ACNS 4100 | LAMBETH | 26 JANUARY 2005 Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day 2006 The importance of Holocaust Memorial Day is in its role in continually bringing to mind the unique significance for Europe in general and for Christians in particular, of the Holocaust. It is essential […]
ACNS 4099 | LAMBETH | 25 JANUARY 2005 Inaugural meeting of the Christian-Muslim Forum Photographs for this item are available here: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/40/75/acns4099.cfm Archbishop of Canterbury: Remarks at a reception to mark the inaugural meeting of the Christian-Muslim Forum 24th January 2006 Prime Minister, friends it’s a very great delight to be able to welcome you […]
Christianity, Apartheid and Racialism Thank God I am black. White people will have a lot to answer for at the last judgement Desmond Tutu (1931- ), Archbishop of Capetown, South Africa The idea that racial or ethnic groups should be persecuted is very popular in the bible. God himself was keen on the extirpation of […]
25 Jan 2006 01:05:12 +1100 AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * THE BATTLE FOR SYDNEY * NO HAM FOR CHRISTMAS – IT MAY OFFEND THE BATTLE FOR SYDNEY Editors comment: Some would know that our National 24 Hour Prayer Watch has been praying for our media continuously throughout 2005. We believe the media’s ongoing exposure of […]
Syrians ponder country’s future January 12, 2006 By Kim Ghattas BBC News, Damascus In their modest Damascus apartment, they look like an ordinary couple, but they are part of what is left of Syria’s secular opposition. Over their morning coffee, they talk democracy and freedom of expression – radical subjects in this often repressive country. […]
Vatican Paper Hits ‘Intelligent Design’ By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY — The Vatican newspaper has published an article saying “intelligent design” is not science and that teaching it alongside evolutionary theory in school classrooms only creates confusion. The article in Tuesday’s editions of L’Osservatore Romano was the latest in a series of […]
Church may apologise for slave trade -17/01/06 The Church of England is likely to offer an apology for its part in the slave trade. Although Christians such as Evangelical Anglican William Wilberforce led the campaign for its abolition other Evangelicals and Anglicans in the wider church opposed the ending of the transatlantic trade. Some played […]
School board rescinds ‘intelligent design’ policy Wednesday, January 4, 2006; > Board members vote to rescind the “intelligent design” policy from the curriculum of Dover High School. DOVER, Pennsylvania (AP) — Biology teacher Jennifer Miller had refused to read a statement about intelligent design before her lesson on evolution. Now, the policy that led to […]
Sightings 1/16/06 — Martin E. Marty Sightings was originally conceived as a means for calling the attention of more of the public to the roles religion plays in public life. That was a few years ago, when coverage of religion was comparatively slight and rare. Today, by contrast, it is all over the front pages […]
One friend: Wasn’t it GK Chesterton who remarked that when people cease to believe in God they will believe anything? Another: A very popular quote, which history does not support as coming from the pen of Chesterton. http://www.chesterton.org/qmeister2/any-everything.htm Which is of course, not to say that he wouldn’t affirm it…