Day: May 29, 2010

Scientists and their faith

Rice University sociologist Elaine Ecklund has tested that belief by surveying more than 1700 leading scientists about their personal faith. She finds that many, nearly half of the responding scientists, describe themselves as being religious. But because of perceived pressures, they keep their faith beliefs to themselves, living what Ecklund describes as a “closeted faith”.

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Saturday Collection 5/29/2010

It’s been a relatively slow week in the news, at least in terms of reporting of the day-to-day ministry of Episcopal congregations. Most of the attention has focused on the Pentecost letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury and his proposals to various group in the Anglican Communion. But reports of the everyday ministry of the Episcopal Church continue in spite of the primary attention being elsewhere, whether in the religious or the secular media.

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President of Malawi pardons gay couple

The President of Malawi has intervened, pardoned and ordered the immediate release of the gay couple that were recently sentenced to 14 years of hard labor for holding a marriage commitment service in December.

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Teach peace to stop murder

Parishes of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland in the city of Baltimore are partnering with people of other denominations and faith in a program that hopes to stop the rising count of murders in the city

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Teaching through liturgy

The moment that the first Prayer Book was issued in 1549, it came under attack and not only from the people of Cornwall, who could not understand its form of English and preferred the old Mass. Reformed theologians also objected, such as Martin Bucer, who left Germany in the previous year to become a professor at Cambridge at Cranmer’s invitation,

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