Amidst the controversy, though, the question remains-what exactly is New Atheism? In his new book, The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason, physicist Victor Stenger, author of the New York Times bestseller God: The Failed Hypothesis, aims to further develop an understanding of the New Atheist movement-saying […]

Oregon Faith Report Reader Survey, Join the discussion, 9 new faith questions can be answered here. Question: In good humor, which of the following “sins” are the people you know most guilty of committing? Choices: Bringing outside food into a theater, Not paying the parking meter, Leaving spoiled food in […]

Church ministers to grieving community By Sheila Allen NW Baptist Convention lRIDGEFIELD, Wash. — On August 10 several recent graduates of Ridgefield (Wash.) High School piled into vehicles for a trip to the beach before launching on their own journey to college, military assignments and jobs. With the excitement of […]

By Bobby Ross Jr. (RNS) In the world of faith-based social networking, evangelical Christian leader Mark Oestreicher commanded a huge chunk of cyberspace. Known as “Marko,” the technological hipster amassed 4,000 Facebook friends, 1,500 Twitter followers and 2,000 daily readers of his blog. But then he decided he’d had enough—and […]

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Faith-Family Film Review: This Is It By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting This Is It: Posthumous documentary capturing the planning and rehearsals for the titular series of comeback concerts by the controversial “king of pop,” scheduled to begin in London in July, but forestalled by Jackson’s untimely death at […]

Faith-Family Review: Paranormal Activity By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Paranormal Activity— Cohabiting San Diego yuppies (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) use a video camera to record disturbing phenomena they fear are being caused by a demonic spirit that has pursued the young woman since childhood. Writer-director Oren Peli’s […]

Growing quantity of `Christian’ films now focus on quality By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service, (RNS) Director Brian Baugh’s upcoming teen film “To Save a Life” may be many things, but one thing it’s not, he says, is a “Christian” movie.  The upcoming film about a star basketball player […]

A graduating college student and aspiring journalist credits her parents for her accomplishments in life by Kristin Sherrard Holt International, Oregon …My story begins on March 23, 1988, not on the date of my birth, but the start of my life. At eight months and ten days, I was still […]

By Oregon Faith Report, The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names and addresses of those who signed a petition referring gay rights legislation to the November ballot.   The ruling temporarily blocks a federal appeals court ruling that had ordered the release of the names.  The […]