Religion News for 9/15/2009

Hello readers! Today in 1352, Ewostatewos, a monk and leader in the formation of the Ethiopian Church, died in Armenia. And in religion news today...

• Alfred Gottschalk, a leader of Reform Judaism and a Holocaust survivor, died last Saturday from complications related to a car accident. (LAT)
• Barack Obama is walking a tightrope with regards to "faith-based initiatives" begun by Bush. (WaPo)
• One filmmaker claims he couldn't find a distributor in the US for his movie about Darwin because of the ongoing conflict about Darwin's theory of evolution. (Christian Post)