by Sean Reilly | Jul 25, 2008
Recently Anglican bishops attending the Lambeth Conference who took part in an anti-poverty walk with other faith leaders through central London assembled in Whitehall Place, and walked past the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. The London Borough of Westminster is...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
Leading UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is hosting a series of public events in several major English cities addressing the issue of unfair trade, African poverty and how they can be addressed by public and politicians. The series, entitled...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 18, 2007
Churches and society at large need to offer reparation to descendants of those enslaved, tortured and murdered by the transatlantic slave trade, says an international conference sponsored by three major ecumenical bodies. The three organizations include the World...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 13, 2007
An ecumenical Christian commemoration of the millions of Africans who died in the barbaric cruelty of the transatlantic slave trade is also highlighting the continuing oppression of their descendants around the world. Sixty theologians, church leaders, social...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 8, 2007
The legacies of the slave trade, and how churches can respond to past and present forms of slavery, will be discussed at a conference next week in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. About sixty theologians, church leaders, social scientists and activists, mainly from Africa, the...
