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Report Details Roots, Funding of Islamophobia machine
(RNS) A small number of conservative foundations are propelling a handful of anti-Islamic activists who are fueling rising levels of Islamophobia, according to a report issued Friday (Aug. 26) by the left-leaning...
Rabbis Distribute Special Shabbat Guidelines for Hurricane
NEW YORK (RNS) Observant Jews are permitted to sidestep traditional Sabbath rules on electronics and listen to the radio as Hurricane Irene bears down on the East Coast, according to guidelines distributed to hundreds...
Religious Leaders Laud King in Memorial Service
WASHINGTON (RNS) An earthquake and a hurricane may have interrupted plans to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the nation's capital but religious leaders and civil rights veterans on Saturday (Aug. 27) said...
Super Rich View Poor as Mere Collateral Casualties
Both the British and German treasuries have struck deals this month with the Swiss government to tax their citizens' hidden accounts in Switzerland's globally harmful banking system. However, the identities of these...
How Does Obama’s Record Compare to King’s Legacy?
The national monument honoring the life, ministry and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, D.C. (Sunday's dedication ceremony was postponed due to Hurricane Irene) allows one to assess social justice in...
New Documentary on Immigration and Faith Now Available
EthicsDaily.com announces the availability of its newest documentary – "Gospel Without Borders" – on the heels of draconian anti-immigration laws passed in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana and South Carolina, heated...
The Ulimate Sacrifice
A sermon delivered by David Hughes, First Baptist Church, pastor, Winston-Salem, N.C., on August 21, 2011. Romans 12:1-8 As you may know, these days we are following the lectionary as we determine our scripture...
Man, or metaphor?
Did the human race really start with two people, one made from clay and the other from bone, as the creation story in Genesis 2 suggests? Was the story designed to portray an accurate history of creation, or to use...
Remarkable success started with a dream — just ask the thousands of Habitat home-owning partners
Photo from bombayharbor.comBy John Pierce Back when the late Millard Fuller first started running around shouting, “No more shacks!” — who could have imagined the global impact that would...
Fallen 9/11 Priest Emerges as An Icon for Gay Catholics
(RNS) When All Saints Church sought to signal its hospitality to gays and lesbians, the Catholic parish in Syracuse, N.Y., turned to a well-known image from the 9/11 attacks: five firefighters carrying a body from the...
UCC-Affiliated College to Ask About Sexual Orientation
(RNS) An Illinois college affiliated with the United Church of Christ is poised to become the first school in the U.S. to ask prospective students about their sexual orientation. Elmhurst College, located just west of...
Activists Meet to Push Change in Methodists’ Gay policy
CLEVELAND (RNS) Hundreds of United Methodists are meeting in Huron, Ohio, this week in an uphill bid to make their 12 million-member denomination more gay-friendly. Activists are gearing up for next year’s General...
Anti-Immigration Christians Read a Mean Bible
Editor's note: Cliff Vaughn is co-producer/director of EthicsDaily.com's upcoming documentary on immigration, "Gospel Without Borders." When some church folks discuss faith and immigration, there's a big hole where the...
“Another Earth”
Most people who have seen at least three decades have something of which they look back on with regret: a job not taken, a relationship not pursued, an investment not made, a friendship not saved, a word not spoken....
“The Conscience of Alabama” Calls Out Injustice
I've bumped into some interesting nicknames during my life. Because I was tall and thin, friends used to call me "string bean." My best friend in high school was known as "Dirty Eddie" – which is a whole other story....
Getting Serious: Loving God The Magnetic Personality
A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on August 21, 2011 John 12:20-33 Morning Prayer: O God, we your children confess that we are still learning today. We confess that we need...
After 9/11, Curiosity over Islam Leads to Conversion
BOSTON (RNS) Like a lot of other people in the haze and confusion of the 9/11 attacks, Johannah Segarich asked herself: “What kind of religion is this that could inspire people to do this?” She had studied other...
9/11 Gives Birth to New Generation of Assertive Muslims
(RNS) Under a cloud of suspicion and distrust after the 9/11 attacks, there were stories of men named Muhammad who started going by “Mo,” mosque leaders telling their flocks to lie low and women leaving their...
Quake-damaged National Cathedral Faces Millions in Repairs
WASHINGTON (RNS) The iconic Washington National Cathedral, already struggling with financial problems, faces millions of dollars in repair costs from the damage inflicted by Tuesday’s (Sept. 23) East Coast earthquake....
How to Renew Yourself to Face Life’s Pressures
Three years ago, our youngest son graduated from college. Yeah! Following graduation, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his degree. Boo! Solution: Take a "gap year" and spend it in South Africa working in a...
Do Your Relationships Revolve Around You or Others?
Human relationships are complicated. Each of us is uniquely endowed with particular strengths, weaknesses, desires – and peculiarities. The very nature of being human is that we are created to live not only in...