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August 1996

August 14, 1996

Rising Star on the Religious Right

SAN DIEGO -- As Star Parker faced the Republican National Convention, she struggled to stay...

August 07, 1996

‘Broad Minded’ Church Growth?

Visit all of the churches in an American city on the same Sunday and the...

July 1996

July 31, 1996

Bathsheba at the Beach

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. -- Every summer, Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians and others flirt with making historic...

July 24, 1996

Snakes, Miracles and Biblical Authority

Church historian Bill Leonard never expected to become friends with the late Brother Arnold Saylor,...

July 17, 1996

The Human Face of Religious Persecution

So far, Robert Hussein has lost his wife, children and fortune and, right now, his...

July 10, 1996

Hello World, Welcome to the Bible Belt

Somewhere, there's a big book that determines how networks televise the Olympics.In addition to the...

July 03, 1996

Southern Baptists, Disney and Media Reality

For the next 12 months, the Rev. Richard Land will try to convince Southern Baptists...

June 1996

June 26, 1996

Online Religion II: Net Wits Set Free

All Quentin Schultze did was run the "Top 15 Biblical Ways to Acquire A Wife"...

June 19, 1996

Cyberspace Religion: Part I

Quentin Schultze felt relieved and sad as he transmitted what he thought would be his...

June 12, 1996

Can Reform Jews Keep the Faith?

Time after time, Reform Judaism's new leader made one point: It's obvious that millions of...

June 05, 1996

Sin, Repentance, and Kansas

Every year, the Central Christian Church in Wichita, Kan., has "Repentance Sunday" and seeks God's...

May 1996

May 29, 1996

Franklin Stands Up

It is one of modern Christendom's most familiar images.Evangelist Billy Graham finishes inviting his listeners...

May 22, 1996

Christian Persecution

It's possible to buy a Christian slave in southern Sudan for as little as $15.Last...

May 15, 1996

No Doctrine? Call the Lawers

The data sheet for would-be bishops asked for the usual facts -- driver's license number,...

May 08, 1996

Billy, Hillary, Sin, and America

Two very symbolic Americans -- Billy Graham and Hillary Rodham Clinton -- recently preached very...

May 01, 1996

Looking For News at the Evangelical Press Association

COLORADO SPRINGS -- This year's national Evangelical Press Association convention theme was "Justice, Mercy and...

April 1996

April 24, 1996

Justice vs. The Worldly Wise

OK, here's where things stand in the war of words between the U.S. Supreme Court...

April 17, 1996

Starting Year Nine: Notes and Quotes

Every day, journalists who cover religion face waves of letters, press releases, magazines, books and,...

April 10, 1996

TV vs. Traditional Faith

Everyone now and then, people on TV dramas or sitcoms quote scripture, kneel before crosses,...

April 03, 1996

Jewish Life, Passover, and Pop Culture

The premiere issue of Jewish Family & Life includes a recipe for Matzah Brei. You...

March 1996

March 27, 1996

Leighton Ford and the ‘Evangelism’ Debates

SEATTLE -- Outside the Golf Park club house, rows of men are hitting practice balls...

March 20, 1996

Regent and the Politics of Entertainment

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Anyone seeking Middle America's true marketplace of ideas need only click...

March 13, 1996

Oprah, ‘Babe’ and Religious Liberty

It's hard to debate religious liberty issues with a superstar pig from Hollywood. The star...

March 06, 1996

The Charismatic Episcopal Church

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- This was only Janine Nitterauer's second time in the pulpit and her...

February 1996

February 28, 1996

An Episcopal Catch-22

One easy way to create fog is to bring together clashing fronts of lawyers and...

February 21, 1996

The Church of Whatever

For years, Nashville has sort of played for Southern Baptists the role that Rome plays...

February 14, 1996

Define ‘Christian College’ — Please

As the late Southern humorist Grady Nutt always said, you know you're in Baptist country...

February 07, 1996

PK Reaches Out to Clergy

The agenda for next week's Promise Keepers clergy conference ends with a tiny note saying...

January 1996

January 31, 1996

Hell and the Church of England

It wasn't a firestorm, but British newspapers recently found a subject hot enough to compete...

January 24, 1996

The Religion of American Sports

Amid the tumult surrounding Super Bowl XXX, Americans will congregate to party, pray, swear, chant,...