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Hindus Thrive as Buddhists Struggle to Pass on the Faith
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By Andrea Useem 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In a study that highlights the fluidity of religious affiliation in America today, Hindus stand out as the group with the most stable religious identity, while Buddhists struggle hardest to pass the faith from one generation to the next. Ninety percent of Hindus marry within their own…
California McDonald’s Aims to Boost Sales with Feng Shui
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Associated Press – February 25, 2008 HACIENDA HEIGHTS, California – The only familiar signs at the McDonald’s in this large Asian community are the golden arches, the drive-through and the menu. Gone are the plastic furniture, Ronald McDonald and the red and yellow palette that has defined the world’s largest hamburger chain. Leather seats, earth…
Blacks and Whites Merge to Forge New Future
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By Bruce Nolan c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS — These old walls have never heard music like this. On Sundays, when morning light fills the vaulted space of the former First United Methodist Church on Canal Street, drummer Vel McCall sometimes lays down an uptempo, hip-swaying gospel beat for what used to be…
Christian Leaders Consider ‘Creation Care’
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News – February 21, 2008 Calling climate change “the civil rights movement of the 21st century,” evangelical Christian leaders gathered at a daylong environmental conference in Longwood, Fla., Thursday. Global warming is “an offense against God,” added the Rev. Richard Cizik, vice president of the 30-million member National Association of Evangelicals, at…
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