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Monday April 23, 2007
Islam • Religious Retailing:
Digital Korans, automatic prayer reciters and headphones dispensing religious advice are all part of the growing wave of outward religiosity that is increasingly defining daily life in Egypt.
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Thursday December 28, 2006
Cafeteria Religion • New Age • Religion Trends • Religious Retailing:
Across the US, and increasing number of spiritual bookstores cater to people who are starting to question their true purpose in life without the restrictions of a specific religion.
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Saturday December 23, 2006
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The market for religious board games and toys like these is tiny, and a bit quirky. But sales numbers indicate demand is growing as families demand wholesome entertainment, selections expand and the Internet gives greater access to retailers.
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Tuesday December 12, 2006
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Liberal and progressive Christian groups say a new computer game in which players must either convert or kill non-Christians is the wrong gift to give this holiday season and that Wal-Mart, a major video game retailer, should yank it off its shelves.
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Saturday September 27, 2003
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Monday September 22, 2003
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NEW YORK - Maybe churches aren't so different from corporations. World Changers Ministries, for instance, operates a music studio, publishing house, computer graphic design suite and owns its own record label. The Potter's House also has a record label as well as a daily talk show, a prison satellite network that broadcasts in 260 prisons and a twice-a-week Webcast. New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has a chief operating officer and a special effects 3-D Web site that offers videos-on-demand. It publishes a magazine and holds Cashflow 101 Game Nights. And Lakewood Church, which recently leased the Compaq Center, former home of the NBA's Houston Rockets, has a four-record deal and spends $12 million annually on television airtime.
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Tuesday September 16, 2003
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Thomas Nelson Publishers'
"Revolve" New Testament -- a New Testament packaged to resemble a fashion magazine -- "tends to trivialize the message of the Gospel," Russell Moore said on MSNBC Sept. 13.
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The Bible has been reprocessed into films, audiotapes, comic books and Broadway musicals, with editions aimed at numerous specialized audiences.
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Tuesday September 2, 2003
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Don't judge the Good Book by its cover. That's what a Christian publishing house is preaching.
Transit Books has taken a cue from the likes of "Vogue" and "Cosmo" and published the magazine "
Revolve." You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but "Revolve" is actually a glossy version of the New Testament aimed at teenage girls.
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Tuesday August 26, 2003
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Even as lines are drawn in new clashes over religion in society, with flash points like the display of the Ten Commandments in an Alabama courthouse, Madison Avenue still turns to one set of the faithful to charm consumers on all sides of the culture wars: monks.
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Thursday September 12, 2002
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