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Family spat divides televangelism empire
Associated Press
January 31, 2009
msnbc
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - Once one of the most popular televangelists in the U.S., the Rev. Robert H. Schuller is watching his life’s work crumble.
Review: Darwin’s Island by Steve Jones and Darwin’s Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moo
Gillian Beer
January 30, 2009
Guardian.co.uk
Two books that enhance our understanding of Darwin’s significance impress Gillian Beer
Sam Harris at Idea City 2005
Sam Harris
January 29, 2009
Idea City
Sam Harris speaks about the conflict between faith and reason at the 2005 Idea City conference in Toronto.
Why Darwin and Hirst are more believable than God
Jonathan Jones
January 29, 2009
Guardian.co.uk
Despite a religious upbringing, I quickly found Charles Darwin - and his influence on Damien Hirst - far more compelling
Kama Sutra ‘sex cult’ leader arrested
January 28, 2009
The Telegraph, UK
The leader of a Kama Sutra ‘sex cult’ has been arrested in Indonesia after giving sermons in his underpants.
Test: Warring monks threaten destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Sheera Frenkel
January 28, 2009
Times online
A long-running row over the rights to a rooftop section of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre could bring the entire structure tumbling down, destroying Christendom’s holiest site.
Teenagers frogmarched to Sunday service to apologise for damaging 14th century church
January 28, 2009
The Telegraph, UK
Two teenagers who caused £1000 of damage to a 14th century church could escape a police prosecution after their parents took them to Sunday service to apologise.
Vatican is unflinching on Holocaust-denier
Duke Helfand and Sebastian Rotella
January 27, 2009
Los Angeles Times
The church says Bishop Richard Williamson’s ideas have nothing to do with the pope’s decision to return him to the fold.
Crystals versus Christ
January 27, 2009
BBC
While church attendances have been falling for years, these days the trend is for spirituality with no links to organised religion. Now the Church is on a mission to convert the so-called spiritual-but-not-religious, reports Jolyon Jenkins.
Church aide goes public with Haggard allegation
Associated Press
January 26, 2009
Los Angeles Times
He says the ex-pastor performed a sex act in front of him. The Colorado church agreed to pay for the man’s college and counseling—if he didn’t speak of the relationship with the evangelist.
Haggard apologizes for relationship
Associated Press
January 26, 2009
msnbc
Fallen evangelist says he didn’t have physical contact with church volunteer
Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God
Riazat Butt
January 26, 2009
Guardian.co.uk
Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God
Omid Memarian: Obama, Islamic World and Obstacles of Mutual Respect
Omid Memarian
January 26, 2009
Obama, Islamic World and Obstacles of "Mutual Respect"
In his inaugural address on January 20, President Barack Obama said, to the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward based on mutual interest and mutual respect. But, without further defining mutual respect, how can the President’s remark be anything but words or a vague and indefinite platitude?
Frankie Martin: America’s Islamic Slave Roots
Frankie Martin
January 26, 2009
Huffington Post
The case of Sapelo illustrates some of the deep links between Islam and America going back to the founding of the country itself.
On the evolution of Darwin
Philip Ball
January 24, 2009
The Guardian, UK
Among a glut of new works on the great naturalist, Philip Ball finds the claim that a hatred of slavery motivated his studies
Religion and science have always coexisted
Jonathan Jones, art critic
January 22, 2009
The Guardian, UK
Nouveau atheism presents a false view of the clash between science and religion. Many of history’s greatest scientists were influenced by faith and superstition
Islamic cleric advises worshippers to rape and beat wives
Bonnie Malkin, Sydney
January 21, 2009
Telegraph, UK
An Australian cleric has provoked outrage by telling worshippers it is acceptable for men to rape and beat their wives.
Defending the faith, or prejudice?
January 21, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news+sport/religion/-/2/hi/uk_news/7841775.stm
As a fresh bid is made to reform the Act of Settlement, BBC News looks at the history of the law that bans the monarch marrying a Catholic.
Somali executed for ‘apostasy’
January 16, 2009
BBC News
An Islamist militia has executed a Somali politician who they accused of betraying his religion by working with non-Muslim Ethiopian forces.
Susan McCarthy: What happens when scientific data is dressed up in religious clothing
by Susan McCarthy
January 9, 2009
Guardian.co.uk
What happens when scientific data is dressed up in religious clothing?









