Oregon City couple plead not guilty in faith-healing death of their infant son

Filed Under (Religion In The News) by Admin on 01-09-2010

Shannon and Dale Hickman Two members of a church that preaches faith-healing pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter charges for failing to provide medical care to their infant son, who died shortly after his premature birth.

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Wading Back in the Troubled Waters

Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 31-08-2010

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Stanley Hauerwas’ memoir makes clear his debt to brick laying and Pleasant Grove

Filed Under (Reigion Gossip) by Admin on 31-08-2010

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Martin Luther King on Barry Goldwater: Surprising or Otherwise Interesting Primary Sources, Part IX

Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 30-08-2010

Randall Stephens

Martin Luther King, Jr., reflected on the career and influence of Barry Goldwater several years after LBJ’s landslide victory. (With all the media attention to King’s legacy and uses of the past, a look at King’s own views might shed some much needed light.)

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Non-Papists

Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 29-08-2010

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SNCC, Faith, and Social Justice

Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 28-08-2010

Paul Harvey


A few notes on the anniversary of the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.

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`If Growing Old Is a Journey, Where Is the Nearest U-Turn?’

Filed Under (Reigion Gossip) by Admin on 28-08-2010

That’s the title of an essay by Dallas area author Missy Buchanan that has made the “Good Morning America” Web site. Click here.

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Utah Supreme Court: FLDS challenge too late

Filed Under (Religion In The News) by Admin on 28-08-2010

FLDS The Utah Supreme Court on Friday said a polygamous sect waited too long to object to a state takeover of its historic property trust, rejecting its bid to undo changes made to the United Effort Plan Trust.

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Five Years and an Oil Spill Later

Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 27-08-2010

[Emily Clark is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Religion at Florida State University. She is also the new managing editor of the Journal of Southern Religion. You can expect great things from Emily in the not-too-distant future!]
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Children abused, killed as witches in Nigeria

Filed Under (Religion In The News) by Admin on 27-08-2010

Children accussed of being witches Pastors in southeast Nigeria claim illness and poverty are caused by witches who bring terrible misfortune to those around them. And those denounced as witches must be cleansed through deliverance or cast out.

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