SIGHT-SEEING: OUR GOD IS TOO SMALL
NILS VON KALM reflects on the meaning of the Gospel message…
Pope criticises cultural discrimination in new book of interviews from Amazon synod
Vatican CityRNS In a book of interviews published Tuesday, Pope Francis discussed his vision for a missionary church and criticised groups that discriminate against other cultures and view them as unworthy of receiving the Gospel. “There are circles and sectors that present themselves as ilustrados (enlightened) – they sequester the proclamation of the gospel through a distorted […]
Kenya vows to cut emissions as dirty stoves and fuels kill 21,500 a year
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation More than 21,500 Kenyans die each year from cooking with traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood, new government data showed on Tuesday, as authorities pledged to meet a global goal of universal access to clean cooking energy by 2030. The health risks were greatest in rural areas, where 90 per cent […]
Trump administration begins Paris climate pact exit
Washington DC, USReuters The Trump administration said on Monday it filed paperwork to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the first formal step in a one-year process to exit the global pact to fight climate change. The move is part of a broader strategy by President Donald Trump to reduce red tape on […]
BOOKS: SALVATION FOR WHO? THEOLOGIAN PUTS FORWARD A DIFFERENT VIEW
NILS VON KALM reads David Bentley Hart’s That All Shall Be Saved…
Kenyan census results a “big win” for intersex people
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation The results of Kenya’s first census to recognise intersex people are a “big win” for their rights, campaigners said as the data was released on Monday, expressing hopes it would lead to more progressive policies. Kenya became the first African nation and one of the only countries in the world to […]
Open Doors US hopes videos of Christian leaders praying for the persecuted will encourage others to do the same
US Christian leaders ranging from Southern Baptist Convention President DJ Greear to Sojourner’s founder Jim Wallis and Bill Johnson, senior leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California, appear in a new series of prayer videos released by persecuted church advocacy Open Doors. The videos feature the leaders praying for Christians in specific countries where they face […]
Two candidates announced for next general secretary of the World Council of Churches
The dean of theology and religion at South Africa’s University of Pretoria and a director of an English ecumenical organisation have been named as the two candidates to replace Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as the next general secretary of the World Council of Churches. Dr Elizabeth Joy and Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay. PICTURE: WCC Tveit’s […]
WOMEN
Sadly, for much of history, women were considered the property of men. Their only value was keeping the home running and birthing children. PICTURE: Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash It was very difficult to live as a woman without a man. Then things changed. The early church gave status to woman as equal in value to men; […]
THE INTERVIEW: BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR – REFORMATION IS A “DELICIOUS” BUT LONELY WILDERNESS
ROXANNE STONE, writing for Religion News Service, spoke with US Episcopal priest, teacher and author Barbara Brown Taylor at the Evolving Faith conference in the US last month…