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(UNDATED) The dilemma for conservatives in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America could be summed up in the familiar refrain from The Clash’s punk-rock tune: “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” The answer seems to be: Yes — and no. Many conservatives are deeply unhappy that the ELCA, the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination, voted…

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News – September 17, 2009 Sep. 17–iPhone application developer APPSolute Media and gourmet and food writer Gloria Kobrin announced today the launch of the Kosher Cookbook application which provides kosher recipes, which can be sorted by course, cuisine and type of food. The application also offers custom meal plans and the ability…

NEW YORK — How many spiritual pilgrimages also include food reviews? During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, New Yorkers Aman Ali, 24, and Bassam Tariq, 22, are breaking the 12-hour daily fasts at iftar dinners and prayer services at a different mosque each evening. Their blog, “30 Mosques in 30 Days” (http://30mosques.tumblr.com), includes cell-phone…

(RNS) News reports of the possible demise of Operation Rescue are premature, the leader of the anti-abortion organization said Wednesday (Sept. 16). Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, said responses to a fundraising appeal he sent to supporters two weeks ago has led to a sharp turnaround in the group’s finances. “Things have improved dramatically…

BEIJING – China criticized a meeting between aides of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying Tuesday it opposed any such engagements with the Tibetan spiritual leader, but stopping short of threatening a response. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Beijing firmly opposed any foreign officials meeting with the Dalai Lama, whom China claims…

LONDON (RNS) A Catholic charity in Britain says it believes couples should pray together before engaging in sex — and to help them along, it has composed a special prayer for the occasion. The entreaty, entitled “Prayer Before Making Love,” appears in the Prayer Book for Spouses, published by the London-based Catholic Truth Society, which…

(RNS) One in 10 U.S. churches employs a woman as senior pastor, double the percentage from a decade ago, according to a new survey by the Barna Group. Most of the women — 58 percent — work in mainline Protestant churches, such as the United Methodist Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Episcopal Church;…

(RNS) Anti-discrimination statutes do not apply to an Idaho homeless shelter run by Christians because it is not a “dwelling,” a federal district judge has ruled. Moreover, the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act protects the Boise Rescue Mission Ministries’ right to hold Christian services and encourage participants in its drug and alcohol recovery program to…

(RNS) Call it the Jewish version of American Idol: after more than 209,000 votes from around the world, 18 men and women have been chosen for the new National Museum of American Jewish History’s Hall of Fame. The museum, slated to open in November 2010 in Philadelphia, had listed 218 finalists on its Web site…

(RNS) A former writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution won the top two prizes of the Religion Newswriters Association Saturday (Sept. 12) for her chronicles of the life of a military chaplain. Moni Basu wrote a series of stories entitled “Chaplain Turner’s War” for the Atlanta paper about a chaplain who served in Baghdad, Iraq, and…
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