Apologetics
The Rest of the Goddamn Nation
(!) “The Rest of the Goddamn Nation” “The Rest of the Goddamn Nation” 02 September 2005 Those aren’t the words of a starving prisoner of the New Orleans Superdome, radicalized by the realization that he or she may well die for lack of a school bus. They’re the words of Col. Terry Ebert, director of […]
When Catastrophe Strikes
(~) When Catastrophe Strikes Eberhard Arnold Only when we take human existence upon ourselves in its starkest and most humiliating misery‹a misery in which nothing has meaning‹can we win through to the only possible way to live. Only when we taste the lot of all, when we become involved deeply in world suffering, one in […]
I’d rather…
I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t, and die to find out there is.
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest [47]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest A weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 047, 26 Aug – 1 Sep 2005 ² edited by Rod Benson News & opinion Aboriginal & indigenous issues The number of indigenous Australians diagnosed with AIDS has more than doubled in four years. Herald-Sun 26 […]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest [46]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest A weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 046, 19-25 Aug 2005 ² edited by Rod Benson News & opinion Abortion Skin taken from an aborted foetus and cultivated in the laboratory has been used in the treatment of eight children who suffered severe […]
Hurricanes and Poverty
Prayer and action for hurricane victims by Jim Wallis During hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters, those who have the least to lose are often those who lose the most. Why? First, the dwellings in which poor people live are not as sturdy, stable, or safe as others. “Shotgun” shacks, mobile homes, and poorly constructed […]
The Islamic Revolution is Complete
Subj: Iran: The Islamic Revolution is complete. —————————————– IRAN: THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IS COMPLETE. —————————————– Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has flooded the Majlis (parliament) with former Revolutionary Guards while Ayatollah Khamenei has made key changes in security structures and strategies to entrench the Revolutionary Guards’ hegemony over all law enforcement agencies. (Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards […]
Understanding Modern Jihad
Sightings 8/29/05 Understanding Modern Jihad — Martin E. Marty Today Sightings will pass over the much-sighted Pat Robertson, Cindy Sheehan, and Supreme Court issues to appraise the mind-set of jihadists. Max Rodenbeck, who covers the Middle East for the not-leftist British Economist, evaluates six new books (for the record, by Jonathan Randal, Olivier Roy, Gilles […]
Violence In The Qur’an
24 August 2005 VIOLENCE IN THE QUR’AN Many people have contacted Barnabas Fund and the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity in recent weeks to ask what the Qur’an teaches about violence, war and terrorism. In response to these requests, we publish this review of relevant Qur’anic texts. It should be noted that, […]
India: Riding the Saffron Wave
Sightings 8/25/05 Riding the Saffron Wave — Peter Gottschalk From the recent role of conservative Christians in U.S. elections to the place of Islam in Iraq’s emerging constitution, the relationship between religion and politics has become a key issue in many democracies. This is no less the case in the world’s largest democracy, India. Having […]
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