[ENS] Presiding officers, Executive Council member urge congregations to study the Anglican Covenant (mdavies [ENS] Presidi)

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WACC Media Action September 2010 (Worldwide Faith WACC Media Ac)

In this issue: GMMP 2010 report to be launched on 29 September. Research for the 4th GMMP was carried out on 10 November 2009. 1,281 newspapers, television stations, and radio stations were monitored. 17,795 news items were coded... Also in this issue: WACC President and General Secretary conferred Doctor of Divinity.

NYPD interfaith Holy Land tour, a different kind of New York religion story

A different kind of New York religion story -- Christian, Jewish and Muslim police take an interfaith trip to the Holy Land.

North Carolina ELCA Congregations Affected Little by Hurricane Earl (NEWS North Carolin)

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- It appears that Hurricane Earl did little damage to Eastern North Carolina Sept. 3. The eye of the storm remained offshore, and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) synod and congregational leaders in affected areas reported no significant damage. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4626

Pakistani Sunni militants stoking sectarian rift against Shi?ites: minister

Pro-Taliban Pakistani militants are trying to fuel a sectarian rift, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday, as a new wave of violence piled pressure on a government already struggling with a flood crisis.

Islamist charity aims to be Pakistanis? salvation in flood crisis

The Islamist charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) has been quick to help people hit by Pakistan's floods but it does not have the capacity to establish a big presence, so it is trying to make up for this by other means.

September 3, 2010: Was the Iraq War Right?

Was it worth it? Was it just? Did the good exceed the harm? William Galston and Michael Cromartie discuss the costs and consequences of the Iraq war as the US ends its combat mssion.

September 3, 2010: Islamic Center Controversy

"This isn?t about bigotry. This isn?t about religious persecution. This really is about sensitivity and a profound sense of loss," says Fordham University Law School professor Thane Rosenbaum.

September 3, 2010: Shofar Family

The blast of the shofar during the High Holy Days, says Rabbi Irwin Tanenbaum, "sends a shiver. We can be better than we are."

September 3, 2010: Listen Now

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