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Evangelical Ecologies

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 21, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings 6/20/05 Evangelical Ecologies — Martin E. Marty Pro-war, pro-gun, pro-executions, anti-pro-choice, pro-DeLay, pro-public school prayer, pro-Frist, pro-Schindler, pro-apocalypse, pro-Robertson/Falwell/Dobson/LaHaye: you could look it up! — these are the only things most mass communicators communicate about when they deal with that one-fourth of America whose religious preferences get them named “evangelical.” Many evangelicals complain that […]

Conservative Christian sites on Islam

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 21, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The Muslim Jesus versus the Biblical Jesus http://www.crossroad.to/Ouotes/Islam/sundquist.htm My Muslim Friend http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/ChurchAnd Ministry/Evangelism/My_Muslim_Friend… The Koran vs Genesis http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v24/i2/koran.asp Islam Teachings of the Qur’an & Mohammad http://www.layevangelism.com/qreference/islam/teachings-islam.htm A Study of Islam http://www.gdcoc.org/religiousgroups/islam.htm

In Defense of Certainty

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 20, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s trendy to be suspicious of people with “deeply held views.” And it’s wrong Posted Wednesday, Jun. 01, 2005 “And in [William] Pryor’s case, his beliefs are so well known, so deeply held, that it’s very hard to believe, very hard to believe that they’re not going to deeply influence the way he comes about […]

China

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 20, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

In the great China sale, economics and politics don’t mix June 16, 2005 Australia has a growing friendship with China. It’s like being friends with a neighbour you know beats his wife every night, writes Sushi Das. When the Chinese Government massacred student demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989, Australia’s then prime minister, […]

Work

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 17, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

public morality monthly Centre for Applied Christian Ethics Ridley College BriefCACE Number 22, June 2005 Hard Work From July 1 significant changes will be brought in concerning the determination of the minimum wage, work tests for sole parents and the disabled, unlawful dismissal legislation, individual workplace agreements and many other aspects of work in Australia. […]

Persecution of Jews

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 17, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Netfriend (T): There has been a 2000 year history of persecution of the Jews by Christians. It hasn’t stopped yet. Rowland: Sorry, Theo, my poor phrasing: I was addressing the last part of your statement about *contemporary* persecution of Jews by Christians. If we exclude racist anti-Semitism in places like Eastern Europe (which is certainly […]

In The Shadows Of Hate

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 15, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

IN THE SHADOWS OF HATE HoustonChronicle.com — http://www.HoustonChronicle.com June 11, 2005, 9:24PM Mayra Beltran / Chronicle Sue and James Null â€¹ of the group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays â€¹ have displayed “hate-free zone” tape at churches that support gay rights. Deborah Murphy of the Montrose Counseling Center says, “There is not […]

American Culture, American Religion

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 15, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings 6/13/05 American Culture, American Religion — Martin E. Marty Given the global decline in America’s reputation in recent years and bemusement, at least among Europeans, over the public religiosity of the U.S., the press runs many stories on “how others see us.” Now and then we find a piece that we might call “how […]

A Kairos moment on poverty

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 14, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

(!) A kairos moment on poverty by Jim Wallis The Washington National Cathedral was full on a Monday night. More than 1,000 people of faith had gathered for a convocation focused on the world’s hungry people – at home and around the globe – sponsored by America’s Second Harvest, Bread for the World, Call to […]

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