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- The crystallization of counter-enlightenment and philosophe identities: theological controversy and catholic enlightenment in pre-revolutionary France
- RECENT works of modern French history have found it fashionable, when focusing on the eighteenth century from across the jagged shoals of nineteenth- and twentieth-century France, to reductively treat Francophone national identity as the dialogical interaction of two related "imagined communities." (1) On the one hand, as scholars such as...
- Research articles 2008-12-01
- Our view
- Court tosses 'jesus' suit Graduate speeches can be censored t's easy to see where a court would side with Lewis-Palmer School District 38, which says it did not violate the First Amendment rights of Erica Corder -- the valedictorian who dared mention " Jesus" (gasp!) in her 2006...
- Research articles 2008-08-09
- Minister Uses NASA Forecasting to Study Signals of Jesus' Return.
- By WorldNetDaily Will Jesus return to Earth in the year 2015? And can studying NASA's website provide evidence for such a scenario? A minister who promotes the Old Testament roots of Christianity suggests a rare string of lunar and solar eclipses said...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
- Western Christians celebrate Easter in Jerusalem
- JERUSALEM AFP — Christian pilgrims from around the world on Sunday flocked to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem's Old City where many believe Jesus was resurrected after his crucifixion 2,000 years ago. Thousands of faithful filled every nook and cranny of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a cavernous labyrinth...
- Research articles 2008-03-23
- Unique event with no hint of bravado; A SENIOR MOMENT A major BBC production, The Passion, is running over the Easter period. Here Rev RICHARD STEEL, Rector of Kirkheaton, gives his view on the drama - and looks at the truth behind 'an amazing story'
- Byline: RICHARD STEEL A SENIOR moment-but I'm only 50! I'm not old enough to have a 'senior moment'. Yet, when I stop to think about it, a lot has changed in those 50 years. When I was a child you could only buy Hot Cross Buns from your...
- Research articles 2008-03-21
- Christian pilgrims mark Good Friday in Holy City
- JERUSALEM AFP — Psalms and incense filled the air of the Holy City of Jerusalem on what is known as Good Friday, as thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world prayed along the traditional route Jesus took to his crucifixion. The faithful, several of them bearing large wooden...
- Research articles 2008-03-21
- Row erupts in Australia over 'gay' Jesus play: report
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian church leaders have condemned a play shortly to open in Sydney depicting Jesus as a gay man who is seduced by Judas, a report said Sunday. The play, named Corpus Christi, is due to open next month as part of the city's annual Gay and...
- Research articles 2008-01-19
- Orthodox Christians mark Jesus baptism in Jordan River
- JERICHO, West Bank AFP — Thousands of Orthodox Christians made a pilgrimage on Friday to the Jordan River site where Jesus is believed to have been baptized. The event marked the Feast of the Epiphany, when Jesus began his public ministry by receiving baptism from John the Baptist. ...
- Research articles 2008-01-18
- Bush traces footsteps of Jesus in Galilee
- CAPERNAUM, Israel AFP — US President George W. Bush traced the footsteps of Jesus on Friday as he wound up his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a tour of Biblical sites. Bush flew by helicopter from Jerusalem to the village of Capernaum on the shores of...
- Research articles 2008-01-11
- Religions and international poverty alleviation: the pluses and minuses.(Essay)
- Increasingly within the international development community and among religious organizations, it is argued that religious agencies offer something unique to development programs, especially to those designed to alleviate poverty. Generally, this comparative advantage is seen as forms of social capital. In fact, virtually all the world's...
- Research articles 2007-09-22
- Pentecostalism beyond belief: trust and democracy in a Malawian township
- ABSTRACT The concept of belief, when applied in its strong sense, assumes an inner state that sets believers apart from non-believers. This article suggests that a concept of trust is more appropriate for the study of the religious orientation among Pentecostal Christians in Chinsapo, an impoverished township in Malawi's...
- Research articles 2007-09-22
- Hippy, playboy Jesus ad riles Belgian bishops
- BRUSSELS AFP — Catholic bishops in Belgium have protested a TV ad depicting a pot-bellied, hippy Jesus performing miracles and picking up scantily-clad girls up in a nightclub, a church spokesman said Friday. "We have expressed our disapproval to the president of RTL's administrative council" Jacques Santer and the...
- Research articles 2007-09-21
- BeliefWatch: Entombed
- In interviews with NEWSWEEK in the days before the announcement of the "Jesus family tomb" (the suburban Jerusalem cave said to contain the bones of Jesus and his relatives, a claim that later turned out to be overblown), publishers and publicists worried aloud that the public might be suffering from...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe?
- Forum writer Joel P. Engardio clearly illustrates why Jehovah's Witnesses are often on the receiving end of hostility. Jehovah's Witnesses regularly engage in deception to get people to believe they are not really a cult but just a branch of Christianity ("Opening the door for us all," The Forum, May...
- Research articles 2007-05-15
- Pope to promote divinity of Christ during Brazil visit
- VATICAN CITY AFP — Analysts say Pope Benedict XVI will use his trip to Brazil to promote Christ's divinity over the politicised Jesus embraced by Latin America's liberation theologists. Benedict is said to be convinced that the struggle for influence between the Roman Catholic Church and the rising tide...
- Research articles 2007-05-06
- BOOK MARKS
- BOOK MARKS AN IMPORTANT, GROUNDBREAKING AND epoch-making volume gets my vote as presumptuous as it may sound this early in the year for the best Jewish book of the year. In Christ Killers: The Jews and the Passion From the Bible to the Big Screen, by Jeremy Cohen (Oxford University...
- Research articles 2007-05-04
- Reader responses regarding "The Mormons" PBS series
- Here are Deseret Morning News reader responses regarding "The Mormons" PBS series. In messages where only an e-mail address was available and the message itself did not identify the writer, "no name" is noted. I personally felt that the documentary was mediocre at best. It was not represented...
- Research articles 2007-05-03
- Pope's answer to 'The Da Vinci Code' a runaway success
- VATICAN CITY, April 17, 2007 AFP — A book on Jesus by Pope Benedict XVI is a runaway success in Italy with 50,000 copies sold on the first day and a second edition already planned, the publishers Rizzoli said Tuesday. "Jesus of Nazareth" was launched on the pontiff's 80th...
- Research articles 2007-04-17
- Five fractious faiths share Easter in Jerusalem church
- JERUSALEM AFP — Thousands of worshippers from five Christian faiths on Sunday celebrated Easter at the traditional site of Jesus's death, burial and resurrection -- Jerusalem's contested Holy Sepulchre Church. Pilgrims thronged to the Baroque chapel in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City to hear the five denominations' Easter...
- Research articles 2007-04-08
- Mexican immigrants' painful march marks Good Friday
- ATLIXCO, Mexico AFP — Bound with chains and speared by cactus barbs, thousands of chain-bound Mexicans marked Good Friday with a march aimed at giving thanks to Jesus for their good fortune in immigrating to the United States. "Faith is what motivates me, and to give something back to...
- Research articles 2007-04-07
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