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Intelligent design on trial
A 21-DAY Pennsylvania trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools which lasted 13 days longer than the 1925 Scopes trial--turned out to be...
Christian Century, 11/29/05 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
Bar tunes not Wesleys' way: exposing the vulgar myth behind Methodist hymns
A music adviser for the United Methodist Church has set out to puncture the "myth" that John and Charles Wesley, the brothers regarded as the...
Insight on the News, 09/23/02 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
Justice Black's bigotry gets misread as Jefferson's belief: scholars challenge the theory of separation of church and state as a mid-20th century myth concocted by ideologues
New research on Thomas Jefferson's "wall of separation" between church and state shows that he never intended it to be the iron curtain of today,...
Insight on the News, 09/02/02 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
`Under God' under assault: a Scottish cleric inspired Congress to add what now is a controversial phrase to our nation's Pledge of Allegiance
The minister whose 1954 sermon helped put "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance believes its elimination would amount to "the god of big money...
Insight on the News, 07/29/02 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
Can cardinals turn the tide of criticism? The child sex-abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church has left the American faithful confused but defiant
American Catholics are taking in the daily headlines about sexual abuse in their church with stoic patience, waiting to see what action the...
Insight on the News, 05/20/02 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
Rudeness rising: crassness is increasing in all regions of America, according to a new survey
The nation's civility and manners have gotten worse, and four in 10 Americans admit they contribute to the pushy rudeness that increasingly...
Insight on the News, 05/06/02 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
Opus Dei founder newest saint: Monsignor Josemaria Escriva will be canonized this fall. But the lay movement he established has been criticized as a conservative order that takes its orders from the pope
Pope John Paul II has announced that the Spanish founder of Opus Dei ("The Work of God"), an influential lay movement in the United States, will be...
Insight on the News, 04/15/02 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
Islamerika: the U.S. Muslim community remains tied to the religious resurgence of Islam abroad
Muslims in the United States are among the world's most educated, and as a political community in the West, they are one of the best organized. The...
Insight on the News, 11/05/01 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
Celluloid Spirituality
The nation's film festivals showcasing independent films are mostly small, regional or specialized -- including several focusing on Christian...
Insight on the News, 10/01/01 by Larry Witham · More from publication -
Bioethical Advice
Biotechnology companies are turning to theologians and ethicists to find how the public will respond to new genetic medicine and designer foods....
Insight on the News, 08/20/01 by Larry Witham · More from publication
