Belief Blog Archive: December 2008
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Narnia movie put on ice
Disney just pulled out of making "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," the third of a seven-part series. Published December 28 2008
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Signing in Seattle
Your humble blogger will be on the radio and signing her book Monday in the Emerald City. Published December 27 2008
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God and Congress
The Pew Forum sets out the faith leanings of the incoming 111th Congress. Published December 25 2008
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The year's best religion stories
President-elect Obama's tangle with his former pastor is the No. 1 story Published December 22 2008
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Spread holiday cheer; Host a student
There are some 624,000 international students in the United States, many of whom have no place to spend the holidays. A Charlottesville group is acting as a clearinghouse for those wishing to invite in a student for Christmas dinner who would otherwise be marooned in an empty dorm. Published December 14 2008
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Defending the Mormons
The Becket Fund runs an ad signed by evangelical Protestants (and one Orthodox Jew) defending Mormon participation in the fight to pass California's Proposition 8. Published December 9 2008
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Russian Orthodox patriarch dead at 79
Patriarch Alexiy, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, died in Moscow on Friday in his sleep. Published December 5 2008
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A Russian church for a Saudi mosque?
The Saudis want to build a mosque in Moscow, but the Russians want in return a church in Riyadh or Mecca. Published December 3 2008
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Chabadniks show indomitable spirit
Reaction inside the Chabad movement after the deaths in Mumbai of workers at the Chabad center there. Published December 2 2008
