Rowland Croucher
Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks
Posted May 5, 2008 Geert Wilders, conservative Dutch politician and provocateur, has become the latest projectile in the world’s most important culture war: the zero-sum conflict between civil society and traditional Islam. Wilders, who lives under perpetual armed guard due to death threats, recently released a 15 minute film entitled Fitna (“strife” in Arabic) over […]
Should Churches Pay Tax?
Taxpayers’ sacrifice to the churches * Nick Renton * May 6, 2008 It is quite immoral for taxes to be extracted compulsorily from citizens to subsidise extensive concessions for religious bodies. OUR constitution makes it clear Australia is to be a secular society. In particular, section 116 provides that “The Commonwealth shall not make any […]
Jim Wallis: Seven Ways to Change the World
Jim Wallis: Seven Ways to Change the World: reviving faith and politics (2008). Jim Wallis is probably America’s highest-profile ‘progressive evangelical’ and advocate for Christian left-wing causes, especially peace and justice issues. His ‘flagship’ publication is Sojourners magazine. Other well-known books include ‘The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America’ and […]
The Russian Orthodox Scene
*Sightings* 5/5/08 — Martin E. Marty Conflicts over religion in American politics and among forces of “the religions” and the threats these pose (e.g. Muslim/Hindu) are so preoccupying, so headline- and primetime-grabbing, that many tense subjects of great import get overlooked. Thanks to Clifford J. Levy’s front-page and full-page article in *The New York Times* […]
Belarus; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 29 April 2008 BELARUS: OFFICIAL JUSTIFIES REJECTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PETITION http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1121 Three human rights defenders have been punished for organising the […]
Jim Wallis: Justice Revivals
From a friend: Jim Wallis has been conducting Justice Revivals – I’m pasting a report of a recent successful city-wide Justice Revival held in Columbus Ohio in April. It’s like a Billy Graham Crusade, but calls people to work at social reform as an expression of their commitment to Christ. Very interesting development. However, I […]
Mosaic: Favourite Prayers and Reflections from Inspiring Australians
Rod Benson – Book Review Rosalind Bradley, Mosaic: Favourite Prayers and Reflections from Inspiring Australians (Sydney: ABC Books, 2008). Of the making of devotional anthologies there is no end. The human spirit is in need of continual refreshment & replenishment, and there are many sources from which gurus and devotees are both willing and able […]
Vietnam
WEA International Director Visits Vietnam, Converses with Key Church Leaders May 3, 2008 Sylvia Soon, Chief of Staff. During his first visit to Vietnam since becoming WEA’s International Director, Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe met with key church leaders in Ho Chi Minh City in early April to inquire into the situation. He also invited a number […]
Prayer Network Newsletter
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CLEAR VICTOR IN ZIMBABWE * PROFILE OF PROBABLE NEW ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI * ISRAEL THREATENED AS IT CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF STATEHOOD & 3000 YEARS CONTINUOUS HISTORY * MAOISTS’ VICTORY SEEN AS POSITIVE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN NEPAL * GOD RELEASES SNOW & WATER ACROSS WESTERN USA […]
Damned Prophets
The Religion Works May 4, 2008 To read this week’s sermon “Damned Prophets” just scroll down. I’m fed to the teeth and beyond with the white-dominated media juggernaut in this country and its print-lynching of the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright. Dr. Wright is a prophet in the finest biblical tradition – which is why he […]
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