President Bush, have been open about it at the time. But Britons are suspicious of religion, Blair said in a TV interview reported in the Telegraph . "You talk about it in our system and, frankly, people do think you're a nutter."   More »

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      Iraq war  • Great Britain  • religion  • Tony Blair  • Christianity  • Catholicism  • government  • God

    • Creation Geologists Rock World

      New York Times  |  Nov 25, 07 7:10 AM CST

      Creation Geologists Rock World

      (Newser) - Today's creationist geologists are not who the secular may think. Numerous and thriving, many hold advanced degrees from top universities, and are making evangelicals more open to scientific evidence. And they are experts for the nearly half of Americans who believe God created the Earth in the last 10,000 years, the New York Times reports. More »

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      flood  • evangelicals  • Christianity  • evolution  • Bible  • fossil  • geology  • creationism  • Noah's Ark  • Christian right

  • October 2007

    • Jesus 2.0: GodTube Is a Smash With Believers

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 21, 07 8:12 AM CDT

      Jesus 2.0: GodTube Is a Smash With Believers

      (Newser) - GodTube, one of the fastest-growing sites on the web, is drawing masses of the Christian faithful to its user-generated videos, social-networking tools and the "GodCaster," which offers live video presentations. It's not a church, the LA Times reports, but a for-profit business backed by a "who's who" of ministries, megachurches and Christian retailers. More »

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      Islam  • Christianity  • website  • Judaism  • Jesus Christ

    • Coulter: Jews Need to Be 'Perfected'

      MSNBC  |  Oct 12, 07 4:05 AM CDT

      Coulter: Jews Need to Be 'Perfected'

      (Newser) - After drawing fire last week for wishing women weren't allowed to vote, conservative provocateur Ann Coulter has struck a new nerve, saying that the nation should be Christian and Jews need to be "perfected." She made the comments on CNBC's "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutsch, who said he was a Jew and offended by her remarks, calling them "hateful" and "anti-semitic." More »

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      Republicans  • Christianity  • Jews  • Judaism  • Christians  • CNBC  • Ann Coulter  • Donny Deutsch

    • Muslim Scholars to Pope: It's the Same God

      BBC  |  Oct 11, 07 3:47 PM CDT

      Muslim Scholars to Pope: It's the Same God

      (Newser) - Christianity and Islam are more alike than they are different, Muslim scholars say in a letter to Pope Benedict XVI. Quoting passages from the Bible and Koran, the letter shows links between the faiths, and calls for peace. If enough people heed the statement, one scholar says, “the atmosphere will be changed into one in which violent extremists cannot flourish.” More »

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      Islam  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Christianity  • Catholicism

  • August 2007

    • Camo Bible Lets Faithful Hunt 'n' Pray

      Reuters  |  Aug 13, 07 4:36 PM CDT

      Camo Bible Lets Faithful Hunt 'n' Pray

      (Newser) - Evangelical Christians are not used to hiding their faith—but pious hunters have to when gilded scripture covers catch the eye of their prey. An Arkansas-based online outdoors shop is solving the problem with Bibles covered in leaves and tree bark, as well as camo covers for personal copies of the Good Book. Starting at just under $20, the tricky testaments are the retailer's bestselling items. More »

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      Christianity  • gun control  • Bible  • Republican evangelicals  • evangelism  • hunters

    • Dean Tries Praying for Voters

      The Hill  |  Aug 2, 07 8:17 PM CDT

      Dean Tries Praying for Voters

      (Newser) - Amid chatter about Democratic candidates wooing the religious vote, Howard Dean has quietly used his DNC pulpit to build grassroots and national values outreach programs. The Hill reports that Dean—once so spiritually lost as to say “my religion doesn’t inform my public policy”—was born again after partnering with a DNC higher-up who doubles as a Pentecostal minister. More »

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      election 2008  • Democrats  • Democratic National Convention  • religion  • Christianity  • Howard Dean

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