the revealer: july 2004 archives

the revealer: july 2004 archives 31 july, 2004 so much for tolerance: david karp of the st. petersburg times reports on the controversy raised after a tampa city council member, john dingfelder, invited an atheist to give the invocation at this week's council meeting. in what seems like... [ continue reading: ] 31 july, 2004 '''this is a beautiful, beautiful day. today marks a triumph of decency over discrimination,'" said maine state rep. benjamin dudley at a news conference attended by gov. john baldacci and other state leaders. yesterday maine became the sixth state to... [ continue reading: ] 31 july, 2004 the vatican solves the venus-mars debate once and for all with their new "letter to the bishops of the catholic church on the collaboration of men and women in the church and in the world": "'every outlook which presents itself... [ continue reading: ] 30 july, 2004 derrick z. jackson of the boston globe praises john kerry for the much-repeated sound bite from his acceptance speech last night: "'i don't wear my own faith on my sleeve. but faith has given me values and hope to live... [ continue reading: ] 30 july, 2004 and if kerry does make it across "the gap", what will his vision of the kingdom be? something like the rainbow nation, according to one delegate, julia hicks, a retired college professor and southern baptist from westminster, colorado. "'we believe... [ continue reading: ] 30 july, 2004 sacred spaces: a group of 30 clerics, neuroscientists and architects met for two days in columbus, indiana to study how the mind reacts to the sensations of entering a house of worship, with the hope of creating designs that will... [ continue reading: ] 30 july, 2004 a 37-page vatican statement, expected to be released tomorrow, allegedly criticizes feminism for "trying to ignore the biological differences between the sexes." an ap report based on the italian daily corriere della sera said "the document attacks the 'ideology of... [ continue reading: ] 29 july, 2004 a report by the federal reserve bank of st louis found a correspondence between national prosperity and religion -- more specifically, belief in hell -- reuters reports. "'a belief in hell tends to mean less corruption and less corruption tends... [ continue reading: ] 29 july, 2004 religious debate, hollywood style: "'he didn't – he didn't only say "turn the other cheek," though,' continued [denzel] washington. 'you got to read the whole book. that's not all he said.' 'oh, i do read the book,' said [meryl] streep.... [ continue reading: ] 29 july, 2004 bill cosby turns his scold on christians at an event hosted by the national association for equal opportunity in higher education yesterday. cosby, who has recently upbraided poor blacks for squandering the opportunities brought by the civil rights movement, asked... [ continue reading: ] 29 july, 2004 "first, let's stop calling the enemy 'terrorism,' which is like saying we're fighting 'bombings.' terrorism is only a method; the enemy is an extremist islamic insurgency whose appeal lies in its claim to represent the muslim masses against a bullying... [ continue reading: ] 28 july, 2004 national review readers loved barack obama's dnc speech because, they claim, it was conservative -- as evidence, they offer among other points obama's reference to an "awesome god." liberal blogger daily kos, however, points out that "there's nothing conservative about... [ continue reading: ] 28 july, 2004 elizabeth edwards, this afternoon: "we deserve leaders who allow their faith and moral core, our faiths and moral core, to draw us closer together, not drive us farther apart. we deserve leaders who believe in each of us." and the... [ continue reading: ] 28 july, 2004 take the headline "finding friendship, god in the world of pro golf," and add to it the fact that it's a story of how an evangelical christian "won" a jewish golfer for jesus, and you have a formula for offensive,... [ continue reading: ] the last man on earth: a romance kathryn joyce: in my father’s favorite dark fantasy he is mr. mead of ray bradbury’s short story, “the pedestrian”: persecuted for walking alone at night without purpose instead of watching television, as everyone else does in a disturbingly-familiar authoritarian state of the future. that bradbury’s dystopia sounds a lot like westchester, where my father grew up, or any other suburb, is of course the real chill -- an intended one, one of recognition. as with other morality tales, this slice of gospel is multi-purpose: useful, if hysterical, counsel against watching too much tv, but also a field guide for identifying the portents in the nightly news... [ continue reading: ] christian kick-ass christianity today sees in the bourne supremacy a christian message: "on the rare occasion that [the matt damon characer] has to knock someone out, he does it so quickly, with moves so lightning-fast, that you'd almost miss them if you blinked." well, amen to that... [ continue reading: ] 28 july, 2004 "they say these people are amish?" a media guide to the "real" amish, and to disapprov-ing of "rumspringa tv" (amish in the city, premiering tonight on upn): --the washington post's susan kinzie reports on conflicting images of the amish, and... [ continue reading: ] 28 july, 2004 "'sooner or later, voters in places like that (the south) are going to grow tired of voting on guns, god and gays...'"... [ continue reading: ] 28 july, 2004 "'it seems to me that security concerns are being used as more of a political weapon against those who dissent with the politician's message...if no judge will disagree with the secret service, then we are living in martial law. we... [ continue reading: ] 27 july, 2004 igor rotar, correspondent for norway's forum 18 news service investigates a draft law in kazakhstan on "combating extremist activity" that doesn't define what "extremism" is. rotar writes that very few religious leaders are aware of the law's text though the... [ continue reading: ] empty boots revealer publisher jay rosen at the dnc: "on tuesday morning i encountered one of the most effective acts of political protest i have seen in a while. it took imagination. organizers -- the american friends service committee--laid out upon the grass in copley square 907 pairs of black boots, arranged in rank and file like a missing army at attention. earlier in the week it was done at boston common. (newsweek: "a grid of empty boots.") they were protesting the american deaths in iraq, and so their statement was anti-war. it was also about beauty, loss, the unsayable and the ineffable; and it made an implicit comment on the ugliness--the brutality--of the free speech zone near the fleet center, which is so unlike the free spaces of a healthy democracy that protesters have declined even to enter it." [ continue reading: ] don't tell the press two very conservative leaders are sounding the alarm about additions to the patriot act being rushed through congress on the sly. are they worried about a weakening of ashcroft's powers? nope -- they're scared of an expansion of the attorney general's domain... [ continue reading: ] yes, but is it family-friendly sex and violence? amy wellborn, creator of a smart, popular catholic blog called open book, wants to go to the movies. so she asks her readers what's the word on napolean dynamite -- i.e., is it funny, is it "clean"? her readers' responses provide a fascinating glimpse into the world of moralistic movie critics. it's hardly news that plenty of folks don't want to see movies that are offensive, but we found the depth of their analysis intriguing. sex and violence and drugs are out, of course, but also of concern are "disrespectful/bad attitudes" and "tense family scenes." read more at open book, and follow the links into the nuanced world of family-friendly viewing. [ continue reading: ] 27 july, 2004 "do you ever say, my god, maybe this whole enterprise of religion is a failure?" wnyc's brian lehrer talks with the rev. james forbes, pastor of riverside church in new york city, who is scheduled to address the democratic national... [ continue reading: ] 27 july, 2004 reuters's emma ross-thomas reports on the following of gregorio xvii, head of a self-styled apocalyptic church in el palmar de troya, spain. gregario claims he is the "real" pope, and that satan controls the vatican. his followers call him "the... [ continue reading: ] 27 july, 2004 a ruling in a south carolina lawsuit, brought in 2001 by wicca darla kaye wynne, could force government council leaders across the southeast to give up sectarian prayers at public meetings. the 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals decided last... [ continue reading: ] 27 july, 2004 apparently, there's something called a "christian sex explosion," and according to the sydney morning herald's lisa pryor, it's demonstrated by australian tv's new panel talk show, good sex. the show's producer, mark hadley, says they "don't want to trick people... [ continue reading: ] democratic national ritual 2004 hey -- there's a political convention going on! read revealer publisher jay rosen's on-the-scene blogging at pressthink. jay's talking politics and media, not religion, but he'll be looking at the proceedings as a ritual that's not as empty as it seems. bloggers, he notes, "don't assume that a ritual is an empty ritual simply because it obeys a script, since this is the very essence of ritual, as any boy scout or churchgoer can tell you." [ continue reading: ] 26 july, 2004 gay marriage culture war: "new careers on both sides will grow out of this," says michael cromartie, director of the evangelical studies project at the ethics and public policy center. there's little -- ok, no -- religious nuance in alan... [ continue reading: ] 26 july, 2004 old god, new god: john hall reports for the media general news service on an all-day conference sponsored by the wesley theological seminary as part of the democratic national convention that starts today. the conference, "red god, blue god," "promises... [ continue reading: ] 26 july, 2004 "first and foremost, i am writing you personally to offer you my deepest sympathy and condolences on your loss. i also wanted to express how very proud and honored i am to have mike sitting here beside me...my own son... [ continue reading: ] 24 july, 2004 "'churches have a responsibility to avoid partisan entrapment, just as political parties have a duty not to attempt to entrap them,'" said the rev. stephen j. sidorak, jr. executive director of the christian conference of connecticut. frances grandy taylor of... [ continue reading: ] 24 july, 2004 "the taliban were not fighting western culture, but traditional afghan culture. why forbid owning songbirds? why ban kites? the rationale is common to all forms of fundamentalism: this world exists to prepare believers for salvation. the state’s role is not... [ continue reading: ] 24 july, 2004 "'i think the democrats are going to have to affirm that we all need to talk to god and ask, "are we your children too, or are you only claiming the right wing?"'" kevin eckstrom, of the religion news service,... [ continue reading: ] 23 july, 2004 b’nai b’rith international issued a statement this week calling on the jewish community to end all dialogue with the presbyterian church, reports eric j. greenberg of the forward. the proposed severence of contact comes after the church's recent decision to... [ continue reading: ] 23 july, 2004 "religious message halts train": jason george can't be faulted for all the holes in his cryptic report in the new york times--that a new york-bound amtrak train was detained for 90 minutes yesterday after a passenger found a note containing... [ continue reading: ] 23 july, 2004 a study conducted by eric freedman, a journalism professor at michigan state university, has found that many central asian media outlets are prohibited from covering controversial religious issues. “there are major religious conflicts in this volatile area of the world,"... [ continue reading: ] 23 july, 2004 meanwhile, in michigan, the inner city christian outreach residential program, part of a local pentecostal ministry contracted by genessee county to run drug rehabilitation programs, has been accused by a former patient of trying to convert him from catholicism to... [ continue reading: ] 22 july, 2004 you can't expect to find nuanced discussion of the role of religion in the lefty nation, but occasionally you will find facts that'll help you understand the big religion stories of the day. one of the biggest in recent years... [ continue reading: ] beyond the zero-sum game shahed amanullah: the typical campaign rally has an uncanny resemblance to an old-fashioned tent revival: the ceremonies and processions, the adulation of the figure behind the altar, sermons designed to inspire the flock to faithfulness, and the dogma doled out to (and consumed by) adoring disciples. this is not a coincidence. politics these days is a zero-sum game, a contest where the winner takes all and the loser is absolutely vanquished. with so much at stake, it's only natural that politics invokes the trappings - and by extension, the authority - of religion. [ continue reading: ] 22 july, 2004 "'i'm alarmed by any suggestion of providing the names of church members to any particular political group,'" writes bishop leo frade, head of 82 episcopalian churches in south florida."'i saw this request made by fidel castro at the beginning of... [ continue reading: ] 22 july, 2004 god may not play dice after all: celebrated cosmologist dr. stephen hawking has recanted on his theory that information can never be retrieved from black holes, an argument that violates quantum theory--the foundation of all modern physics--which says that information... [ continue reading: ] 22 july, 2004 dozens of dissident orthodox christian priests were evicted from their churches in bulgaria yesterday, the bbc reports, in a move which a local human rights group, the helsinki committee, calls church "'unification by government decree.'" the priests had illegally occupied... [ continue reading: ] 22 july, 2004 s.a. miller in the washington times reports on a new twist to the church v. state debate--one neither about removing existing references to god in state language, nor about installing new references, such as the display of biblical comandments in... [ continue reading: ] 20 july 2004 barry goldwater biographer rick perlstein attends a bush campaign party to meet those who see w. as a great man; nay, a god: "i ask tom what role he sees in america for nonbelievers. 'well, if people are of an... [ continue reading: ] 21 july, 2004 washinton times: an end to "protestant america"?... [ continue reading: ] 21 july, 2004 luke ford of protocols interviews j.j. goldberg, eic of the jewish forward: q. "what are the biggest obstacles to providing compelling journalism on american jewish life?" a. "the biggest obstacle is that most jews don't want compelling journalism on american... [ continue reading: ] the only truth that mattered "as my father describes it, encountering his daughter en route to self-asphyxiation was enough to startle him to his senses. the next day, he moved out of the apartment and into a closet-sized studio at the zen center, deciding that buddhism would be his salvation. he participated in the sesshins held there, extended periods of intense meditation and sutra services headed by the roshi, and by the time our mother filed the divorce papers he had become a monk...." novelist rebecca donner tells the truth on killing the buddha. [ continue reading: ] 21 july, 2004 the revealer hasn't gone easy on nyt columnist nicholas d. kristof in the past -- his religious ignorance, combined with his sanctimoniousness, has resulted in some breathtakingly bad columns -- but we're on his side today. "saying no to killers"... [ continue reading: ] 20 july 2004 news of the weird (press releases): on sept 12, 2004, in washington, d.c., the national council of churches will sponsor a premiere screening of davey and goliath's snowboard adventure. this is not a joke. which is what makes it funny.... [ continue reading: ] 20 july, 2004 an editorial in the canadian national post considers the human rights case of harold derksen, a b.c. adherent of the christian churches of god (ccg) fired because he refused to work on the new moon, which is a monthly religious... [ continue reading: ] 20 july, 2004 with just days to the third annual christian game developers conference in portland--which will feature numerous faith-based entertainment options for the video-gaming set--andrew s. bub at gamerdad wonders whether the gospel can can find a similar outlet in the world... [ continue reading: ] 20 july, 2004 india bucks world trends with the decree that no religious symbols, no devotional music as "hold music" for callers, no sacred threads and no statues of deities are allowed in the indian army, in a bid to ensure that the... [ continue reading: ] 20 july, 2004 israeli movie-goers wishing to see mel gibson's the passion of the christ--which still hasn't been released in israel--may have to make do with controversial filmaker assi dayan's the gospel according to god: an alternate passion-play that transports a reluctant jesus... [ continue reading: ] 19 july 2004 the nyt manages to publish an even less-perceptive report on the georgia senate race than the washington post. "g.o.p. is poised to tighten grip on georgia" reads the headline, and that's about as deep as it gets. nary a mention... [ continue reading: ] the non-negotiable dream by rod dreher: journalists don't understand that the reality of believers isn't just another opinion. [ continue reading: ] coverage of the campaign coverage forum starting with revealer publisher jay rosen's excellent essay at pressthink, "if religion writers rode the campaign bus," a number of blogs have picked up the discussion started here, including joho the blog and the blogging of the president. [ continue reading: ] 19 july, 2004 the lighter side of britain's ban on religious hate-mongering: the u.k.'s proposed legislation to make inciting religious hatred a crime punishable by imprisonment continues to draw criticism from free-speech advocates, including "mr. bean" star rowan atkinson. atkinson claims that films... [ continue reading: ] 19 july, 2004 there's little new in new york times columnist nicholas d. kristof's tame critique of the left behind series, "jesus and jihad." his self-described apprehension in writing the column is noteworthy though. that kristof feared condemnation for asking whether we should... [ continue reading: ] 19 july, 2004 "'the church has adopted the concept that there is something wrong with you if you've reached a certain age and you are not married,'" said heindrich shirley, pastor of the south carolina redemption world outreach center. "'we've given singles the... [ continue reading: ] 19 july, 2004 soldiers of the trinidad and tobago regiment perform a sacred duty in a nation blessed by god. or so says defence force chaplain fr allan ventour. ucill cambridge, of the trinidad and tobago express, reports on ventour's sermon, but fails... [ continue reading: ] 19 july, 2004 npr's sylvia poggioli sends a letter from europe, investigating the growing religious disconnect between europe, which is "increasingly challenging to its religious traditions," and america: "the most religiously-minded of western democracies." while 60% of americans say religion is important to... [ continue reading: ] 18 july 2004 the washington post claims -- with little evidence -- that abortion is emerging as a potential deciding factor in elections across the country. one of only three examples the paper provides -- "former representative tom coburn, a republican candidate for... [ continue reading: ] 17 july 2004 ap reports that the bush administration has blocked $34 million in congressionally-approved funds for the u.n. population fund because of what colin powell says is the fund's "connection" to forced abortions in china. but state's own investigators concluded that there... [ continue reading: ] bush channels god "bush reportedly told [a group of amish], 'i trust god speaks through me. without that, i couldn’t do my job.'" had bush uttered that line with big press around, it'd be the buzz for days. but, writes brubaker, "this story has not been reported before. you might think an observant press follows the president everywhere, especially during a re-election campaign, but no reporter attended this meeting." [ continue reading: ] don't forget the bodies writing in the washington post, columnist jim hoagland notes that "the american public and media seem to be slowly trying to tune out iraq's continuing violence. accounts of all but spectacular assaults slide deeper into network news broadcasts and the inside pages of newspapers as the summer and the u.s. presidential campaign progress." on the small scale of the revealer, that's certainly true. jeff sharlet, on losing count of the dead... [ continue reading: ] 16 july, 2004 canadian muslim and author of the trouble with islam, irshad manji, argues against one-dimensional perceptions of islam, today on npr's the leonard lopate show. listen.... [ continue reading: ] 16 july, 2004 the latest news in god-garb: u.k. company laceys footwear has apologized for displaying the sacred hindu om symbol -- considered to be a manifestation of god -- inside its sandals (the part you step on) and is withdrawing the offending... [ continue reading: ] 16 july, 2004 one electorate under god? a pew forum dialogue on religion and american politics will be held this wednesday in washington, d.c. read more.... [ continue reading: ] the "r" word jay rosen: "if a religion writer covered the presidential campaign, how would campaign coverage be different? the least interesting part of that question is how such journalists might handle better the assorted religion stories that pop up in election campaigns... [ continue reading: ] 16 july 2004 a washington post article on kerry's faith starts with what should be a bombshell. the candidate is not only religious, but religiously-obsessed -- and yet, he only shares his passion with black churches. the post tags this devotion as strategy,... [ continue reading: ] 16 july 2004 "you can write a story that has no connection whatsoever to judaism or anything in jewish culture, but if it’s about someone named goldberg who once ate a bagel — poof, you have become a jewish writer. " a real... [ continue reading: ] 16 july 2004 conservative evangelicals have put serious muscle into bringing the sudanese disaster to the world's attention, but they don't own the issue. two days ago, the rev. dr. robert w. edgar, general secretary of the national council of churches usa --... [ continue reading: ] the "r" word campaign coverage forum: in search of religion on the campaign trail. [ continue reading: ] christian rubbish imagine a world of government-funded "faith-based" christian academies. now imagine a world in which said academies, built on the premise that no subject can be taught absent christ, dismiss creationism as "rubbish." "rubbish"? yes, that's right, mate -- we're talking old europe, the allegedly godless united kingdom.... [ continue reading: ] religious men amy sullivan: throughout the spring and early summer, photos of a church-going, communion-receiving john kerry were still plentiful every monday morning. while the “wafer watch” continued unabated, there was virtually no coverage of the worship habits of president george w. bush, perhaps the most vocally religious president in our history. the distinction highlights one of the most pervasive double standards in political journalism – the treatment of democratic and republican politicians’ personal faith. [ continue reading: ] 15 july 2004 day one -- and ten years to go. so says chuck colson, nixon dirty trickster turned evangelical leader, about the fight for a marriage amendment. a fight, some religious leaders say, that is just getting started -- despite wednesday's senate... [ continue reading: ] 15 july 2004 leaders of mainline presbyterianism have "officially equated the jewish state with apartheid and voted to stop investing in israel" -- making it the first major christian denomination to do so. the forward reports disapprovingly, but neglects the sharpened wedge this... [ continue reading: ] 15 july 2004 you need more money -- that's the title of a book by one of australia's most powerful political figures right now. but his solution to the problem isn't economic, it's religious. author brian houston is the pastor of the australian... [ continue reading: ] 14 july, 2004 you can call rick santorum "'a hater,'" but he'll still argue that he's "'a lover... a lover of traditional families and children who deserve the right to have a mother and father.'" the new york times's carl hulse reports on... [ continue reading: ] 14 july 2004 "an accused panty thief who has come under suspicion in the corvallis disappearance of 19-year-old brooke wilberger once told college buddies he could 'kill at will and not face sanctions from christ' because he was 'one of christ's angels.'" yes,... [ continue reading: ] 14 july, 2004 straight from the no-spin zone: fox news would like you to know about faith-based groups' liberal bias...... [ continue reading: ] 14 july, 2004 voice of america reports on a new vietnamese law promoted as a guarantee of religious freedom -- just so long as it's state-managed. the new law warns that those who use religion to "'undermine the state'" will be punished. the... [ continue reading: ] 14 july 2004 an alternet article on the boom in "gay spirituality" presents a summary of the spectrum, from new age to traditional, but serves up scant details. think of this piece as a guide to a dozen in-depth features waiting to be... [ continue reading: ] i.b. singer live! (sort of) july 14: join isaiah sheffer, host of npr's "selected shorts"; daphne merkin, author of dreaming of hitler; and revealer editor jeff sharlet for isaac bashevis singer's 100th birthday party tonight at kgb bar. strudel, shnapps, and readings of never-before-published stories at 7 pm. no cover. 85 e. 4th st., between second and third avenues; manhattan. read more from the the forward's special i.b. singer birthday edition. [ continue reading: ] 13 july, 2004 an australian man accused of trying to hijack a commercial aircraft to crash it into the walls of jerusalem national park in northern tasmania, yesterday told a court that he believed he was on a mission from god and that... [ continue reading: ] 13 july, 2004 danish pastor thorkild grosboell faces an ecclesiastic court for "sowing 'deep confusion'" within denmark's state lutheran protestant church last year when he publicly declared that he did not believe in god, resurrection or eternal life. the court, consisting of one... [ continue reading: ] 13 july, 2004 "'once i've got rid of this stock, that's it. i can't take it any more, i'm shutting down...i'm going to sell everything and then get out of this country,'" 52-year-old abu anthony, a baghdad liquor shop owner, told reuters's luke... [ continue reading: ] 13 july, 2004 "they're all 'values questions.'" sojourner's jim wallis and jerry falwell talk over tavis smiley on npr's am 820 this morning. listen, or read more about wallis's attempts to recover "a hijacked faith," in today's boston globe.... [ continue reading: ] 13 july 2004 no more families for scandanavia. "in norway, denmark, and sweden," dr. james dobson says, "the family is destroyed." so how do they settle their living arrangements? alphabetically? by height? no answers were provided at a 10,000 strong anti-same-sex marriage rally... [ continue reading: ] 13 july 2004 iowa city -- home of the famous iowa mfa -- bans book burning. "the new plan calls for members of [the jesus church] to throw materials into garbage cans and then light candles to symbolically 'burn' the material." burn this...... [ continue reading: ] we want our rumspringatv upn affiliate refuses to air a new reality show called amish in the city; conservative rep. joe pitts (r-pa.) says take that, liberal media! meanwhile, "stop 'amish in the city'" (what, they should stay on the farm?) stands up and fights for the pacifist sect -- without asking them their opinion. apparently, they don't have one -- much of the press, including the washington post and cnn, neglected to consult the rowdy rumspringa would-be reality stars of the upcoming series. who's exploiting who? [ continue reading: ] 12 july, 2004 should educators ever tell students about their faith? randy dotinga, of the christian science monitor, reports on the lawsuit brought by philosophy professor james tuttle against his former employer, ohio's lakeland community college. "while the college hasn't presented its side... [ continue reading: ] 12 july, 2004 "'every religion has a marriage contract. but when i, a christian palestinian, married alison, a jewish israeli, i was asked to sign the jewish marriage contract, the ketubah. alison added a few extra provisions. it says we can get divorced,... [ continue reading: ] 12 july, 2004 ron reagan, president reagan's younger son, will address the democratic national convention in boston about stem cell research.... [ continue reading: ] 12 july, 2004 day without the press: senegal's privately-owned newspapers have refused to publish, and private radio stations have replaced news bulletins with music as part of a protest at the arrest of an editor, madiambal diagne, whose le quotidien paper wrote about... [ continue reading: ] 12 july, 2004 "'i always knew i had a relationship with god. but i wasn't sure god had a relationship with me.'" the new york times's jon pareles talks to prince about his new-found spirituality.... [ continue reading: ] politics and the religion reporter: a story jason derose: by religious imagination, i mean an ability to deal with sacred texts--hymn and history, story and sermon, prophesy and poem. i also mean an ability to understand contemporary religious realities as part of that same, unfolding body of sacred texts: religious institutions, the faithful, the vaguely spiritual and the faithless are living human documents imagining themselves into existence and being imagined into reality by institutions, the faithful, the vaguely spiritual and the faithless. [ continue reading: ] 11 july 2004 an american pope? conservative pundit charlotte allen takes a new tack in the debate over how much religion politicians should put on display: "although the constitution explicitly requires separation of church and state, most americans don't mind — indeed many... [ continue reading: ] 11 july, 2004 "'his wife walked over and handed me the keys, and said, '"god told us to give y'all the building."'" bob ray sanders, of the star-telegram, reports on the gifting of a church in fort worth, texas from the pastor of... [ continue reading: ] 11 july, 2004 "the merger of religion and patriotism is especially dangerous in wartime, because it leads naturally to the conclusion that god is on our side. and if god is on our side, it isn't hard to figure out who, with two... [ continue reading: ] 11 july, 2004 saparmurat niyazov, president-for-life of turkmenistan, already commands that his image be included on every denomination of local currency, local brands of vodka, tea and other goods. but last month, juliette terzieff reports for the chronicle foreign service, niyazov elevated himself... [ continue reading: ] 10 july, 2004 gwynne dyer, in the trinidad and tobogo express, laments the state of religion and politics in nigeria -- especially as the two relate to a contentious polio vaccination campaign. the governor of the nigerian state of kano suspended the vaccinations... [ continue reading: ] 10 july, 2004 "'some people say these gifts have passed away,'" said pastor david fees of the fountain of life in plano, texas. "'we have the same human nature as they did in the first century, we have the same enemies and we... [ continue reading: ] 10 july, 2004 the fourth parliament of the world's religions meets in barcelona this week, drawing more than 7,000 people from five continents to discuss religiously motivated violence, international debt, the plight of refugees and universal access to clean water. 12:25 pm: "'i... [ continue reading: ] 10 july, 2004 the new york times's somini sengupta reinforces moktada al-sadr's thug-life image in a report on the cleric and his die-hard followers, who have taken control of the 10th-century imam ali shrine: the "sacred centerpiece of iraq's shiite heartland," and a... [ continue reading: ] 10 july, 2004 "nothing encourages more reverie about the meaning of it all than lives glimpsed from a train window: the poignancy of patio chairs, tilted, as if in prayer, to let rain run off them; figures momentarily looking up from sinks, as... [ continue reading: ] beyond roe: access denied "in april, julee lacey, 33, a fort worth, tx, mother of two, went to her local cvs drugstore for a last-minute pill refill. she had been getting her prescription filled there for a year, so she was astonished when the pharmacist told her, 'i personally don't believe in birth control and therefore i'm not going to fill your prescription.' melissa kelley, 35, was just as stunned when her gynecologist told her she would not renew her prescription for birth control pills last fall. 'she told me she couldn't in good faith prescribe the pill anymore.'... lacey's pharmacist and kelley's doctors are among hundreds, perhaps thousands, of physicians and pharmacists who now adhere to a controversial belief that birth control pills and other forms of hormonal contraception--including the skin patch, the vaginal ring, and progesterone injections--cause tens of thousands of 'silent' abortions every year. consequently, they are refusing to prescribe or dispense them." read more of caroline bollinger's prevention report, "access denied." [ continue reading: ] 9 july 2004 "when down in the mouth, remember jonah. he came out all right." dan nephin, of the associated press, reads some church signs.... [ continue reading: ] 9 july, 2004 ray hemphill, minister of the milwaukee faith temple of the apostolic faith church is on trial for felony physical child abuse for suffocating an autistic child during an exorcism last august. hemphill faces up to five years in prison if... [ continue reading: ] 9 july, 2004 "'i said to myself, please god, if my time is coming, make it happen before the parish closes. i can have a catholic funeral in any church. but i cannot conceive of myself having the last rites and leaving this... [ continue reading: ] 8 july, 2004 the solid rock cruisers, a christian car club based in auburn, washington, will hold their annual "believe in the son" car show this saturday. 11:01 am: "'it's as if (christian stores) have been playing college football, and at halftime, they... [ continue reading: ] 8 july, 2004 ag, shame: mbulawa moyo of south africa's financial gazette scolds a group of zimbabwean "rogue nuns" from the little community of our blessed lady order, for illegally occupying white-owned farmland and for aligning themselves with the pro-mugabe zanu pf party.... [ continue reading: ] the "r" word debra l. mason: celebrated u.s. church historian martin marty once asked me what religion beat journalists thought of a then-recent book outlining how journalists cover and think about religion. i evaded the question—i thought it impolite to confess that religion reporters spend far less time analyzing what they do than their audiences or academics. [ continue reading: ] 8 july 2004 darrell issa, the republican congressman from vista, ca, who inadvertently bankrolled arnold's ascendance in an attempt to sieze the governorship for himself, appears to have set his sights considerably lower: a 3 foot by 4 foot plaque of "in god... [ continue reading: ] 8 july 2004 "virtually every city," writes joel kotkin in the la times, "whether in california, mexico, iraq or china — retains at some very basic level an intimate tie to religion." which is why, he says, the cross should remain in the... [ continue reading: ] british journalists out! if you were busy celebrating the land of the free this past july 4th, you probably missed elena lappin's kafkaesque report in the nyt on her attempt to practice journalism without an "information visa." we used to be familiar with lappin as editor of the excellent british magazine, jewish quarterly; now, she's writing for the guardian. apparently, a resume like that -- plus british citizenship -- is enough to get you body-searched, handcuffed, and deported these days. her account isn't about religion, but it's about journalism, and it's scary, so read it and then send a few bucks to reporters without borders. [via philocrites] [ continue reading: ] wwhtsaram (what would helen thomas say about religion and media?) we're tired of all those wwjd jokes, the ones that mock the phrase by subbing in some silly character for jesus. as far as we're concerned, bill wasik cornered that market when he created the now almost-famous advice column, "what would journey do?" that said, we were tempted to title this item "what would helen thomas say?" because we really want to know what the veteran white house correspondent would say about religion in the media and the state of the world. fortunately, the texas freedom network is hosting a religion and media conference featuring thomas as keynoter. other speakers include revealer contributor stewart m. hoover, religionlink editor diane connolly, the guy who wrote bush's brain, and the founder of tompaine.com. if you can't guess from that lineup, texas freedom network is a liberal outfit, so don't expect to find cal thomas on a panel. but the schedule sounds promising even without cal, so if you're in texas, and you like freedom, sign up here. [ continue reading: ] 7 july, 2004 the north carolina state house tentatively agreed tuesday to create a special license plate including the phrase "in god we trust."... [ continue reading: ] 7 july, 2004 "'before the six-day war, dispensationalists were content to sit in the bleachers of history explaining the end-time game on the field below, point- ing out events and identifying players. but after expansion of israel into the west bank and gaza,... [ continue reading: ] 7 july, 2004 the archdiocese of portland, ore., filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, becoming the first roman catholic diocese in the nation to seek such relief in response to mounting claims by victims of sexually abusive priests. read more. 9:55 am:... [ continue reading: ] 7 july, 2004 u.k. home secretary, david blunkett, today will announce plans to criminalize religious hatred--a measure he's proposed twice and which has been twice voted down. alan travis, in the guardian, reports.... [ continue reading: ] 7 july, 2004 wayne barrett and ben shestakofsky of the village voice explore a new angle of the "catholic question," in an article on new york cardinal edward egan. egan, who has been quietly opposed to both denying communion to candidates like john... [ continue reading: ] 6 july, 2004 u.s. district judge gladys kessler has ruled that the federal agency that oversees americorps must stop financing programs that place volunteers in catholic schools, saying it unconstitutionally crosses the line between church and state. the ap's hope yen reports that... [ continue reading: ] 6 july 2004 "for [flannery] o'connor—whose characters are some of the most memorable grotesqueries in american literature—the grotesque makes visible hidden 'discrepancies' between character and belief." david griffith wonders what the great catholic writer would have to say about abu ghraib and the... [ continue reading: ] 6 july, 2004 cpl. wassef ali hassoun, the lebanese-born u.s. marine taken hostage by the islamic response group, has been released according to his brother, sami hassoun. mr. hassoun told reporters he'd received a "clear 'sign' that his brother is 'alive.'" cnn reports... [ continue reading: ] 6 july, 2004 "where we mennonites once reacted (and probably over-reacted) to the encroachment of 'worldliness,' our ethical instincts seem to have been lulled to sleep by the mantras of economic growth and the promise of cheap stuff, even though the cultural consequence... [ continue reading: ] 6 july, 2004 "'my feet. i walk on bare feet. do they think of that when they schedule? they better look at my feet. if they cared, if they had any compassion, they would see my bare feet.'" jimmy breslin pities jesus in... [ continue reading: ] 6 july, 2004 pew has published the transcript of its late june conference on "the body politic and the body of christ: candidates, communion and the catholic church." speakers included thomas j. reese, editor-in-chief of the national catholic weekly and george weigel, from... [ continue reading: ] 6 july 2004 bush "is the first president not to meet with the leadership of mainline christian traditions since george washington," says the rev. bob edgar, general secretary of the national council of churches. salon's mary jacoby offers a solid -- if dem-biased... [ continue reading: ] 5 july 2004 "you have to change with the times," says megachurch pastor joel osteen. "if jesus were here he'd change with the times. he couldn't ride around on a donkey. he'd drive a car." and st. peter, apparently, would lease a stadium... [ continue reading: ] 5 july 2004 kansas fundamentalists mark the dedication of new york's "freedom tower": "when the group began singing, 'god hates america,' a police officer assigned to protect them turned his back in disgust, while a pack of hells angels bikers revved their engines... [ continue reading: ] 5 july 2004 time teaches "reasonable religion": a sidebar to its cover on fahrenheit 9/11, labels michael moore the flip side of mel gibson, and moore's fans just as "blinded by the light" as the true believers who flocked to the passion. the... [ continue reading: ] 5 july, 2004 "words such as auras and chakras might lead many people to scoff, but researchers are starting to take these concepts seriously, translating them into scientific terms by measuring the body's bioelectromagnetic fields and the effects of healing energy on plants,... [ continue reading: ] 5 july 2004 muslims make the difference for canadian liberals: islam online reports that canada's 700,000-strong islamic community showed new political muscle by turning out in huge numbers to turn back canada's conservative tide. foreshadowing of events come november? in 2000, bush won... [ continue reading: ] 5 july 2004 must be a slow news day: nyt is running yet another story on kooky christian commerce, as if aggressive marketing was a new discovery for the faith that brought us the crusades. one popular t-shirt available at a recent christian... [ continue reading: ] civil rights, 40 years on kathryn joyce: missing from both the coverage of the 40th anniversary of the civil rights act, and barbara bradley hagerty’s three-part npr series on religion in the workplace, is mention of the proposed title vii amendment which binds them to one another, and thereby to the larger, ongoing debate about the proper place of religion in american politics and law. [ continue reading: ] 2 july, 2004 "there was a cartoon a few weeks ago, i forget where, and there was a drawing of someone giving the nightly news and it said, well the news today is that a small band of viscious militants did major damage... [ continue reading: ] 2 july, 2004 to the dismay of manisha prakash, writing for the times of india, railway minister laloo prasad yadav has turned the fate of indian trains over to lord vishwakarma, "god of machines." "'indian railways is the responsibility of lord vishwakarma,'" laloo... [ continue reading: ] 1 july, 2004 reuters's parisa hafezi reports on concern among some iranian clergy that a secular, democratic iraq may shift the balance of power within shi'ite islam from the iranian holy city of qom to iraq's najaf. the holy city of qom has... [ continue reading: ] the revealer © 2005       contact: the.revealer@nyu.edu       privacy policy | terms of use       syndicate this site: rss 1 rss 2       powered by movable type 

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