Religious right likes McCain’s pick
August 29, 2008
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Religious conservatives are excited by Senator John McCain’s choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, says Ralph Reed in The New York
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The GAFCONistas have their say
August 29, 2008
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The GAFCON primates have said a little bit about the Lambeth Conference, as have the border-crossing bishops they ordained. Mark Harris provides excellent analysis.
California prisons respond to change in marriage law
August 29, 2008
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A few months ago the Supreme Court in the State of California ruled that laws which made same-gender marriages illegal were in violation of the state Constitution’s equal-protection clause. The resulting scramble to change existing regulations has resulted in a few bumps along the way. The state’s Department of Corrections has responded by deciding to now recommend that prison chaplains stop performing any marriages for inmates.
No rain last night in Denver
August 29, 2008
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As a couple of commentators have pointed out, despite a half-serious attempt to call down rain on Barack Obama’s “parade” last night, the sky was
Calling on churches in tough economic times
August 28, 2008
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In a Religion News Service article appearing on Crosswalk, Kirsten Campbell discusses the double bind that can hit churches in hard economic times: For faith-based
Greenbelt: what exactly is it?
August 28, 2008
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We’ve done a little bit of reading, searched a few Web sites, but we still don’t quite get this Greenbelt business. The festival (if that’s the right word) drew 20,000 people to a race track in Cheltenham, England, for three days of what seems to have been innovative worship and intriguing conversation–and the Church Times takes is seriously!–so we feel we should understand it better than we do.
All creatures great and small
August 28, 2008
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The Humane Society of the United States is announcing its 2008 “All Creatures Great and Small” campaign, which involves a pledge to either switch to
Christians studying the ways of Muslims in Nigeria
August 28, 2008
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Bishop Josiah Fearon: “For us in Kaduna State, we realised that to live peacefully, we need to understand the religion of each other and so, we are convinced that the best way to promote peace and encourage it, is to know the well-being of your neighbour and the well-being of your neighbour is dictated by what he or she believes in. The well-being of the Muslim is dictated by Islam and so, we are concentrating on the Christians learning about Islam”.
Clear as mud
August 28, 2008
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At Lambeth’s final press conference, Rowan Williams attempted to offers some clarity on what he means by a moratorium on same sex blessings. A reading of the transcript suggests that in his view, the proposed moratorium on “same sex blessings” is on the authorization of rites for same sex blessings, not on the practice of providing such blessings. But not so fast…
Bishop Mwamba calls on press to be “gracious and balanced”
August 27, 2008
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From Ecumenical News International via ELO: “The rest of the world needs to know that apart from press coverage in the West, the gay issue
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