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Women still heeding call

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009
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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- A happy, party noise filled Annunciation Chapel on the last day of August, a breezy day that felt more spring than end of summer. Inside the little church next to the headquarters of the Sisters of Charity, people stood in the aisles and among the pews, talking, laughing and hugging one another. Read MoreRead More

Nelson: Revealing the facts

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009
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Memorial services will be held Saturday in Washington, D.C., for my friend and colleague, Jack Nelson, who died of pancreatic cancer Oct. 21 at age 80. Direct, on point and precisely true: that was Jack Nelson, one of America's greatest journalists during the second half of the 20th century and co-author with me of "The Orangeburg Massacre." Read MoreRead More

Appreciating Sol Reibart

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009
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As a historian and archivist, I'm sometimes asked how Charleston acquired the sobriquet of "The Holy City." I've never really found an answer, but I believe it might have something to do with the reverence our city has roused in the hearts and minds of its citizens. Read MoreRead More

Seeking sacred in life

Authors to talk about religion and pop culture in American society

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009

In the U.S., religion and popular culture often go hand in hand. Sermons are broadcast on television and radio. Bibles are illustrated and marketed to particular demographics. Read MoreRead More

Local churches provide health care for needy

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009
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Dozens at a time lined up outside the door to the gymnasium on a cool and sunny Tuesday morning, waiting their turns to see the doctor or nurse practitioner. Read MoreRead More

Community clinics *

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009

Access To Better Children's Dentistry Address: 1243 Savannah Highway, Charleston. Phone: 573-0733. Dental Care for those up to age 20 with Medicaid, Partners for Healthy Children or Headstart. Dental office is in West Ashley in the Parkwood Pediatric Center. Barrier... Read MoreRead More

Free events

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

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Panel to tackle debate on Israel

Talks at college this week to explore Jewish 'family'

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009
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Is it possible that the recently concluded J Street conference in Washington, D.C., has legitimized criticism of Israel and dissent among mainstream American Jews? Read MoreRead More

Redux photography exhibition explores cultural connotations of sacred space

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009
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Good visual art perhaps is as much about ideas as images. We can admire the skillful composition and painterly effects of masterpieces by Caravaggio or Rembrandt, but without some understanding of the subject matter and historical context, we likely would fail to appreciate just why they are so special. Read MoreRead More

Religion Briefs

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

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Targeting spirituality in cold New England

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009
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WATERTOWN, Mass. -- It's hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Read MoreRead More

Pastor a lover of words

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

MODESTO, Calif. -- Max Lucado is the Hans Christian Andersen of American pastors, a master storyteller. He has sold 65 million books in the past 25 years and is the only author to have won three Christian Book of the Year awards Read MoreRead More

New Hindu temple, first in the Lowcountry, opens in Ladson

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009
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Quickly, the modest space, a storefront in a Ladson strip mall, was transformed into a temple. The room was painted pale yellow and deep saffron, decorations running along its circumference. Read MoreRead More

Evolving anxieties bedevil Americans

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

Editor's note: W. Scott Poole is an associate professor of history at the College of Charleston. This essay is adapted from his most recent book, "Satan in America: The Devil We Know," to be released Oct. 28 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Read MoreRead More

Episcopal Diocese: Convention OKs 4 of 5 resolutions

Vote calls for distancing from national church

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009
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Episcopal officials voted Saturday to distance the Diocese of South Carolina from the national church and engage other disaffected orthodox Episcopalians in response to recent church actions affirming the rights of gays and lesbians and to other theological concerns. Read MoreRead More

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