The Episcopal Church has made a major commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, and Joe Nocera of the New York Times asks whether we can really end extreme poverty in Africa.
A University of Texas study, based on data from more than 10,000 Americans from adolescence through young adulthood finds that those who attend college are less likely to lose their faith than those who never attend college….
The Canadian Anglican General Synod begins a seven day General Synod to elect a new Primate and decide whether to approve same sex blessings
First the Primates of Rwanda and Southeast Asia installed an American bishop, then the Primate of Nigeria followed suit, and now the Primate of Keyna has as well. Reportedly, Archbishop Orombi of Uganda is also considering appointing an American bishop and setting up a missionary church in the United States. What does this all mean?
I am not suggesting that anyone learn more about world religions in order to subvert them. Sacred truth is a very deep well into which human beings have been lowering leaky buckets for millennia. The more we learn about what other traditions have fetched up, the more we learn about our own.