Inspiration
Faith & Prayer
Health &
Wellness
Entertainment
Love &
Family
Newsletters
Special Offers
Belief Beat
Fun Friday: Vampire Author Anne Rice Quits Christianity (Again)
By
Nicole Neroulias
Long before Team Edward and Team Jacob, before Sookie Stackhouse and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there was Lestat, Louis and their fellow undead frenemies, creatures of the night cooked up by author Anne Rice. After quitting the vampire book biz and spending the last 10 years publicly reembracing the Catholicism of her youth — including writing two…
Arizona’s Controversial Immigration Law Takes Effect Today, With Some Parts Blocked — For Now
By
Nicole Neroulias
Updated at 5:30 p.m. to add more links. Arizona’s controversial new law against illegal immigrants takes effect today, but at the last minute, a federal judge blocked the section of SB 1070 requiring police to check on someone’s immigration status while enforcing other laws — the portion that critics, including vocal evangelical Christians, Catholics and other faith-based leaders, have argued…
Conviction Overturned for Polygamist FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs
By
Nicole Neroulias
Utah’s Supreme Court has reversed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs’ conviction on two counts of rape as an accomplice and sent the case back for a new trial, saying there were “serious errors” in instructions given to the jurors considering his role in the 2001 marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin. Check…
Are All Ground Zero Mosques Created Equal(ly Objectionable)?
By
Nicole Neroulias
(Updated to add the link to my Tim Brown interview and the Q&A with the Park51 developer of the Cordoba House plan.) Check out my Religion News Service story about Cordoba House, the proposed “Ground Zero mosque.” (A native New Yorker, I can’t help but channel that classic SNL “Coffee Talk” sketch: It’s neither at Ground Zero, nor a…
1
2
3
4
5
archives
most recent
search
this
blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners