(UNDATED) The former Mormon who was excommunicated for publishing a calendar of half-naked Mormon missionaries said Friday (March 6) he will sue a church-owned university for denying him a degree — and plans to publish two risque new calendars. Chad Hardy, a former missionary and sixth-generation member of the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints,…

TORONTO (RNS) Canadian researchers have found that strong religious convictions can lower stress and enhance the performance of basic tasks. A team in Toronto put 28 students through tests measuring both levels of religious observance and stress caused by making mistakes on a test. The newly published study by professors at the University of Toronto…

A few years ago, the question was What Would Jesus Do? Later it became What Would Jesus Drive? Now, with the economy in freefall because of a collapse in home values, the question seems to be: Whom Would Jesus Bailout? Under a plan unveiled Wednesday (March 4), the White House hopes to avert as many…

New York – More than 40 years after they traveled to India to study transcendental meditation, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will reunite for the cause. The only two surviving Beatles, who rarely appear in public together, will perform at “Paul McCartney and Friends: Change Begins Within,” an April 4 benefit at New York’s Radio…

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