James Heckman, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, writes on the growing polarization in American society and concludes: The family plays a powerful
The Diocese of New Westminster has taken steps under the its bylaws to remove clergy who have left the Anglican Church of Canada rather than accepting the decisions of its local and national governing bodies. In the past few months, the Courts in both B.C. and Ontario have issued preliminary findings in similar cases upholding similar actions by two other Dioceses. Attempts to appeal those rulings in both cases have been unsuccessful and costs have been awarded to the Dioceses involved.
“At one point in the journal he is talking to the society at Grimsby and goes into block capitals and says ‘I told them I would remain with them as long as they remained with the Church of England but should they ever turn their back on the Church they turn their back on me’.”
In a hearing yesterday, the Court adopted a stipulation and ordered that these accounts may only be accessed with the consent of the Episcopal Diocese and/or by further order of the Court. Several of the affected accounts included those critical to the operations of the Evergreen Conference Center in Oakhurst (ECCO). – Press Release
Relations among India’s religious minorities — such as Christians, who account for 2.5 percent of the country’s 1.1 billion people, and Muslims, who make up 14 percent — are usually peaceful. However, Orissa has a long history of Hindu-Christian clashes, usually sparked by Hindu suspicions over missionary work
The advice represents a sudden drop in enthusiasm for exterior lighting, which peaked in 2000 when the Millennium Commission awarded £2.3million of lottery money to the Church Floodlighting Trust.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today sent a letter to the bishops of the Anglican Communion, setting out his personal reflections on the Lambeth Conference.
Faith expression will have a high profile at this year’s Democratic National Convention in Denver, with an emphasis on diversity and unity.
The Washington Post reports on a new trend. Home circumcisions. For Christians.
Dean Martha Deng Nhial is the first African women to serve as the dean of an African cathedral in the history of Christianity. She has been as the first dean of the Cathedral of St. Matthew, Diocese of Renk, Episcopal Church of Sudan.