In a statement released on Oct. 19, the Dean of the province, Bishop Albert Chama of Northern Zambia, stated that Bishop Kunonga and Bishop Elson Jakazi of Manicaland were no longer bishops of the church and the Sees of Harare and Manicaland had been declared vacant “with immediate effect.”
The keynote speaker at the upcoming Convention in the Diocese of Pittsburgh will be former Episcopal Priest and now Ugandan Bishop John Guernsey. He will
Dad is cooking, the beer is poured, Mom is catching her breath between phone calls and Ruth and Tanya Moxley wrote from Halifax about their
The Diocese of Quincy decided at last weekends convention not to depart from the Episcopal Church…for now. According to an Associated Press report in the
The Archbishop of Canterbury has written an e-mail to an American bishop that tries in inject calm into a diocese where several parishes wish to
Americans are among the most religious people in the wealthy, democratic West. Yet we are not only comfortable, but proud, of the independence of church and state. Are we bound to fumble in our foreign policy if we cannot understand why the politics of equality, liberty, toleration, and democracy fit so uneasily with the explicitly religious politics of the Middle East? Closer to home, evangelical Christians remain one of the most powerful forces in American politics, and perhaps a dominant force in the Republican Party. Will they bring down the “big tent” if the GOP nominates a cosmopolitan pro-choice New Yorker or a Mormon? Is there, perhaps, a place for religious ideas on the American left?
Baby boomers are changing everything–including death and funerals, apparently. The Wall Street Journal reports on an emerging trend of designer funerals. A stroll through the exhibit floor of the National Funeral Directors Association convention, in Las Vegas earlier this month, suggests that death options are indeed as plentiful as toothpaste brands.
James Watson, who won a Nobel for his work on DNA caused a quite a furor by suggesting that blacks were less intelligent than other races. In response, Steven Levitt presents some data suggesting that Watson’s assumptions about a genetic explanation for disparities in intelligence tests are simply wrong.
Integrity News is reporting the California Diocesan Convention has approved same sex blessing rites by an overwhelming margin. Although the Convention passed the resolution, only the bishop has the power to authorize these rites.
When people say “America is being run by evangelical Christians,” they usually mean that it only feels that way. But evangelicals have rarely been as prominent as they are today, and a major new study by sociologist Michael Lindsay reveals, evangelical Christians now hold seats of influence in American government, business, culture, and higher education. What are the implications of evangelicals’ rise to power?