Despite the fact that favorable views of Islam have declined since 2005 — a plurality of Americans now have a negative opinion — views of Islam and violence have not changed in the past year.
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42% – Views of Islam and Violence
Turns out positive thinking alone is not enough: Crystal Cathedral, the megachurch birthplace of the televangelist show “Hour of Power,” filed for bankruptcy Monday in Southern California after struggling to emerge from debt that exceeds $43 million. Hundreds of creditors could be owed between $50 million and $100 million, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Santa Ana on Monday.
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Crystal Cathedral megachurch, home of “Hour of Power,” files for bankruptcy in California
News Corp. ’s decision to keep Fox programs off Cablevision System Corp.
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Cablevision Blackout Shows News Corp., Broadcasters Gain Edge in Fee Spats
News hailing from the Orange County Weekly and Reuters reports what we only knew was just a fleeting moment away: the nation’s first megachurch, the Crystal Cathedral, has filed Chapter 11.
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It’s official: Robert Schuller’s ministry has lost its ‘power’ and files bankruptcy
Attorneys for Utah polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs are asking a court to delay his extradition to Texas, where he faces charges including aggravated sexual assault of a child, until Utah authorities decide whether to retry him.
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Defense asks court to delay cult leader Warren Jeffs’ extradition to Texas
NEWS NEAR YOU Chesterfield A series of forums featuring speakers will look at the future of Chesterfield County’s public schools. Invited to attend the forums are community members, business leaders, parents, teachers, students and school administrators
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The tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel in iraq, revered by Jews and Muslims alike, could draw tourism to the town of Kifl, Iraq, but modernization plans have run into opposition.
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Crossroads of Antiquity Can’t Decide on New Path
These dramatic unfoldings are ripped from the headlines: A mountain goat — an actual goat, not a member of the musical act — has killed a hiker on the Olympic peninsula. I saw an Olympic marmot when I went there once, but it didn’t kill anyone
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Considering Tetrapods
Paul Harvey My blog contributors John Fea, Gerardo Marti, and Michael Utzinger joined me last weekend at a really wonderful event, the 20th anniversary conference and celebration of the Lilly Fellows Program at Valparaiso University .
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Christianity and Scholarship in the Public Square, the Guild, and the Church
Paul Harvey Today’s Religion Dispatches features a few of my thoughts on the God in America series which premiered last week: ” The Brutality of the American Eden: From the Underside of the Millennium. ” As the post makes clear, I enjoyed and appreciated the series, but wanted to raise some questions about freedom and authority in American history: But I do want to ask what this series would look like if we also understand American religious history to be about coercion and authority? Most of God in America is about the white Protestant majority in American history.
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From the Underside of the Millennium: My Take on God in America