Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash

Correction: Rick Warren-Reader's Digest story

In a Nov. 4 story about the end of a publishing partnership between pastor Rick Warren and Reader's Digest, The Associated Press erroneously reported that subscriptions to the Purpose Driven Connection totaled 2,500 to 5,000 per month. Subscriptions were growing by 2,500 to 5,000 per month, a project editor said. A Reader's Digest spokesman declined to release figures but said subscriptions "fell far short of expectations."
Modified: 11/06/09 04:00:28 PM

Mosques step up security after Fort Hood rampage

U.S. mosques fearful of a backlash after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas are stepping up security.
Modified: 11/06/09 02:08:05 PM

Graham reaching 91

Billy Graham, born in Charlotte four days before the end of World War I, will turn 91 on Saturday.
Modified: 11/05/09 09:15:27 PM

Women still heeding the call to become nuns

A happy, party noise filled Annunciation Chapel on the last day of August, a breezy day that felt more spring than end of summer.
Modified: 11/04/09 05:30:29 PM

Muslims say attacks are more than vandalism

As Iqbal Ahmad surveys the damage to the Fayetteville Street mosque - smashed windows and doors, stolen computer monitors, Sunday school supplies knocked over - he concludes this was no ordinary burglary.
Modified: 11/05/09 05:43:52 AM

Churches view illness differently

All religious congregations care for the sick.
Modified: 11/04/09 05:28:53 PM

Body to science; soul to God

Life Stories: Throughout her 59 years, Nancy Grace Litz was eager to move and talk.
Modified: 11/05/09 06:42:19 AM

Rick Warren, Reader's Digest part ways on project

A joint publishing venture between influential pastor Rick Warren and Reader's Digest magazine has collapsed less than a year after it was announced with great fanfare.
Modified: 11/05/09 09:47:46 AM

Nonreligious community increasingly split by provocative tactics

When some 600 atheists, agnostics and other nonreligious folks gather in Seattle starting Friday for a Freedom From Religion Foundation convention, there will be an emphatically nonprayer breakfast.
Modified: 11/04/09 10:27:57 PM

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http://www.seattletimes.com/

Religion News in Brief

An Ohio village's Christmas parade has been canceled amid concerns over possible lawsuits, expected protests and logistical problems.
Modified: 11/04/09 11:38:50 AM

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http://www.firstdallas.org

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http://www.cdow.org/

Celibacy may be reviewed as new priests are few; Married priests of other faiths may convert to Catholicism

One of the hardest things Ed Donaghy has ever done was leave his ministry as a Catholic priest. For months, he agonized over his conflicting desires to have a family and serve as a priest in the Sacramento Diocese.
Modified: 11/04/09 09:18:18 PM

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http://www.sacbee.com/

Voices of faith: Is it God's job to protect us?

Voices of faith: Is it God's job to protect us?
Modified: 11/04/09 08:04:17 AM

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http://www.kansascity.com

Gone to the dogs: LA church starts pet service

When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start.
Modified: 11/04/09 10:03:57 AM

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Covenant Presbyterian Church

Seminary in Cary wins accreditation

Shepherds Theological Seminary, a graduate school on the grounds of Colonial Baptist Church, has been awarded full accreditation by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.
Modified: 11/04/09 05:48:11 AM

Dominicans rebuke Illinois nun who's fought for women's reproductive rights

For decades, Sister Donna Quinn has championed the rights of women to use contraception, seek ordination and end unwanted pregnancies.
Modified: 11/05/09 03:13:16 AM

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Practitioner: Don't confuse our work with televangelists'

Christian Science practitioner Shirley Paulson says witnessing the miraculous consequences of prayer has convinced her that patients should be free to choose the kind of health care that works best for them.
Modified: 11/05/09 03:13:16 AM

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Should prayers be covered? Christian Scientists want spiritual care' as part of health bill

As the health care battle moved forward last week, Phil Davis, a senior Christian Science church official, hurriedly delivered bundles of letters to Senate offices promoting a little-noticed proposal in the legislation requiring insurers to consider covering the church's prayer treatments just as they do other medical expenses.
Modified: 11/04/09 03:04:06 AM

Audio Bible' CD set took 600 actors to record

JoBe Cerny, most famous for being the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, was on one recent rainy morning sitting in a studio at his Cerny/American Creative, a production company/recording studio on Illinois Street in Chicago. He was drinking coffee and nibbling at some doughnuts and listening to the voice of Jesus Christ as he died on the cross.
Modified: 11/04/09 03:04:18 AM

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Biblical scholar connects religious history with present-day struggles

Behold Bruce Feiler's optimism. You and your relatives, he says with conviction, can talk about religion and politics at Thanksgiving and survive.
Modified: 11/02/09 08:36:55 AM

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http://www.philly.com/