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 Stories About: politics AND religion and spirituality AND United States
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Faith-Based Initiative
Religious leaders make the environment a 'values issue' |
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07 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Faith-Based Initiative Religious leaders make the environment a "values issue" More than 1,000 Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish religious leaders from some 35 states have signed and begun circulating a statement opposing President Bush's environmental policies. And evangelicals aren't far behind, having drawn up an "Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility" that emphasizes Christians' ... |
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| Topics: politics, religion and spirituality, United States (all these topics) |
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The Godly Must Be Crazy
Christian-right views are swaying politicians and threatening the environment |
Glenn Scherer |
27 Oct 2004 |
Main Dish |
| A kind of secular apocalyptic sensibility pervades much contemporary writing about our current world. Many books about environmental dangers, whether it be the ozone layer, or global warming or pollution of the air or water, or population explosion, are cast in an apocalyptic mold. - Historian Paul Boyer When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was ... |
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| Topics: politics, religion and spirituality, United States (all these topics) |
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Illegal Eagles
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24 Oct 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Illegal Eagles Federal species protection laws and the religious rights of Native Americans are clashing in a U.S. District Court in Seattle this week, where a 47-year-old man is on trial for violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Terry Antoine, a member of the Cowichan band of the Salish Tribe in British Columbia, is charged with smuggling eagle carcasses from Canada into ... |
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| Topics: Canada, politics, religion and spirituality, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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