by Troy Reimink | Jul 22, 2011 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) The scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid empire continues to widen, bringing scrutiny to, of all places, western Michigan and the Zondervan publishing company. Among the major holdings in Murdoch’s News Corp is publisher...
by Omar Sacirbey | Jul 22, 2011 | News
(RNS) Abdullah Nana, an imam at the Islamic Center of Mill Valley, Calif., just north of San Francisco, has a distinct advantage over many of his fellow imams in the United States. It’s not fluency in Arabic or training in Islamic jurisprudence. It’s his bachelor’s...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 22, 2011 | News
The top Southern Baptist public policy official used debunked and exaggerated claims to criticize President Barack Obama for supposedly “living like a playboy.” Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty...
by Daniel Burke | Jul 21, 2011 | News
(RNS) On a recent Sunday, Rep. Michele Bachmann gave a Pentecostal church in Iowa an intimate account of her pilgrimage from apathetic teenager to devout Christian whose faith has persevered through hardship, including a miscarriage. But when a reporter asked about...
by Jack Jenkins | Jul 21, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Senators wrestled with issues of faith and religious freedom on Wednesday (July 20) as they debated a new bill that would allow the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages. The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on the Respect for...
by Adelle Banks | Jul 21, 2011 | News
(RNS) Campus Crusade for Christ is out. “Cru” is in. The 60-year-old evangelical ministry announced its new name at a staff conference in Fort Collins, Colo., on Tuesday (July 19), saying the old name had become problematic. “We’ve been having issues with two words in...
