Friday, December 24, 2004

Religion Watching

If you are like me, you are fascinated, and sometimes frightened, by the activities of religionists. I am a longtime watcher of religionists. One of my religion-watching tools is the program "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly" which comes on Channel 11 (OETA) on Sunday afternoons at 2:30. (I'm often at a meeting at that time and will videotape it for later viewing.) Below is a description of part of the program for this coming Sunday, Dec. 26.
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What were the most significant news making events of the past year in the world of religion and ethics? In this special year-in-review panel, WASHINGTON POST columnist E.J. Dionne, program managing editor Kim Lawton and NEW YORKER staff writer George Packer join host Bob Abernethy for a discussion and analysis of the past year's top news stories impacting the faith community, including: terrorism and the Iraq war; values and the 2004 Presidential election; the death of Yassar Arafat; the continuing struggles within Christianity over homosexuality; financial ramifications for the Catholic Church resulting from the sex abuse scandal; the culture war between liberals and conservatives; and Muslim tensions in Europe.

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