Apologetics
Why Laos Restricts Religious Freedom
WEA-RLC Research and Analysis Report April 25, 2011 Troops of the Lao People ¢â‚¬â„¢s Army (LPA) caught a group of Hmong Christians, confiscated their Bible and shot to death four women ¢â‚¬“ after repeatedly raping two of them ¢â‚¬“ forcing their husbands and children to witness the disgraceful and gruesome act on April 15. US-based think-tank […]
Atlas Shrugged and Its Reviewers
Sightings 4/25/2011 — Martin E. Marty Atlas Shrugged, viewed by reviewers of most stripes as being appallingly appalling, draws crowds of devotees, and has champions on the right, including the Religious Right. Reviewing movie reviews is not standard fare in this column, but the support for this film based on the Ayn Rand perennial best-seller, […]
Anzac Day: A Faith Event?
By Alan Matheson For historians, Anzac Day, is ¢â‚¬Å“a martial affair with military music and ritual ¢â‚¬ , while for churches and their army chaplains, it ¢â‚¬â„¢s a ¢â‚¬Å“faith event ¢â‚¬ . Anzac Day services, asserts a Brigadier Principal Chaplain, are, ¢â‚¬Å“in essence faith events. Through the prayers, the acts of memorial, and the playing of bugle calls, those who […]
Catholicism and Voodoo after the Haiti Earthquake
Sightings 4/21/2011 — Jonathan C. Bergman Haiti subscribes to two major religions ¢â‚¬”Voodoo and Catholicism ¢â‚¬”with born again Christians making great inroads in the past decade. The success of Haitian religious leaders in this time frame has spurred a series of ¢â‚¬Å“crusades ¢â‚¬ to aggressively minister and convert both non-believers and former Voodoo practitioners, especially after the 2010 […]
Allah: A Christian Response, by Miroslav Volf: some reviews and comments
Allah: A Christian Response, by Miroslav Volf, professor of theology at Yale Divinity School and formerly of Fuller Theological Seminary [2] — Josh Olds begins the March 18 blog of his review: “At the beginning of Allah: A Christian Response, I was inclined to answer this provocative question [i.e., God = Allah?] with a firm […]
BREAKING THE MIRROR OF VIOLENCE
¯ » ¿By Simon Moyle ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 21 APR 2011 Occasionally a discovery is made which illuminates an aspect of human behaviour to which we had previously been blind, or which had been glimpsed but not codified. Rene Girard’s discovery of “mimetic desire” was just such an event. This discovery has illuminated our understanding […]
Spiritual Gays – an Oxymoron?
Can you be LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and a person of faith? Is there a deep sense of spirituality within the lives of people within our community? The answer to both these questions is of course. YES! Like many people, I used to believe it was impossible to be a Christian, Jew or Muslim […]
Climate Change: empirical facts
Separating myth from fact in a heated debate Tim Flannery, Will Steffen, Gerry Hueston March 25, 2011 On listening to and observing the debate surrounding climate change and climate policy in Australia over the past few weeks, anyone would think that we were on the verge of some kind of civil war. On radio, television […]
Arabs and the West: Clash of Civilizations?
Arab hunger for freedom David Brooks April 14, 2011 The theory of a clash of civilisations between Islam and the West is wanting. The American political scientist Samuel Huntington published a sensational essay in 1993 in Foreign Affairs called ”The Clash of Civilisations?” The essay, which became a book, argued that the post-Cold War era would be […]
Arab world’s smooth changes are over, civil wars remain
Thomas Friedman April 16, 2011 When I was in Cairo during the Egyptian uprising, I wanted to change hotels one day to be closer to the action and called the Marriott to see if it had any openings. The young-sounding Egyptian woman from the reservations department offered me a room and then asked: ”Do you […]
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