Christian books in a post-Borders world
Pin ItA friend recalled visiting a Border’s store just a few months before liquidation. Sitting in a nearby reading chair was a man, ignoring the cathedral of books around him, who was zoned in...
View ArticleTop Kentucky religion news of 2011
Pin ItYesterday we wrote about top religion stories of the year, nationally and internationally. Some of Kentucky’s biggest religion stories in no particular order — some of which appeared on the...
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Bill advances on alternative markings for Amish buggies
Pin ItIt’s looking more and more like the commonwealth will be accommodating an Amish group whose members have faced jail time for refusing to use state-mandated orange-red safety triangles on their...
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On the front lines of tornado-stricken communities, faith-based actions are...
Pin ItTo some at a distance, Henryville, Marysville, East Bernstadt and West Liberty may look like talking points for doctrinal discussions. From Minneapolis, Baptist pastor John Piper said God...
View ArticleAmish case poses a bigger constitutional question for Kentucky
Pin ItMore than buggies are at stake in a Kentucky Supreme Court case that came to oral arguments Thursday. At issue is the appeal by nine Amish men of a law requiring them to use orange-red triangles...
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Catholics, Baptists still dominate Louisville religious scene, but...
Pin ItFully one-half of the population of the Louisville area is unclaimed by any religious organization as an adherent. Baptists and Catholics continue to dominate the Kentuckiana religious scene...
View ArticleKentucky numbers from U.S. Religion Census
Pin ItHere are numbers for the largest religious bodies in Kentucky, according to the U.S. Religion Census released May 1: Religious Bodies Adherents Percent Change from 2000 Southern Baptist...
View ArticleIndiana numbers from U.S. Religion Census
Pin ItHere are numbers of the largest Indiana religious groups, and their changes from 2000 to 2010, according to the U.S. Religion Census released May 1: Religious Bodies Adherents Percent change from...
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Ky.’s religious-freedom clause equals First Amendment protections, state...
Pin ItPhoto by Bill Luster / The Courier-Journal The Amish men had served their jail time and the law that put them there has been changed, but a Supreme Court of Kentucky ruling on their appeal still...
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Religious-liberty laws have had limited effect nationwide
Pin ItThis billboard, located for years in Larue County across Interstate 65, came down after Kentucky courts upheld the state's no-billboard zone despite a religious-based challenge. For all the...
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