by Sean Reilly | Jan 30, 2008
Some Christian groups in Scotland are anxious about druids, wiccans and other traditional religionists from across the UK gathering in a small north-east community this summer, reports the Scotsman newspaper. The Pagan Federation is intending to hold its first summer...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
An educational institution in southern Africa is hosting a major theological consultation on HIV prevention called by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), based in Geneva. Participants are expected from across the globe. CABSA, the Christian AIDS Bureau for...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
The UK wing of the global social investment initiative Oikocredit has teamed up with the Livesimply campaign to promote a shared vision for social justice. Oikocredit provides vital loans to creative but impoverished communities. Launched in November 2006, Livesimply...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 21, 2008
Senior Baptist theologians have joined other church figures and civil rights groups in calling for an end to the blasphemy laws in Britain, which are now seen by a wide cross-section of the public as an unjust anachronism. The former Archbishop of canterbury, Lord...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
A South African church-backed group that helps former combatants involved in violence during the apartheid era to play a peaceful role says its life skills programme is needed in a country where those who have not found a place in the system often resort to violent...
