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Conservative Religion and Conservative Politics
An interesting list: RELIGION AND PUBLIC POLICY (2/13) For some time I have been curious as to how conservative religion gets so easily enmeshed in conservative politics. I have been surfing the 11 religious channels on Direct TV, and have gone through a ream of pages from fundamentalist magazines and pamphlets. Here are some of […]
Islam: Is violence a sign of Islam’s strength or its weakness?
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 12:13 PM PST In the early biography of Muhammad written by Ibn Ishaq there are many fascinating and intriguing incidents. One unforgettable story tells how Huwayyisa came to embrace Islam: The apostle said, ‘Kill any Jew that falls into your power.’ Thereupon Muhayyisa b. Mas’ud leapt upon Ibn Sunayna, a Jewish […]
Islam in the Sahara
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings  2/7/2013 Is Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa More (or Less) Peaceful than Elsewhere? — Ousmane Kane The destruction of the sixth-century monumental Buddha statues of Bamiyan in March 2001 by the Taliban shocked many persons concerned with the preservation of world […]
Gay Marriage: UK and Australia
As UK on verge of gay marriage, Australia falls behind Date February 7, 2013 Stephanie Peatling UK parliament backs gay marriage A majority of British parliamentarians vote in favour of gay marriage, but conservatives remain split on the topic. A conservative Prime Minister has stared down the critics in his own party, allowed a conscience […]
Child Abuse: Finally a Catholic bishop names names…
Finally, a bishop brave enough to break ranks and act against child abuse Date February 6, 2013 Barney Zwartz Jose Gomez has set a stunning example of what the church should be doing. ‘I FIND these files [about priests who sexually abused children] to be brutal and painful reading. The behaviour described in these files […]
How a bishop changed his mind about gay issues…
THANK GOD FOR BISHOP JOHN MCINTYRE!!! Please read this extract from the 2012 synod presidential address of the Diocese of Gippsland… “…In the life of our diocese, we rather belatedly committed to a listening process to hear the stories of gay and lesbian people, and to reflect on how seriously we take the commendation of the […]
High population growth a seed to rising unrest
High population growth a seed to rising unrest Date February 1, 2013 Roger Howard Violence can be linked to extreme rates in undeveloped nations. A Malian soldier stands guard. Photo: Reuters As they debate how to tackle the threat of insurgency and unrest in Africa, Western leaders could do worse than to consider one of the […]
Afghanistan: telling it like it is…
Afghanistan mission a total failure Date February 5, 2013 Hugh White As our troops leave Oruzgan this year, the province could slide deeper into the abyss. ‘The real reason we are leaving is that [the US] is leaving.’ This year the Australian Defence Force will pull out of Afghanistan’s Oruzgan Province without having achieved the […]
A black young man – with intelligence and courage…
First to challenge ban against black students at University of Alabama Date February 5, 2013 James Hood. JAMES ALEXANDER HOOD ANTI-SEGREGATIONIST 10-11-1942  17-1-2013 JAMES Hood, who has died aged 70, rose to national prominence in the US as a civil rights campaigner when he defied segregationists as one of the first black students to enrol […]
Religion: what’s news?
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings  2/4/2013 Religion News: One Day — Martin E. Marty “Public Religion†or “Religion-in-Public,†our cause, appears in blogs, films, on TV and radio, and in zillions of sources which together dwarf the coverage in print media, our main source. Occasionally […]
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