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Dow Jones Unveils ‘Dharma Index’
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Daniel Burke Religion News Service Financial news powerhouse Dow Jones & Company has launched new “dharma indexes” to track the stocks of companies that observe the values of dharma-based religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. The Dow Jones Dharma Indexes are the first to measure dharma-compliant stocks and now track more than 3,400 companies globally,…
Report: U.S. Abortions Decline to Lowest Level Since 1974
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akornfeld
Associated Press New York – The number of abortions in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005, the lowest level in more than 30 years in a slide attributed to reasons that include better use of contraceptives. The decline also marks a 25 percent drop from the all-time high of 1.6 million in…
Jews Denounce Muslim Rumors Aimed at Obama
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By Matthew Streib Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Several Jewish leaders have come to the defense of presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama against rumors that he secretly espouses radical Muslim beliefs. In a joint letter, leaders of nine Jewish groups including the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the American Jewish Congress characterized the e-mail rumor campaign…
Presbyterians Vote on Lesbian Clergy
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nsymmonds
Associated Press – January 16, 2008 RICHMOND, Calif. – A Presbyterian deacon who has twice been denied ordination because of her sexual orientation can move forward with her bid to join the clergy. The regional body of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted 167-151 Tuesday night in support of Lisa Larges’ application, despite the denomination’s long-standing…
Some Worry Habitat for Humanity Dispute Might Stall Katrina Recovery
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nsymmonds
By Bruce Nolan 2008 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS — A months-long effort by Habitat for Humanity International to retool relations with its 1,600 local affiliates has raised concerns in Habitat’s productive operation here, where volunteers have built more than 100 low-cost replacement homes since Hurricane Katrina. The dispute recently surfaced publicly in Texas, when…
Bishop, Episcopal Church at Odds in Calif. Turf War
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akornfeld
By Daniel Burke Religion News Service The Episcopal Church has barred Bishop John-David Schofield of San Joaquin, Calif., from ministry for “abandoning” the church by leading his diocese to secede from the national church last December. Officially called an “inhibition,” the ban was imposed by Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori late Friday (Jan. 11),…
Forum Seeks Muslim-Western Understanding
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akornfeld
Associated Press Madrid, Spain – The world is in urgent need of dialogue between Western and Muslim countries as a way to combat terrorism, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday as he opened an international forum. “Never in our lifetime has there been a more desperate need for constructive and committed dialogue, among individuals, among…
Ga. Church Leader Accused of Perjury
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akornfeld
Associated Press Atlanta – An 80-year-old leader of a suburban megachurch who is at the center of a sex scandal has been charged with lying under oath for saying he had sex outside marriage with only one other woman, court documents show. A warrant for the arrest of Archbishop Earl Paulk, co-founder of Cathedral of…
New Louisiana Governor’s Conversion Reflects Fluid Nature of Hinduism
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nsymmonds
By Robert Travis Scott 2008 Religion News Service CHANDIGARH, India — When Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal converted to Catholicism during high school and college, he took a momentous step away from his inherited faith of Hinduism, the prevalent religion of his parents’ generation and Indian homeland. But among Jindal’s relatives and among Hindus in India…
Spiritual Growth Nurtured Within
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nsymmonds
USA Today – January 14, 2008 Two weeks into the New Year, life in the USA is largely back to normal. That means time is scarce, stress is high and an ordinary day — filled with chatter and other noise — permits barely a moment for the mind to rest in silence. Maybe that’s why…
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