http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion RSS Feed for Religion en-us Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:30:00 GMT http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121222__Isle_Unitarians_celebrate_return_of_light.html Instead of dreading the darkest days of the year, Neolithic pagans came to realize that the winter months would usher in longer days of sunlight — so vital to their sustenance — and they started celebrating the coming light with traditions still treasured during Christmas today. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121222_meditations.html Orchestra program open to children http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121117_Meditations.html Give Christmas gift to a needy child http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121117_Egypts_Christians_find_respite_during_pilgrimage.html MAR GIRGIS MONASTERY, Egypt >> There was no mention of churches torched or Christians killed, but the prayer neatly written on a tiny piece of paper and placed atop an icon of St. George in the chapel of a desert monastery left no doubt about the growing fear and despair of Egypt’s Coptic Christians. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121110__Lawmakerselect_take_lowkey_approach_to_faith.html Yes, a victory for Mitt Romney on Tuesday would have been the ultimate sign that Americans accept Mormons — that a tradition until recently considered a cult throughout the evangelical world, unable to shake its association with long-discarded polygamous ways, has come to seem pretty normal. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121110_Meditations.html Interfaith Thanksgiving service features Gabbard http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121103_Interfaith_Alliance_honors_educator_with_top_award.html Pieper Toyama, head of school at Pacific Buddhist Academy, will receive The Interfaith Alliance Hawai'i's "Flame of Hope Award" at the organization's 10th annual Awards Celebration and Dinner on Nov. 18 at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121027_meditations.html Interfaith Alliance holding award event • Support outreach efforts at sweetfest • 2 chaplains join Hospice Hawai‘i http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20121027_Play_puts_new_saints_acerbic_side_on_display.html The pious, compassionate side of St. Marianne Cope is well known with all the publicity surrounding her newly declared sainthood, but a play to be staged next month reveals her feisty side. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/religion/20120922__Ban_on_Bible_banners_temporarily_barred.html HOUSTON » For three straight weeks, high school football players in a small Southeast Texas town took the field by bolting through large red-and-white banners that hollered the praises of Jesus Christ.