Apologetics
The Roman in Roman Catholic
*Sightings* 1/7/08 — Martin E. Marty Friend and neighbor Father Andrew Greeley, sociologist, novelist, and columnist, reminded me in a recent e-mail that he liked to be called a “Catholic,” not a “Roman Catholic.” In his January 2nd *Chicago** Sun-Times * column, he elaborates: “My crowd has been calling themselves ‘Catholic’ for 17 centuries. The […]
Global Christian Statistics
*Sightings* 1/14/08 Statistics — Martin E. Marty Warning: This “Sightings” may induce boredom, especially among those unmoved by the reading of statistics. Maybe it will spell relief from the un-boring religion-and-politics stories of this winter. It relies upon the folks at WorldChristianDatabase.org , Christian encyclopedists and trend-watchers. So, I beg your patience and know that […]
Diffusion of Innovations
From Rowland: Back in the 1960s/early 70s I did a Masters’ degree (University of Sydney) on The Diffusion of Innovations in Religious Organizations. I’ve just come across a Wikibooks article which summarizes this field of social psychology: According to Rogers (1996), diffusion refers to “the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels […]
A Common Word Between Us and You (Mark Durie)
Note from Rowland: I have quickly gone through this long article to fix some of the glitches arising from changing a pdf article to text. But you’ll get all the words, and the general idea. It’s an excellent response to the original article and to the Yale Response, in my view. ***** Notes for Christians […]
Homelessness in Australia
FAMILIES SWELL THE RANKS OF HOMELESS Homelessness is reaching further into the nation’s suburban heartland, with emergency accommodation services reporting unprecedented demand from everyday families unable to pay mortgages and rent. The need for beds is so great that some welfare groups are giving away sleeping bags. In the NSW city of Newcastle, three destitute […]
Europe, Faith and Culture
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Liverpool lecture – Europe, Faith and Culture Posted On : January 28, 2008 4:58 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO Related Categories: Lambeth The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, gave a lecture entitled ‘Europe, Faith and Culture’ at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool – Europe’s Capital of Culture 2008. A […]
Religious Freedom
*Sightings* 1/28/08 Virginia and Religious Freedom — Martin E. Marty In January of 1777 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a committee met to revise Virginia’s laws as it was becoming a state. Thomas Jefferson then and there drafted a “Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,” an antecedent to the First Amendment of the Constitution. I’ve been to several […]
God on the nose with the ‘Me’ generation
Sarah Price January 27, 2008 NEARLY a third of Australian teenagers have no religious beliefs, new research has shown. But academics from Monash University and the Australian Catholic University found those with serious spiritual and religious beliefs were likely to be more involved in their communities and donate money than non-religious peers. One of the […]
Late-term abortion
Late-term abortion a life and death debate David van Gend January 28, 2008 12:00am THE claim that late-term abortion is done only in cases of lethal abnormality or to save the mother’s life is demonstrably false. The truth is that most late abortions, which are 20 weeks of pregnancy, are done to entirely healthy babies […]
The Right To Keep And Bear Bazookas
Ethics and Public Policy Essays by Harry T. Cook January 27, 2008 “The Right To Keep And Bear Bazookas” And in this corner, folks, in the black trunks, Chollie (The Perfesser) Jones, defender for 70 years of the 2nd Amendment title. In the opposite corner, in the white trunks, Tex (Da Killa) Smith, the challenger […]
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