International ‘Pro-Family’ Summit Calls for New Anti-Gay Laws: Global LGBT Recap
American Evangelicals Attend Anti-Gay Summit in Moscow We noted last week that the World Congress…
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Rick Warren, Is That All the Courage You Can Muster?
Warren doesn’t seem quite as persistent in condemning Uganda’s anti-gay bill as he does in building his image.
Read MoreAnglican Church To Install First Female African Bishop
The ACSA makes history.
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Why the Next Archbishop of Canterbury Should Be African
Fifty years ago, Howard Johnson, a priest at the cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, visited the nascent Anglican Church in Nigeria. He was distressed at the the unnecessary “Britishness” of the Church…
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Episcopal Church Divided Over Trinity’s Denial of Occupy
If I were CEO of Trinity Wall Street, I’d be alarmed at the idea of the “unspecified use” apparently demanded by the OWS protesters. But, of course, Trinity Wall Street does not have a CEO, it has ministers.
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Telling the World a ‘Big Story’: RD in Conversation with Karen Armstrong
Compassion is not just a sloppy emotional bonhomie; it requires a serious intellectual effort to learn about one another, even if it’s unflattering to ourselves. RD contributor and religion scholar Laurie Patton interviews Karen Armstrong upon the launch of her global call to action, the Charter for Compassion.
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The Horror Mugabe Doesn’t Want the World to See
Bishop Desmond Tutu calls for the world to take action against the regime of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and the Nobel Prize-winner has signed the preface to a harrowing new report from Physicians for Human Rights on the man-made situation that may, if ignored, match Rwanda.
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