Promised land and homes, Sri Lankan refugees to return from India
Thomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of Sri Lankan refugees living in India are ready to return to their homeland decades after fleeing civil war, according to a rights group that said returnees will receive a plot of land and other assistance. Nearly 4,000 of more than 62,000 refugees living in camps in the south Indian state […]
SNAPSHOT: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
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New Spanish language hip-hop style audio Bible to reach new audience of young people in US – and beyond
A new Spanish-language, hip-hop style audio version of parts of the Bible will be produced by US-based ministry Streetlights after it reached a licensing agreement with international Bible organisation Biblica. Biblica has announced that its Spanish Nueva Version International version of the New Testament and Psalms will be produced under the agreement with the Chicago-based […]
Oxfam charity hit by sharp rise in sexual misconduct claims
Thomson Reuters Foundation International relief group Oxfam said on Wednesday it saw a sharp spike in claims of sexual misconduct at its British arm over last year after a sex abuse scandal surfaced in February. The number of reports rose to 155 in the 2017-18 financial year, up from 87 the year previously, Oxfam GB […]
Most Americans think religious beliefs are a matter of personal opinion, survey reveals
Some 60 per cent of Americans believe religious beliefs are a matter of personal opinion and not about “objective truth”, according to the findings of a recent survey. Conducted by LifeWay Research for Ligonier Ministries’ State of Theology report, the survey of some 3,000 American adults found that just 30 per cent disagreed with the […]
US POLITICS: CORY BOOKER COULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE ‘RELIGIOUS LEFT’
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, looks at how potential US presidential candidate, Democrat Cory Booker, brings his faith into his politics…
Bible museum is first in US to show mile-long illustrated Bible
RNS Going through his late father’s attic painting studio in 2013, a German banker named Martin Wiedmann was surprised to find a Bible that his father, Willy, had spent years creating. The 3,333 illustrated pages were bound as a leporello, a book that is pleated like an accordion. Fully laid out, Willy Wiedmann’s Bible stretches […]
ESSAY: WHY AUSTRALIA NEEDS A RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION ACT
University of Western Australia law lecturer RENAE BARKER, in an article first published on The Conversation, puts forward the arguments in favour of a federal Religious Discrimination Act in Australia…