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Who's calling who an evangelical?

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This morning brought religion news junkies yet another case of authorities investigating a religious group for doing things that are against the law and against any sense of society’s morality. In this case, it is the Southwestern Arkansas-based Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, more than 100 police from federal and state agencies and six children in state custody. There have been no arrests, but people expect the leader, Tony Alamo, to be arrested soon once again.


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Is greed good?

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Even though we always have a few readers who resist it, I wish we were able to cover an even wider area of religious topics or topics that touch on religious issues than we do now. As last week’s breathtaking corporate bailout occurred, I was surprised we didn’t see any coverage of the moral or ethical issues involved.


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No faith in parachute journalism

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When a county in the heartland has an unemployment rate of 10 percent, should religious issues be written out of the news articles on what is influence people’s votes this fall? That is apparently the case in this USA Today article on how small town Ohio is going to play a big role in determining the next president this November.


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Wearing your Sunday best

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When my husband and I were going through premarital counseling, our pastor shared guidelines on appropriate wedding day attire. It was easy enough for us to comply with.


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Life after the Press Club

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The former pastor of Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama has slipped back into the news over the last couple of weeks for vastly divergent reasons. Last week the New York Post broke the story that the preacher had a sexual affair with an executive assistant at a Dallas church lead by one of Wright’s disciples. On the other hand, the Religion News Service is reporting that Wright is saying nice things about Obama in his sermons.


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Paranormal side of the tolerance coin?

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The Religion Newswriters Association is currently meeting here inside the Beltway, which guarantees that somebody, from somewhere is going to release a boatload of new information about some trends in American religion.


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