Scripture and violence: Do holy texts really inspire terrorists?
By Rosie Dawson Schoolchildren, journalists and people of faith could be educated about scriptural passages in the Bible and the […]
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400 years on: the Puritans who took their faith to the New World
Jonathan Petre tells the story of the Puritan separatists who left Plymouth for the new world in September 400 years ago, later to be joined by ‘saints’ from Suffolk, as the American dream began.
A pew right at the back: how online religion has gone mainline
Christian churches’ online services have gone mainline and are soaring among young people. Services are attractive to people who wish to remain anonymous at the back of the church. But the search for prayer, community and meaning is there, online.
Beirut explosion could bring country “close to a complete collapse”
Aid agencies are flocking to help the people of Beirut after the massive explosion which killed at least 100 people and […]
Religion news 5 August
75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki attack – Bishops renew call for nuclear weapons to be banned; CofE sexuality debate on collision course; Church urged to grow more trees; Dorset village row over pew removal.
Holiness and desire: how the C of E can keep the conversation open
Holiness and desire lie at the centre of the church of England’s wrangling over sexuality. In an RMC zoom briefing, Jessica Martin argues entrenched disagreements leave no space for complexity.
Trans Baptist minister in Canada told to quit church
Junia Joplin, a Baptist minister in Canada, who came out as a trans woman in a zoom sermon, has lost her job after the congregation voted her out.
Religion news 4 August
Tributes to John Hume, peacemaker in Ireland; Former Pope Benedict XVI said to be seriously ill; Trans Baptist pastor told to quit Canadian church.
Power, manipulation and blackmail in womens’ religious orders
The Roman Catholic church is being urged to pay attention to the abuse of power and conscience suffered by womens’ […]
Religion News 3 August
Abuse of power among Roman Catholic nuns; Bishops urge vaccination against Covid19; Eid al-Adha festival in lockdown; Dean: Sheffield Cathedral singing not ‘thrilling’.