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Mixing science and religion

July 28, 2013 No Comments

“Now I would love to tell you that there is no conflict between science and religion at all,” he told the gathering, “but I’m afraid

The pitfalls of investments by churches

July 27, 2013 No Comments

Andrew Brown writes in The Guardian on Welby, Wonga and the moral dilemma of financial investing:

Theology and casino gambling

July 27, 2013 4 Comments

“Jesus came to bring good news to the poor. Casinos are bad news for the poor. I follow Jesus.”

Archbishop Philip Russel of South Africa remembered

July 26, 2013 No Comments

Philip Russell, the Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, died Thursday in Australia at age 93.

The Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, the current Archbishop, said: “Today the whole Anglican Church of Southern Africa gives joyful thanks to God for the life and ministry of one of the unsung heroes of our Church.

Demon rum

July 26, 2013 2 Comments

Mixing religion and alcohol may be dangerous to other people’s health according to a new study of religion, alcohol and violence.

Has the mission trip become a kind of tourism?

July 26, 2013 5 Comments

Doug Banister wonders if the mission trip has become a kind of tourism for wealthy Christians who want to do good in exotic places.

The Church as an engine for global development

July 26, 2013 No Comments

Kate Sharma, writing in the Guardian, believes that the church is one the best vehicles for human and societal development.

Nothing new under the sun

July 26, 2013 2 Comments

Luigi Pascali, an economist at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, says that history suggests that Archbishop Welby’s call to drive pawnbrokers out of business by setting up competing church-based credit unions might be the right approach.

‘Nuns on the Bus’ to push Congress on immigration reform

July 25, 2013 No Comments

From Religion News Service: The “Nuns on the Bus” are back from their 6,800-mile trek across the U.S., but their hardest job may be yet

Archbishop Welby aims to compete with major payday lender

July 25, 2013 4 Comments

From the BBC: The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned the online lender Wonga that the Church of England plans to force it out of business