Interfaith

Supreme Court Takes up Church-State Case

February 28, 2007

Author: Warren Richey

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0228/p03s03-usju.html

President Bush's faith-based initiative is a signature program of his administration. But not all Americans share the president's belief that the government should work in close partnership with religious organizations willing to perform nonreligious public services, like running homeless shelters or drug counseling programs.

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Camp Uses American Indian Traditions to Help Soldiers Heal

February 26, 2007

Author: Cindy V. Culp

Source: Waco Tribune-Herald

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/26/02262007wacphoenixproject.html

For decades, Richard Thompson has struggled with an injury he received during Marine Corps training.

But the Gholson resident doesn’t dwell on the loss of most of the hearing in his left ear. Instead, he is troubled that the resulting medical discharge...

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Iran President Open to Talks with U.S., Religious Leaders Told

February 26, 2007

Source: National Council of Churches Press Release

http://www.ncccusa.org/news/070226iranopen.html

Washington, D.C., February 26, 2007 – The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told a delegation of American religious leaders visiting Tehran last Saturday that he is willing to engage in talks with the United States government.

"I have no reservation about conducting talks with American officials if we see some good will," President Ahmadinejad was quoted as...

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Religious leaders Want to be Part of the Solution

February 25, 2007

Source: Middle East Online

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=19748

NEW YORK - An historic event took place in New Delhi, February 5-7, 2007, when a delegation of senior rabbis from Israel and other countries met top Hindu leaders for the first time to discuss a range of subjects including the relevance of tradition in everyday life, similarities and dissimilarities between the two religions and the promotion of education. They affirmed their shared values,...

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Religion an Unanticipated Visitor to China for Olympic Games

February 25, 2007

Author: Bettye Wells Miller

Source: The Press-Enterprise

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_olympics26.1a090af.html

When Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles visited Beijing last year, he posed a question that stumped his Chinese hosts: Have you considered the religious practices of athletes, officials and visitors attending the 2008 Olympic Games?

The answer was "No," Zhong Jianhua,...

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Holy Missteps

February 24, 2007

Author: Pamela Miller

Source: Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/614/story/1022076.html

While growing up in Vermont, Sabrina Rood attended a Congregational church and did not know many Catholics. So when she moved to Minnesota and began taking psychology classes at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, she learned some things that weren't in the textbook.

One winter's day she got to class early and was reading when the first two...

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Exploring Art of the Faithful

February 24, 2007

Author: JUSTIN ELLIS

Source: Portland Press Herald

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/religion/stories/070224religion.html

The religious influence is obvious in such works of art as Leonardo DaVinci's "The Last Supper," Michelangelo's frescoes at the Sistine Chapel or any number of the Renaissance-period pieces depicting Madonna and Child.

But outside the clear iconography of certain religious traditions, how is art...

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Hindu Chaplain Installed At University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

February 22, 2007

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/2/22.shtml#4

DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, February 20, 2007: In one of the unique events that took place in the history of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Swami Yogatmananda was installed as the Hindu Chaplain of the University, amongst the invocations to the beholder of the universe, chanting of peace mantra for the planet and echoes of conch blowing. The installation ceremony was graced by Dr....

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