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John Dominic Crossan’s ‘blasphemous’ portrait of Jesus
by John Blake (CNN) — One of his first fan letters came from someone who declared: “If Hell were not already created, it should be invented just for you.” Other critics have called him “demonic,” “blasphemous” and a “schmuck.” When John Dominic Crossan was a teenager in Ireland, he dreamed of becoming a missionary priest. […]
Pray for the World March 28, 2011
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * INDIA’S IMMENSE FOOD THEFT SCANDAL * ALGERIA: WHERE REVIVAL REFUSES TO CEASE * SURPRISING UNITY ARISES OUT OF PROTESTS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST * OBAMA FAILS TO DEFEND TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE * IOWA TEENAGER REFUSES TO WRESTLE GIRL * NANJING CHINA SET TO BECOME THE BIBLE PRINTING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD […]
Allah: A Christian Response (Miroslav Volf) [4]
Previous article: jmm.org.au/articles/26659.htm On May 29, 1453 Ottoman armies led by Sultan Mehmed II brutally sacked the city of Constantinople, the center of Eastern Christendom for over 1000 years. Many feared for the rest of Europe, and the threat to classical culture, together with the possible disappearance of Christianity from Europe. Europeans had two options: […]
Allah: a Christian Response (Miroslav Volf) [3]
(Previous article: http://jmm.org.au/articles/26642.htm ) Chapter One: The Pope and the Prince – God, the Great Chasm and the Building of Bridges In February 2006, the global crisis triggered by the Danish satirical caricatures of the prophet Muhammed even led to the Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan, to speak out. Six months later, in September […]
WHAT IS SHARI’A?
By Khaled Abou El Fadl 22 MAR 2011 The law plays a central role in Islam and yet, the law is also the least understood aspect of the Islamic faith by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. In the West, for example, some even go as far as thinking that a Muslim who believes in Shari’a law […]
Becoming a leader of no reputation
Saturday, 27 September 2008 11:28 – Last Updated Saturday, 27 September 2008 11:34 R. Scott Rodin is President of Rodin Consulting of Spokane, Washington and part of the John R. Frank Consulting Group of Seattle, Washington. R. Scott Rodin is the former president of Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. /Journal of Religious Leadership,/ Vol. […]
Muslim violence a fact, not prejudice
Mark Durie March 25, 2011 Those who denounce critics of Islam should allow that, like all global faiths, Islam has its detractors and a religion will be judged on what its followers say and do. There is a debate going on about Islam. The question being asked is: Does Islam itself – not just poverty […]
Euthanasia
‘Unproductive burdens’ still have a right to live David van Gend From:The Australian March 25, 2011 12:00AM THERE was a moment during the last national debate on euthanasia that deserves to be revisited by a new generation of legislators, a moment that crystallised fears that the so-called right to die would come to be felt by […]
Abusive Churches
Twelve Steps to healing an abusive Church NEIL ORMEROD MARCH 22, 2011 To all intents and purposes it looked like an email requesting supervision for a research proposal. Nothing unusual in that. I get a steady trickle of these. There was an attached letter which I opened, and immediately knew much more was at stake. The […]
Allah: A Christian Response [2]
Here’s my summary of Miroslav Volf’s Introduction: The stakes are high: we’re talking here about more than half of humanity – not to mention crucial issues such as population growth, diminishing natural resources (water etc.). Volf grew up in Yugoslavia – a part of the world where past conflicts between Christians and Muslims are still […]
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