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The spiritual leader of the world Anglican Communion says the struggle to keep the fellowship unified despite deep divisions over the Bible and sexuality is hampered by the lack of real theological discussion on the issues.
A top Southern Baptist executive says leaders in the convention should examine the spiritual health of the denomination now that theological conservatives have been in control for several years.
The Roman Catholic Church experienced its greatest growth in Africa and Asia between 2004 and 2005, according to new statistics released by the Vatican.
Flocks of the Christian faithful in the US will this Sunday hold special services celebrating Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The idea is to stand up to creationism, which claims the biblical account of creation is literally true, and which is increasingly being promoted under the guise of "intelligent design". Proponents of ID say the universe is so complex it must have been created by some unnamed designer.
A leader in Southern Baptist evangelism says he's "heartbroken" over feuding within the denomination over theology and worship styles and says it's distracting from the critical work of religious outreach.
A disturbing number of doctors do not feel obligated to tell patients about medical options they oppose morally, such as abortion and teen birth control, and believe they have no duty to refer people elsewhere for such treatments, researchers say.
For the first time since Tucson's largest mosque was completed in 1990, women there can regularly pray in view of the imam and other leaders.
The Grand Canyon was formed a few thousand years ago by Noah's flood, and not a few million years ago by geological forces, right? So says a glossy book still on sale in Grand Canyon National Park, despite scientists' protests.
In a ruling favorable to an inmate who sued after a Virginia prison denied his request for kosher meals, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a federal law that protects the religious rights of incarcerated people.
James Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family, says "the two most loving women in the world cannot provide a daddy for a little boy."
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) says its regional bodies are sending less money than expected to national headquarters, partly out of protest over the direction of the denomination.
Conservative religious and political leaders rallied Sunday in opposition of gay marriage, arguing that their rights to religious expression are being threatened.
A liberal church that has been threatened with the loss of its tax-exempt status over an anti-war sermon delivered just days before the 2004 presidential election said Thursday it will fight an IRS order to turn over documents on the matter.
Democrat Bob Casey highlights his religious work while Republican Sen. Rick Santorum seeks out evangelical Christians, a reflection of the fierce fight for voters of faith.
Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Monday urged people of faith to work cooperatively on problems such as poverty, global warming and reducing the number of abortions — "godly tasks" that transcend the nation's culture wars.
Liberal evangelicals, weary of a Republican-centric image, launched a campaign Monday to promote Christian values beyond the issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.
State schools reopened in Greece with the country's Orthodox church barred for the first time from hearing students' confessions on school premises.
Thirteen years ago, David Wilhelm, then chairman of the Democratic Party, told the conservative Christian Coalition that good Christians could belong to either major political party.
A missionary who was imprisoned for 15 months after trying to aid North Korean refugees in China has returned home to a greeting of balloons and flowers from delighted relatives and friends.
Tokens of Christianity, including crosses and religious mottos, are found in schools and government buildings all over Harrison County. The amenities in a women's bathroom at the Board of Education offices even include a leather-bound pocket copy of "New Testament: Psalms Proverbs."
Working too hard, even for those leading the Catholic Church, is bad for the spirit, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday as he greeted tourists at his summer residence outside Rome.
It is a debate that could change the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) policy: whether to allow leeway on the ordination of gay clergy and lay elders and deacons.
Former President Bill Clinton praised evangelical Christians on Thursday for their recent efforts on global warming and debt relief for poor nations and said he sees growing understanding between people of different faiths.
A judge has ruled that a Bible-based prison program violates the First Amendment's freedom of religion clause by using state funds to promote Christianity to inmates.
While many religious groups are lobbying against gay marriage, some scholars say they also need to look ahead and ponder the practical problems if such unions are one day widely legalized.
The criticism is not primarily, it should be pointed out, from the pious, which would hardly be noteworthy, but from avowed atheists as well as scientists and philosophers writing in publications like The New Republic and The New York Review of Books, not known as cells in the va …
Americans are shockingly illiterate when it comes to religions -- including their own. That's a problem in today's world, a BU professor argues. But it won't be easily fixed.
Stop and consider: how would your organize an operation that fed 10,000 people a day, for free. The Gurdwara Bangla Sahib kitchen in Delhi is a Sikh temple that does just that, and does so with remarkable efficacy, temperance, and tolerance.
God has always been a puzzle for Scott Atran. When he was 10 years old, he scrawled a plaintive message on the wall of his bedroom in Baltimore.
In an interview I conducted this morning, the scholar Tal Ilan, without whose work these calculations would have been impossible, expressed outrage over the film and its use of her work--she's the source of the quotation in the headline of this post.
"Because of religion, more human beings have been murdered, tortured, maimed, denigrated, discriminated against, humiliated, hated and scorned than for any other reason in the totality of the history of man.
VICARS branded the Government a "nanny state" yesterday after being forced to put up signs banning smoking in churches. Health chiefs were accused of wasting public money in writing to religious leaders about the signs – because no one smokes in places of worship.
More than two dozen evangelical leaders are seeking the ouster of the Rev. Richard Cizik from the National Association of Evangelicals because of his "relentless campaign" against global warming.In a March 1 letter to L.
After seeing the documentary I was impressed. I think it's a real possability that this the Family of Christ. What impact will this have on the Christian faith if any? Will they start interpiting the Bible more metaphorically, or contiune to insist it is literial.
Transformation, Egypt, Sekhmet, prayer
My child, You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2 I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3
Pastor Paul Melnichuk, leader of Toronto's "Prayer Palace" has some interesting ways of making and spending the church's money. Lots of money.
When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive success.
In front of witnesses and God, a man who fought the whole of the U.S.
I was looking through my past year's photos, for pictures to submit to the 50 Million Missing group*, and found this.
We all want to help out our local church, but some of us just don't have the resources to do so. Instead of sacrificing money, consider sacrificing time and energy. Here are some great ways to help your local church without spending any money.
As the author rightly notes, teaching about religion -- as distinct from preaching religion -- is not prohibited by the First Amendment's ban on "an establishment of religion." But given the failure of so many schools to inculcate the most elementary facts about American histor …
With periodic controversy over God in our nation's traditions, ie. In God We Trust on our money and God in our pledge, comes the great debate over religion's place in government, and indeed, in society.
Christians in Indiana are drawing parallels between spelling champ Elliot Huck, 14, and Eric Liddell, the Olympic runner who refused to compete on Sundays, and whose story is told in the movie Chariots of Fire.
Unbelievable that the environment has become such a wedge issue. At least for Dobson.
As many as 151 Dalits who had once converted to Christianity have returned to the Hindu fold after a religious ritual in a temple here.
This story still doesn't get at the heart of the matter. It's not that Rodgier was Christian, or even American. It's that he was WHITE, or perhaps, not Indian. (An Indian American Christian could have visited with no problem and never been detected.)
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