Micro-finance doubts arise
August 13, 2009
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Does microlending actually deliver on development and poverty alleviation? Amazingly, we have almost no idea.
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The science of morality
August 12, 2009
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Neuroscientists argue that noble ideas such as compassion, altruism, empathy and trust are really evolutionary adaptations that are now fixed in our brains. Our moral rules are actually instinctive responses that we express in rational terms when we have to justify them
Why do gay Christians keep faith with the Church?
August 12, 2009
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As America’s leading Christian denominations are once again feuding and splitting over whether they should allow gays and lesbians to marry, or ordain them as clergy, is it a miracle there are any gay Christians? Given Christianity’s history of exclusion and often outright homophobia … why do homosexuals bother staying, not to mention believing?
Evangelism: the boxed set
August 12, 2009
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All four presentations in the Diocese of Washington’s evangelism series are now available online. The presenters were Brian McLaren, Dean Ian Markham and Professor David Gortner of Virginia Theological Seminary and the Rev. Terry Martin, better known to some of you as Father Jake.
Durham Bull, 2
August 12, 2009
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The bishop uses language in a way which abuses LGBT Anglicans. He categorises some of us as ‘non-celibate homosexuals’. This is equivalent to calling married people ‘non-celibate heterosexuals’. It is a deeply offensive way of describing people.
Church suspends search for director of advocacy
August 12, 2009
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Changes in responsibilities at the Episcopal Church’s government relations office in Washington, D.C., have been announced, and the search for a director for advocacy has been temporarily suspended, according to an August 11 press release from the Office of Public Affairs.
Pro-life nation? Not so fast
August 12, 2009
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That May survey indicating that a majority of Americans now consider themselves “pro-life” appears to have been a statistical outlier. But you wouldn’t know that from the news coverage.
What have the Noughties done for us?
August 11, 2009
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BBC Newsnight kicks off its series What Have the Noughties Done for Us? with a look back at religion here:
Lutherans prepare to debate role of gblt clergy
August 11, 2009
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USA Today notes that our Lutheran companions in ministry will consider the role of LGBTs with spouses who wish to serve as clergy:
Letter from President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson
August 11, 2009
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President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson writes to Deputies and First Alternates about their continuing responsibility to serve and requests comments on the
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