Mister Rogers Lego prototype a tribute to his “deep spiritual resonance”
United StatesRNS When Matt Smith introduced his toddler to television in 2022, he selected the show that brought him warmth and comfort when he was growing up in the 1990s: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Now, the long-running children’s show that once graced the screens of more than 3.5 million televisions a week could again become a […]
In the US, Nadia Bolz-Weber installed as ELCA’s first pastor of public witness
RNS Rev Nadia Bolz-Weber was installed on Friday as the first pastor of public witness for the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. Bolz-Weber, who has often attracted controversy, is perhaps best known for her New York Times bestselling books, including Shameless: A Sexual Reformation and Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint, […]
Tom Hanks, Joanne Rogers to raise money to rebuild Tree of Life Synagogue site
RNS The Jewish congregation that once gathered in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighbourhood is inching forward with a plan to repurpose its building, two years after an attacker shot and killed 11 Jews in an anti-Semitic rampage. On Wednesday, the congregation named a raft of celebrities who have signed on […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD’ A “REFRESHING” CELEBRATION OF MISTER ROGERS – AND HIS FAITH
MARCUS CHEONG watches the Tom Hanks film about the life of iconic US children’s TV identity, Fred Rogers…
THE INTERVIEW: JOANNE ROGERS SPEAKS ON HER HUSBAND FRED ROGER’S COMMITMENT TO PRAYER, CHURCH AND CHILDREN
ADELLE M BANKS speaks with Joanne Rogers, widow of iconic US children’s TV identity, Fred Rogers, about her husband’s faith and the new film to be released this month starring Tom Hanks as her husband and Maryann Plunkett as herself…
ESSAY: HOW MISTER ROGERS’ FAITH SHAPED HIS IDEA OF CHILDREN’S TELEVISION
L BENJAMIN ROLSKY, adjunct professor of history, religion, and anthropology at Monmouth University in the US, reflects – in an article first published on The Conversation – on the faith of iconic TV figure – and subject of an upcoming Tom Hanks film – Fred Rogers…
FILM: THE SURPRISING SUCCESS – AND FAITH – OF ‘WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?’
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports that, perhaps more surprising than the success of documentary film ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ – which tells the story of iconic US children’s show, ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood’ – is the quiet presence of the late Fred Rogers’ Christian faith…