Rowland Croucher
Patrick and Rosemary Sookhdeo: four books about contemporary Islam
Senait Habta, a 28-year-old university student, was held for two years in a metal shipping container, which was sweltering hot during the day and bitterly cold at night. Senait became seriously ill and was reportedly offered medical care and freedom if she would deny Christ. She refused, and eventually died on 23 April 2010. […]
Catholic Church apology after damning abuse report released
By Martin Cuddihy and Stephanie Smail The Catholic Church has unequivocally apologised for failing to protect its parishioners from the accused paedophile priest known as Father F. An independent report by former Federal Court judge Antony Whitlam has been scathing of the way the church has dealt with the former priest. Justice Whitlam levels much of his […]
Obama and Racism in America
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 1/17/2013 Religion Beyond the Pale — Alexander Rocklin A July 2012 survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reported that 17 percent of those surveyed thought President Barack Obama was a Muslim. These were mostly conservative Republicans. […]
Why the world is more dangerous with fewer girls
Date January 17, 2013 V. Rukmini Rao and Lynette Dumble In India and China, where the ratio of men to women is skewed in favour of men, there are higher levels of rape and violent conflict. There is some optimism emerging from the latest study by the US National Bureau of Economic Research examining the […]
A challenging prayer for Fundamentalists/Pharisees…
Give me humility in which alone is rest, and deliver me from pride which is the heaviest of burdens. And possess my whole heart with the simplicity of love… (Thomas Merton). (And help me to move my thinking from simplicity this side of complexity through to simplicity the other side of complexity… […]
If you were to die soon…
If you were to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? Stephen Levine
Same-sex relationships: a matter of inclusion and integrity (Steve Chalke)
From Rowland: an excellent article – good for discussions with friends/colleagues… A MATTER OF INTEGRITY (abridged) The Church, sexuality, inclusion and an open conversation By Rev. Steve Chalke The Government has announced that extending marriage to same-sex couples will ensure the ancient institution ‘is relevant for our century.’ Marriage, however, predates both State and Church […]
Martin Marty: Gay Marriage Tidewater
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 1/14/2013 Gay Marriage Tidewater — Martin E. Marty David Cole captures readers ¢â‚¬â„¢ attention with the observation that ¢â‚¬Å“the gay rights movement has achieved more swiftly than any other individual rights movement in history, not merely the impossible but the unthinkable. ¢â‚¬ […]
Marriage in Scottish Law (it’s not simple)
Farewell then common law marriage 12 December 05 Marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute is finally to be consigned to the history books by Brian Dempsey In a surprise move, the Scottish Executive has announced the impending abolition of marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute ( ¢â‚¬Å“MCHR ¢â‚¬ ). Not before time, ¢â‚¬Å“common law marriage ¢â‚¬ is […]
Some post-Christmas thoughts
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com I’ve shared at different times about the insanity of how rushed we are in December each year in the lead-up to Christmas. It’s sadly ironic that the time of Advent – which covers most of December – is designed to be a time of reflection when we have turned it […]
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