Apologetics
A Good Death
Roy Williams, reviewer June 30, 2008 Should such people, if they wish it, be provided with the means to end it all? Dr Rodney Syme believes so, passionately. Author Rodney Syme Genre Society/Politics Publisher Melbourne University Press Pages 320 RRP $32.95 IN 1998, “Jane”, a desperate 52-year-old Melbourne woman with advanced multiple sclerosis, dictated a […]
U S church votes for change that could permit gay ordination
US church votes for change that could permit gay ordination The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has approved a proposed change in the denomination’s constitution that would, in effect, permit the ordination of openly gay clergy. However, a majority of the 2.2-million-member denomination’s local districts, known as presbyteries, must now approve the change, […]
Religious condemnation of homosexuals denies human rights
* Michael Kirby * June 30, 2008 A THOUSAND conservative Anglican leaders met in Jerusalem last week, among them Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria who was reported as saying that Anglicans who preach the inclusion of homosexuals in God’s church were guilty of apostasy. He is not alone in this view. In Zimbabwe, the former […]
Islam is real threat to church
Islam is real threat to church, says Synod member By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent in Jerusalem Last Updated: 12:49AM BST 28/06/2008 Divisions in the Church of England over homosexuality and women bishops are nothing compared with the threat it faces from Islam, a prominent member of its governing body has warned. More than 1,000 […]
Where American Protestants and Catholics Agree/Disagree
*Sightings* 6/30/08 More Pew Findings — Martin E. Marty In this business and with pleasure one cannot not comment on the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life surveys. They are the most ambitious and expansive polls and draw the most public attention. Chancy as all opinion polls are, these Pew products provide at least […]
On Islamic Antisemitism
On Islamic Antisemitism, by Mark Durie During the years that responding to Islam has been a significant concern for me in Christian ministry, I have been repeatedly struck by two seemingly contradictory facts: the reality of Islamic antisemitism on the one hand, and its denial on the other. 1. There can be no doubt that […]
Post-Zionism or Post-Judaism?
*Sightings* 6/26/08 — Brian Britt Two radically different new films, the American comedy *You Don’t Mess With the Zohan* and the Israeli drama *Restless*, tell remarkably similar stories of Israeli soldier-assassins who start new lives in New York. By normalizing the image of soldiers and patriots leaving Israel, *The Zohan*and *Restless* (like Steven Spielberg’s weightier […]
Dobson and Obama: Who is ‘Deliberately Distorting’?
************************************************* SojoMail a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://go.sojo.net/ct/ldLWub1124gH/ ************************************************* ================================================= QUOTE OF THE WEEK ================================================= All told, the most persuasive indictments of Israeli actions come from Israelis themselves. This scrupulous honesty and fairness toward Israel’s historic enemies is a triumph of humanity. In short, there are many Israels. When American presidential candidates […]
Remaking Anglicanism
In Jerusalem, conservatives stage an ecclesiastical coup. By Travis Kavulla National Review Online June 24, 2008 4:00 AM The change in the church leadership ¹s consistency is manifest at Jerusalem ¹s Renaissance Hotel, where it is nearly impossible this week to turn around without seeing a Nigerian, a Kenyan, a Ugandan, or other African ensconced in the […]
Pro bono legal scheme offers help and delivers justice
Working hard for the needy * Kristen Hilton, Hugh De Kretser * June 24, 2008 Victoria’s pro bono legal scheme offers help and delivers justice. THERE is a joke that goes “it was so cold outside that the lawyers had their hands in their own pockets”. Lawyers consistently feature at the bottom of popularity polls, […]
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