Visualizing the Bible
July 20, 2008
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Christoph Romhild and Chris Harrison offer a fascinating visual display of the cross references in the Bible.
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What we can learn from the Revival of 1858?
July 19, 2008
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A piece on four churches in Wilmington, N.C. celebrating their sesquicentennial this year calls attention to why all four celebrate the same founding year, 1858. The previous year, banks had made some bad investments, railroad companies were drowning in debt, and the stock market was sliding at a pace that kept investors queasy. The crisis caused people to turn to God, according to one scholar.
Religion and Ethics on Lambeth
July 19, 2008
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Religion and Ethics Newsweekly introduces Lambeth to the wider media world by interviewing three priests (one from California, one from Virginia, and one from Florida)
Faith and the fall congressional elections
July 15, 2008
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While there has been a great deal of attention about the importance of faith to the 2008 Presidential election, there has been less attention paid to the fact that “faith friendly” Democrats look to gain some seats in Congress this fall.
One feed to read them all
July 14, 2008
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Last week, the Episcopal Cafe Lead news team put together a list of all the bishops that are blogging during Lambeth, either as part of their existing blog or as part of a blog specially assembled for Lambeth. Editor Helen Thompson, using Yahoo Pipes and Feedburner, put all the bishops with RSS feeds into one feed.
Abortion, sex selection and crime
July 13, 2008
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When the Chinese government instituted the policy in 1979, it touched off a wave of sex-selective abortions as pregnant couples decided that if they could have only one child they would benefit most from having a boy. That helped leave modern China with the largest gender imbalance in the world. Today, there are 37 million more men than women in China. As the first generation of one-child boys have reached adolescence, the youth crime rate in China has more than doubled.
The new evangelicals
July 13, 2008
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Just four years ago, during the last Presidential election, leaders on the religious right were the only white evangelicals whose voices were heard in the public arena. This year, however, is very different.
A Sunday pre-Lambeth round-up
July 13, 2008
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As Lambeth nears, we are starting to notice some interesting items in the U.K. Press. Here are a few items that caught our attention this morning.
The countdown concludes: The T’graph’s “influential” top ten
July 13, 2008
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The Telegraph finished its series on the 50 most influential Anglicans with the list of the ten most influential Anglicans. No big surprise here: the Archbishop of Canterbury tops the list. But guess who comes in second.
Pope to stay out of Anglican debate
July 12, 2008
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The Associated Press reports that Benedict XVI is praying for the Anglican Church but he isn’t inclined to interfere.
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