The Bordeaux Statement & the G8: The Voice of Ecumenical Strength – Lindsay Ann Cox
“Religious leaders, like world leaders, now know that working for change necessitates expanded cooperation.”
Beyond Unrefined Frustrations – Simon Appolloni
“Can the education system from high schools to universities help youth to engage in deeper and more reflective deliberations? Or will youth simply turn to the vastness of the Internet or the convenience of railway corridors and graffiti to express unrefined frustrations?”
Link roundup: 5 June – 13 June
- Archaeologists discover a 300-year-old church in St. Augustine, Florida
- Indian police break up a guru’s fast.
- The Guardian publishes a philosophical critique of the new atheism.
- Do alcoholics need god? The fight over a ‘higher power’ splits AA groups in Toronto.
Link roundup: 29 May – 31 May
- The Washington Post chronicles a Mormon church for singles.
- A new piece from Stanley Fish in the New York Times, which considers the two faces of Judaism in American public discourse.
- The New York Times also considers Oprah’s theology of suffering.
‘Eco’-Link roundup
Thanks to the marvelous work of Nicholas Dion, you’ve seen religion in the news, but have you seen religion AND ecology in the news?
Due to the industrious work of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University – which gathers emails sent out by UNEP, the United Nations Environment Program – news on religion and ecology is but a mere mouse click away (for an archival inventory of such articles visit FORE). Here are a few to whet your whistle:
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