Buddhist monks in top ten of religious news stories

Religion writers recently named their top ten religious news stories of the year. Their list differs from Time Magazines' top ten. The Anglican Journal notes: For the top religion newsmaker of the year, the journalists chose the Buddhist monks in Myanmar who last September demonstrated in support of democracy but were squelched by the military-backed government. Here is a summary of their choices.

1. Evangelical voters undecided.

2. Democrats and faith and votes.

3. Role of lesbians and gays in faith groups.

4. Global warming and religion.

5. Illegal immigration.

6. Buddhist monks.

7. Episcopal re-alignment and court cases.

8. The Supreme Court votes with conservative religion.

9. Death of TV several prominent TV evangelists.

10. The cost of priestly sex-abuse to the Roman Catholic Church.

Read more about their list in the Anglican Journal

Posted by Ann Fontaine on January 1, 2008 5:00 PM | |
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