Author: Naveen Qayyum

Source: World Council of Churches

http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1722/women-in-christian-muslim.html

Can women play a strong role in bringing reconciliation and tolerance to the communities in conflict? Can divisions and divides be resolved from a faith-based perspective, when religion often is considered a cause of violence?

These were some...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Don Bosco India

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The India Post

http://indiapost.com/article/communitypost/3928/

A handful of religious organizations sponsored the 9/11 Unity Walk, a gathering to commemorate the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks and promote interfaith solidarity and peace-building.

The event, now in its fourth year, takes place simultaneously in Washington DC and New York. More than five hundred participants representing a wide array...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Winston-Salem Journal/Religion News Service

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/20/openness-poll-finds-americans-ideas-about-heaven-c/

Heaven is no longer viewed as an exclusive place by many Americans, according to a new survey from Baylor University.

When researchers polled U.S. adults about who (and how many) will get into heaven, 54 percent of...

Author: David Yonke

Source: The Toledo Blade

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080920/NEWS09/809200378

A survey of religious groups' political leanings shows remarkably little change between the current presidential campaign and the 2004 race, according to pollster John C. Green of the University of Akron.

"My staff called me a slave driver because I had them run the data 50 or 60 times,"...

Author: Matt Johnson

Source: OCOLLY

http://ocolly.com/2008/09/19/group-seeks-unity-peace/

Faith often divides friends, families and nations because they believe their faiths are incompatible.

Too many times people look at what is different about religions and never look at what could unite them.

The Institute of Interfaith Dialogue wants to change all of that one dinner at a time.

The IID seeks to promote the...

Author: Stephanie Warsmith

Source: The Beacon Journal

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/28668694.html

Evangelical Protestants and non-Latino Catholics are backing Sen. John McCain for president.

Black Protestants, Jews and atheists prefer Sen. Barack Obama.

In other words, the breakdown of support for the Republican and Democratic candidates is similar to that seen in the 2004 presidential election.

These are among the...

Author: Douglas Belkin

Source: The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122170378696950927.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy

With her husband, a Baptist minister, standing at the back of the room, Judy Baker delivered a stump speech here last month with references to her faith, her God and the moral imperative of the policies she champions.

Though her speech had flourishes right out of the GOP...

Author: Jonathan Shapiro

Source: Bayonne Journal

Author: Raymond Carlson and Greta Stetson

Source: Yale Daily News

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/25202

On Tuesday evening, Commons Dining Hall was transformed into something “between Hogwarts and Medina,” in the words of Eboo Patel, the keynote speaker at Yale’s seventh annual Ramadan Banquet.

Nearly filling the room to capacity, more than 500 Yale students, faculty and staff and New Haven residents crowded into...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Peninsula

Author: Madhu Krishnamurthy

Source: The Daily Herald

Author: Ashley Gipson

Source: Religion News Service

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2008/09/faith-leaders-urge-longterm-so.php

More than 100 religious leaders have urged the federal government and both major political parties to develop long-term solutions to address poverty and environmental concerns along the Gulf Coast.

In an attempt to solve what they called a "moral crisis," the religious leaders sent the statement...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Honolulu Advertiser

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/NEWS25/809150334/1318/LOCALNEWSFRONT

A chapter of a national movement to raise awareness of climate change and energy issues among religious groups has opened in Hawai'i and will hold a dedication ceremony from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University...

Author: Suha Philip Ma’ayeh

Source: The National

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080914/FOREIGN/669944587/1011/SPORT

Haneen Bisharat, 18, is looking forward to experienc[ing] what it feels like to fast during Ramadan in solidarity with her Muslim university friends.

“I want to fast for an entire day and see how my friends can stay without food and water until the evening,” said Ms Bisharat, who is a...