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A gift to all who knew him
I’ve really been enjoying Gene Pepper’s columns, and especially his most recent, “Memories of a Noble Gift That Was Taken for Granted.” I, too, grew up in Salt Lake City in the ’40s and ’50s and knew Gene and his dad,...Tags: Paradise (Butte, California), Charity, Christianity, Human Interest, Social Issues
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In Theory: Honor code violation -- making the punishment fit the crime
Q. Brigham Young University recently suspended its star basketball center, Brandon Davies, for violating the college's strict Honor Code. Davies admitted to officials that he'd had pre-marital sex with his girlfriend, an Arizona State University freshman....Tags: Standards, Substance Abuse, Brigham Young, Brigham Young Cougars, Church and State Relations
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Is secularism a threat to religious freedom?
Q. A Mormon leader recently made a speech, in which he claimed religious freedom in America is under assault from secularization and a growing gay rights movement. In his speech, Elder Dallin H. Oaks warned of “an alarming trajectory of events...Tags: Religious Texts, Church and State Relations, Justice System, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, U.S. Supreme Court
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These students are on a mission
On Christmas Day, Zachary Wetzel walked 20 miles through the mountains and jungles of Paraguay to a hotel that could receive phone calls from the United States. He made the journey to receive a call from his parents in La Cañada.
Wetzel is one of 28...Tags: Paraguay, Denver, Milan (Italy), Jesus Christ, France
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From the Back Pew: Religion by the numbers
This week, our In Theory writers were asked to take a 15-question religion quiz published by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The quiz is the shortened version of a larger quiz given to a randomly selected group of people from May 19 to June 6...Tags: Religious Texts, Joseph Smith, Jr., Bible, Roman Catholicism, Christianity
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In Theory: Scoring on the Religion Quiz
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public life this week published a short, 15-question religion quiz. The quiz is a shorter version of the "3,412 sampled adults who were asked these and other questions in the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey." The poll was...Tags: Rituals, Religious Texts, Justice System, Culture, Jesus Christ
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Q & A: The eloquent conservative
Author and syndicated radio talk show host Dennis Prager is one of the better conversationalists you'd ever meet, but he pulls no punches for political correctness' sake.
"Ask me anything," he invites during an afternoon meal at Ichiban Japanese...Tags: Social Sciences, San Francisco, Real Estate, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest
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Old inter-faithful
While many high school seniors capture the days leading up to graduation through a digital camera, a Twitter or Facebook post, La Cañada High School student Goldie Young, 17, recorded her experiences by putting pencil to paper.
Standing in the patio of...Tags: Twitter, Inc., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, University of California, Facebook, Christianity
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In Theory: Reading into a Living Library
Ronni Abergel, a Danish antiviolence campaigner, has begun what is being called the Living Library. Already in 12 countries, patrons "borrow" people who represent stereotypes that often are the target of prejudice or hatred. Examples of these would be a...Tags: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Discrimination, Civil Rights
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Students spruce up school
Thirteen-year-old Chad Anderson had no problem waking up early Saturday morning for some community service. The seventh-grader at La Cañada High School 7/8 was one of about 200 volunteers who beautified Muir Elementary School in Glendale last week. "It'...Tags: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, California, Hawaii, Elementary Schools
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Select museums to offer military families free admission
Starting Monday, Memorial Day, select museums around the country will offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day, Sept. 3. The program is a partnership between the Department of Defense, the National...
Tags: Memorial Day, Museums, Labor Day, Christianity, Human Interest
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Tupac Shakur stage production to open in Chicago in January
A new biographical stage production about the late rapper Tupac Shakur is expected to premiere in January at the Black Ensemble Theater in Chicago. The show, written by Lyle Miller, is titled "Amaru (The History of Tupac Amaru Shakur)." A spokeswoman for...
Tags: Marvin Gaye, Biography (genre), Concerts, Tupac Shakur, Christianity
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