by Steve Mayes | Oct 3, 2011 | News
OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) A jury on Thursday (Sept. 29) unanimously convicted an Oregon couple, Dale and Shannon Hickman, in the faith-healing death of their infant son. Both parents were found guilty of second-degree manslaughter, a Class B felony that requires a...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 3, 2011 | News
When a federal district court upheld most portions of Alabama’s anti-immigration law last week, state officials voiced a triumphant note while faith leaders offered mixed commentary. Alabama Republican Gov. Robert Bentley said the judge had upheld “the...
by Lauren Markoe | Sep 30, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Oct. 5.) will hear one of most important religion cases in decades, centered on the degree to which religious institutions should be exempt from anti-discrimination laws. The case started at a Lutheran elementary school...
by Daniel Burke | Sep 30, 2011 | News
LANCASTER, Pa. (RNS) Terri Roberts was eating outside with a co-worker on a bright October day when an ambulance wailed nearby and a helicopter swooped overhead. As she often did at a sirens’ sound, Roberts said a quick prayer. “Little did I know what I was praying...
by Brian Lawson | Sep 30, 2011 | News
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS) A federal judge jolted the national immigration debate on Wednesday (Sept. 28) by approving most parts of Alabama’s aggressive immigration law that religious leaders had called the “meanest” in the nation. In a ruling hailed by many state...
by Adelle Banks | Sep 29, 2011 | News
(RNS) American congregations have grown less healthy in the last decade, with fewer people in the pews and aging memberships, according to a new Hartford Seminary study. But there are also “pockets of vitality,” including an increase in minority congregations and a...
