The Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the Church’s only Asian bishop, intends to use his expertise as an Islamic scholar to work in Pakistan where he was born and in the Middle East to build bridges between Christians and Muslims. A conservative evangelical, he will step down in September after nearly 15 years in the diocese.
“When any influential person, be it a religious or political figure, makes a false scientific statement that could be devastating to the health of millions of people, they should retract or correct the public record,” it said.
Anyone who loves science fiction as a literary genre soon discovers that there’s typically little respect for authority and less for religious beliefs in most
Clergy from the Church of England are being invited to provide respite for Sri Lankan priests in the war-torn country.
The Blue Book, the collection of reports to the Episcopal Church’s General Convention of the work done by its committees, commissions, agencies and boards (CCABs) during the 2007-2009 triennium, is now available online
A large number of groups have called upon the United Nations to reject a proposal that would commit the U.N. to working to stamp out “religious defamation”.
Last year’s Lambeth Conference had some problems, at least financially speaking. A just completed audit of the funds raised and spent to hold the conference
Fresh off its failure to Google Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson before welcoming him back into the Church, the Holy See is planning a pastoral instruction on the internet.
Writing as chairman of the Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, Primate of the Anglican Church of South Africa has asked President Kgalema Motlanthe to reconsider the decision to deny a visa to the Dali Lama.
The survey found only two ways most people said they were somewhat or very willing to “receive information” about Jesus: 63% would hear it in a “personal conversation with a family member,” or with a friend or neighbor from the church (56%