Tagged: Christianity

Folk Show
10:16 pm
Sun December 30, 2012

Folk Show Playlist 12.30.12

Song/ Artist/ Album/ Label

Streets Of London/ Fred Holstein/ Fred Holstein: A Collection/ Fred Holstein

Grandmother Song/ Vienna Teng/ Inland Territory/ Zoe Records

I'll See You Again/ Lucy Kaplansky/ Reunion/ Red House Records

Rain And Snow/ The Be Good Tanyas/ Blue Horse/ Nettwerk Records

The Snowstorm/ The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band/ A Fiddler's Holiday With The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band/

Not That Kind of Music/ Noel Paul Stookey/ One & Many/ Neworld

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Religion
3:29 am
Thu April 5, 2012

Vatican, Israel Spar Over Disputed Last Supper Site

Credit Richard T. Nowitz / Corbis
This room, known as the Cenacle on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, is venerated as the site of Jesus' Last Supper. Jews and Muslims also consider the building to be a holy site, and it has been a source of contention for years. Israel and the Vatican may be nearing an agreement.

If there's one building in Jerusalem that represents the city's tangle of religions, this is it. The ground floor is a Jewish holy site said to house the tomb of the biblical King David. The second floor is the Cenacle, a Christian holy site, the room believed to be the site of Jesus' Last Supper. On the roof, there's an old minaret from when this place was marked a Muslim holy site.

One building, three religions, decades of property disputes. And the fight isn't over.

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All Tech Considered
4:11 pm
Mon February 27, 2012

To Get Out The Vote, Evangelicals Try Data Mining

When Bill Dallas first heard that 15 to 20 million Christians in the U.S. are not registered to vote, he couldn't believe it.

"Initially, it surprised me. And then I thought to myself, 'Wait a minute, I'm not registered,' Dallas says. "Why wasn't I registered? Well, because I didn't think my vote made a difference."

Identifying Christians With Data Points

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