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Findings & Footnotes: July 2001

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

01: This is the first July issue of Religion Watch to come off the press in our 16 years of publishing. As might be expected, the move from a combined July/August issue to two separate issues involves  more time and money. As summer is usually a dry time for new subscriptions and renewals, we welcome gift subscriptions and […]

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Evangelical missions, relief groups turn to AIDS concerns

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

After years of ignoring or downplaying the effect of AIDS in Africa, missionary organizations and churches are joining forces in the prevention and treatment of the fast-spreading disease. Charisma News Service, (June 27) reports that those attending the United Nations General Assembly’s special session on AIDS in New York in June found many representatives from worldwide […]

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Current Research: July 2001

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

01: Americans are as much divided by class as race when it comes to church attendance, according to a recent analysis featured in Re:Generation Quarterly (Vol. 7, No. 1). In analyzing recent General Social Surveys, Joy Borkholder finds that as Americans move up the income brackets, both blacks and whites  are more likely to attend church with the other […]

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Opposition to Muslims forms new Jewish-Hindu alliance?

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

Militant Jews and Hindus living in New York are forming a new alliance, based largely on their common antagonism toward Muslims, reports the New York Times (June 2). The unusual bond was seen recently when a Web site run by militant Hindus in the New York City borough of Queens was shut down by its service provider […]

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Alternative, Eastern spirituality finds centers off the beaten path

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

The New Age movement has found a solid foothold in the South and is also finding a new tolerance for its unorthodox spiritual practices, reports New Age magazine (July/August). The Asheville, North Carolina area hosts up to 50 retreat centers, and the city has more massage therapists per quarter block than most other places, writes Lauren Winner. […]

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Faith or politics behind possible Unitarian schism?

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

The Unitarian-Universalists are undergoing new divisions about the church’s pluralistic and non-dogmatic teachings, but it appears that politics is also playing a large role in the conflict. A small group of dissidents who recently planned to start a rival Unitarian-Universalist society in order to restore a more central place for God in the religion received […]

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Americans shop for esoteric teachings over Buddhist basics

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

Americans interested in Buddhism are being fed the more esoteric, high level teachings while missing  the basics, often under the instruction of visiting lamas and other spiritual teachers, reports the Buddhist magazine Tricycle (Summer). In an interview, Buddhist scholar B. Alan Wallace says that the dilemma is most evident in Tibetan Buddhism, where Tibetan lamas visiting the U.S. […]

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Business-faith separation when it comes to philanthropy?

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

The campaign for faith-based social services is “opening up a new front” as religious and political leaders press businesses to drop their common practice of restricting donations to religious groups. The evangelical newsweekly World (June 16) reports that six of the 10 largest corporate givers in the U.S. explicitly rule out or restrict donations to faith-based groups. […]

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Spirituality-brain connection finds scholarly and popular following

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

There is a new interest among scholars in the relationship between the brain and spirituality, and it appears such scholarship is appealing to a popular readership. Publisher Weekly’s Bookline newsletter (June 12) reports a “bumper crop” of new books finding that people may be “wired for God,” as spiritual impulses are being gauged and studied in laboratories […]

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Festivals supplementing or supplanting churches?

July 1, 2001 by Richard Cimino

Festivals are an increasingly prominent venue for spirituality and worship among Christians, but are they becoming a substitute for church involvement? In the U.S., Christian rock concerts have become  religious festivals, filled with pageantry, camaraderie, teaching, worship, not to mention music. The evangelical magazine Prism (May/June) reports on the mushrooming variety of Christian music festivals that bloom every […]

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