http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23112/focus-pulls-beck-interview http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23112/focus-pulls-beck-interview#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:43:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23112 Colorado-based Focus on the Family has pulled an online interview with conservative television host Glenn Beck after concerns were raised about Beck's Mormon faith.

Gary Schneeberger, vice president of media and public relations for Focus on the Family Action, said that "differences in the Mormon faith and the historical evangelical faith are not inconsequential."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23112/focus-pulls-beck-interview/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23109/mormon-church-14 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23109/mormon-church-14#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:31:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23109 From the possibility of a Mormon in the White House to a stream of Latter-day Saints on reality television, from being attacked as belonging to a cult (or mistaken for a polygamous sect in Texas) to participating in California's bitter battle for traditional marriage, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would see their faith in the nation's mirror. To many, such scrutiny was unlike any they had seen in their lifetime.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23109/mormon-church-14/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22800/mormons-exposed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22800/mormons-exposed#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:32:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22800 Brigham Young University has yanked the diploma of a man who created a calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries and was later excommunicated from the church.

"When a student applies for graduation, he or she must be in good standing with the university," BYU spokeswoman Cari Jenkins said.

The BYU letter said Hardy's degree is on hold because he was not in good honor code standing because of his excommunication. The LDS Church owns and operates BYU.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22800/mormons-exposed/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22704/mormonism-not-protestant http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22704/mormonism-not-protestant#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:49:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22704 A father found in contempt for violating a custody agreement that barred him from promoting Mormonism to his two sons lost his appeal at the Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

Joel Mark Rownak and Lisa Monette Rownak agreed in their 2005 divorce to raise their children “in the Protestant faith.” The decree bars them from promoting another religion without the other’s consent.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22704/mormonism-not-protestant/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22361/mormon-city-focus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22361/mormon-city-focus#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:16:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22361 The Cambridge stake center, as the building will be called, will house four Mormon congregations - two of which worship in English, one in Portuguese, and one in Spanish - as well as the headquarters for the Cambridge stake, which is a geographical unit, akin to a diocese, that in this case includes an estimated 4,000 Mormons worshiping in 14 area congregations.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22361/mormon-city-focus/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21757/mormon-missionaries-calendar http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21757/mormon-missionaries-calendar#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:08:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21757 The creator of a calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated Sunday after a disciplinary meeting with local church leaders in Las Vegas.

"Men on a Mission," which has sold nearly 10,000 copies at $14.99 each, included pictures of 12 returned missionaries wearing black slacks, but not their trademark white shirts, in modest poses. The men also were photographed in traditional missionary garb and share their religious beliefs in biographical sketches. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21757/mormon-missionaries-calendar/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21714/gay-mormons http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21714/gay-mormons#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:54:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21714 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21714/gay-mormons/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21663/watchdog-web-site-goes-after-the-mormon-and-scientology-churches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21663/watchdog-web-site-goes-after-the-mormon-and-scientology-churches#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:38:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21663
So many were surprised when it recently turned its sights on two lawyer-heavy religious groups: the Mormons and the Scientologists.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21663/watchdog-web-site-goes-after-the-mormon-and-scientology-churches/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21457/lds-mormon-church-handbook-instructions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21457/lds-mormon-church-handbook-instructions#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 09:29:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21457 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21457/lds-mormon-church-handbook-instructions/feed 0