Religion

Two centuries ago, in the tidewater regions of Maryland, traditional African worship practices merged with the beckoning Christianity of the Methodist Church.  Born of that cultural intersection was a new hybrid of spiritual and musical devotion, a movement that came to be known as The Singing and Praying Bands.

Catholic leaders launched a nationwide campaign against the Obama administration's health policies in Baltimore Thursday while, in Philadelphia, a jury convicted a senior church official of covering up sexual abuses by American priests. Against this backdrop, a conversation with Josef Goethals, who tells a story familiar to many Catholics who came of age in Vatican II (1962-1965), the reforms that inspired millions while widening the divide between conservatives and liberals in the faith.

June 8th & 9th, 2012, on The Signal:  

Two centuries ago, in the tidewater regions of Maryland, traditional African worship practices merged with the beckoning Christianity of the Methodist Church.  Born of that cultural intersection was a new hybrid of spiritual and musical devotion, a movement that came to be known as The Singing and Praying Bands.