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Rev. Jeremiah Wright has more to say

By Ric Bohy

June 12, 2009 at 8:31am

Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the fire-and-brimstone race-baiter and former “spiritual advisor” to President Barack Obama, struck a blow for anti-Semitism and against conventional grammar this week.

Elite New York synagogue shaken by Madoff scam

By Laurie Bennett

December 22, 2008 at 11:43am

In recent days, New York’s Fifth Avenue Synagogue has become a Who’s Who of Bernard Madoff victims.

Catholic bishop: Obama supporters risk their ‘eternal salvation’

By Carol Eisenberg

November 4, 2008 at 4:18pm

Bad enough to experience earthly doubts about one’s choice for president.

NY cardinal admonishes Giuliani for taking communion

By Carol Eisenberg

April 29, 2008 at 11:35am

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani should not have received communion during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit because the former presidential candidate supports abortion rights, New York Cardinal Edward Egan said Monday.

Pope Benedict travels with American power players

By Carol Eisenberg

April 16, 2008 at 10:01am

Who are the Americans advising Pope Benedict XVI about the subtleties of U.S. politics and protocol as he begins his first official visit?

Ted Turner softens stance on religion

By A. James Memmott

April 2, 2008 at 5:09pm

Noting that as he gets older, he gets more tolerant, the once anti-religious Ted Turner has joined two religious organizations to reduce malaria in Africa.

Congressional showdown with televangelists

By Carol Eisenberg

April 1, 2008 at 12:53pm

The aptly-named Creflo Dollar Jr. flies a Lear jet between his million-dollar mansion Atlanta and church services in New York City, where he also keeps a $2.5 million apartment.

Dalai Lama’s American friends keep trying

By Carol Eisenberg

March 25, 2008 at 3:06pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are only the latest of a long list of Americans who have reached out to besieged Tibetans.

Muckety this! The Dalai Lama to Kurt Cobain

By Jack Sherman

March 25, 2008 at 3:05pm

Cascadilla Creek cuts through one of Ithaca, New York’s famously gorgeous gorges and then moseys through residential downtown. On its northern bank, as it passes under North Aurora Street, sits a large, slate-roofed, circa-1913 house. In the 1970s it was Teen Challenge, a faith-based drug treatment center. Then, it passed into the hands of the Sherman family (including this writer), who sold it to an architect, who sold it, indirectly to the Dalai Lama.

Obama pastor part of rabble-rousing tradition

By Carol Eisenberg

March 19, 2008 at 5:15pm

As Sen. Barack Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. is cast as Public Enemy No. 1 by some commentators for his rants against the white establishment, it’s worth remembering that his congregation belongs to a liberal mainline Protestant denomination in America with a long history of offending people.

Jerry Springer: The Opera comes to New York

By Emily Morgan

January 30, 2008 at 3:55pm

Jerry Springer: The Opera had its New York debut last night, as part of a two-night only stint at Carnegie Hall.

The scaled-down production, billed as a concert, was a test to see if American audiences would embrace the controversial show. Although it had a successful run in London’s West End, when the BBC decided to air a TV version of the musical, Christian groups protested loudly.

Tom Cruise bio puts spotlight on Scientology

By Emily Morgan

January 15, 2008 at 4:40pm
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise

An unauthorized biography of Tom Cruise, released today, has put the Church of Scientology back in the news.

Andrew Morton, who has made a name for himself writing biographies of Princess Diana, Madonna and Monica Lewinsky, spent two years researching on Cruise. He concluded that Cruise is the second-highest ranking person in the church.

Cruise’s rep has called Morton’s book a “false, vicious and bigoted attack.” In anticipation of Morton’s interview this morning on the Today show, the church issued a press release denying many of the book’s claims.

Oral Roberts University accepts Green proposal

By Gary Jacobson

January 15, 2008 at 2:01am

It’s a new beginning for Oral Roberts University.

Monday, the school’s board of regents accepted a donation of $62 million from businessman Mart Green and his family, and agreed in principle to make sweeping changes in how the Tulsa university is run.

“We are humbled and thankful for the board’s trust in this plan and their faith in us,” Green said in a statement.

A new era for Oral Roberts University

By Gary Jacobson

January 13, 2008 at 10:28am

At Oral Roberts University last week, two more regents resigned, a whistle-blowing professor was reinstated and a judge issued a rare gag order in a civil lawsuit.

That was just preamble for this week and what could be one of the most important regents meetings in the Tulsa school’s history.

Beginning tomorrow, regents will evaluate “strategic opportunities,” the university says in a release. Former president Richard Roberts, son of the university’s namesake, resigned last year following allegations of mismanagement.

Regents resign at Oral Roberts University

By Gary Jacobson

December 20, 2007 at 7:26am

The shakeup at Oral Roberts University continues.

Last week, evangelist Creflo Dollar resigned from the board of regents and Benny Hinn lost his voting status.
This week, the university said that Louisiana televangelist Jesse Duplantis also resigned from the board, the Tulsa World reports.

Oral Roberts University tries to regroup

By Laurie Bennett

November 28, 2007 at 3:33pm

Oral Roberts University, reeling from debt and allegations of misspending, announced yesterday that it is separating from the ministries headed by Richard Roberts, who has resigned from the college presidency.

“By unanimous decision of the board, it was decided that the university will take every step necessary to separate ORU and the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association as a legal, financial, accounting and governance matter,” said George Pearsons, the regents’ chairman.

“However, the spiritual connection between the two organizations will remain.”

Unless significant board changes occur, however, the connections between the university and the ministries will go far beyond the spiritual realm.



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