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...website for their ministry based in Newark, Texas, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland commit to "teach Christians worldwide who they are in Christ Jesus and how to live a victorious life." And they appear to be victorious in theirs, with books in 22 languages, a global crusade schedule and a TV show reaching millions. No less a luminary than presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is advertised to appear on the show for six days straight to discuss "character in the Bible...
Huckabee might want to opt out. On Nov. 6 the Copelands got a saw-toothed, 42 point questionnaire inquiring into their own character from Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Finance. Grassley wanted to know how Kenneth Copeland--who as a church leader pays no taxes but is expected to plow revenue back into the public welfare--got a private plane and whether flights to Hawaii and Fiji qualified as business trips. Grassley sought credit card receipts and the numbers of the church's offshore bank accounts...
...Copeland wasn't Grassley's only pen pal. He also wrote to the Revs. Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn, Eddie Long, Joyce Meyer and Paula White, in total six televangelists who are part of an evangelical subculture known loosely as Prosperity gospel. "Recent news reports regarding the possible misuse of donations made to religious organizations" prompted the probe, Grassley wrote. The ministers' responses are technically voluntary, but the Senator has asked for them in a month and has mused that the replies could lead to testimony under oath. If so, Grassley could end up wiping out what some consider a kleptocracy...
Having written plays with titles such as “Trojan Barbie,” “Mothergun,” and “Pussy Boy,” Australian playwright and Harvard lecturer Christine M. Evans is not exactly looking to be uncontroversial.Evans, the Briggs-Copeland lecturer on English and American literature and language, is set to debut her latest play, “Weightless,” at the Perishable Theatre in Providence on Monday, Oct. 29. The play is about a family living on the top of skyscraper who don’t want...
...Bret A. Johnston, Briggs Copeland lecturer on English and American literature and language and the director of the creative writing program, says he was not too concerned when he won a 2006 National Book Foundation award for writers under 35. Johnston says that he was only worried that the committee would realize they made a mistake and retract the award...