SIGHT-SEEING: 10 QUOTES BY AND ABOUT BILLY GRAHAM
The 7th November marks 100 years since the birth of the late evangelist Billy Graham. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, pulls together a collection of quotes from and about the US preacher to mark the occasion…
More than 200 mass graves with thousands of bodies discovered in Iraq
World Watch Monitor More than 200 mass graves containing the remains of thousands of people killed by Islamic State have been discovered in northern and western Iraq, according to a UN report that was released on Tuesday. The report by UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the UN Human Rights Office documents the existence […]
Canadian broadcaster offers to sponsor Christian woman spared death in Pakistan
Toronto, CanadaRNS Yes TV, Canada’s largest multifaith broadcaster, has sent a letter to the Canadian government offering to sponsor and settle Asia Bibi, the Pakistani woman who was cleared of blasphemy charges last week. Her death sentence was commuted by Pakistan’s Supreme Court on 31st October following an appeal. Pakistan protesters rally against a Supreme Court decision […]
Australian Christian Lobby urges Federal Government to ensure faith-based schools are “protected” in Ruddock review response
The Australian Christian Lobby has urged the Federal Government to ensure faith-based schools are protected in its response to the Ruddock review into religious freedom. In a statement this week, Martyn Iles, managing director of the ACL, said educators from a range of faith backgrounds were concerned about religious freedom in schools and pointed to […]
BOOKS: PUTTING MISSION AT THE HEART OF THE CHURCH
DARREN CRONSHAW looks at a collection of essay by US missional theologian Darrell L Guder…
Weaponisation of artificial intelligence a “serious danger”, says UN Secretary General
The weaponisation of artificial intelligence poses a “serious danger” to the world, according to UN Secretary General António Guterres. Addressing a technology summit in Portugal this week, Guterres said that the weaponisation of artificial intelligence has led to the prospect of autonomous weapons that can select and destroy targets, adding that such advances “will make it very difficult […]
A MORE NUANCED CONVERSATION?
Here is a nuance Australia needs to learn. Imagine if we could say this in political life, religious debates, in families: “I don’t care for your politics, but I care for you”. “I don’t agree with your beliefs, but I agree you should be allowed to believe them”. A more measured conversation? PICTURE: Nik MacMillan/Unsplash […]
COPTIC CHURCH: ANGER ERUPTS IN EGYPT AFTER MASSACRE OF CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS
JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER and MINA NADER report for Religion News Service…
100 years after World War One, reconciliation is key in remembrance, says Justin Welby
Via World Council of Churches It ended 100 years ago, and on 11th November, church leaders will remember World War I, praying and calling for reconciliation, despite a century passing since one of humanity’s most brutal conflicts. From Flanders in Belgium to villages across France, the UK and Germany, bells will toll to remember. PICTURE: […]
ESSAY: HOW SAFE IS YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP?
CHRISTOPHER P SCHEITLE, of West Virginia University and JEFFERY T ULMER, of Pennsylvania State University, look at what their research reveals about congregations in the US in this article first published on The Conversation…