by Sean Reilly | Feb 29, 2008
A delegation from the Church of the Brethren has made a historic visit to North Korea, to make direct contact with four farm enterprises that have received support from the church – an act yet rarely extended to people from the United States. The delegation that...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 27, 2008
The US Internal Revenue Service has told the United Church of Christ’s national offices in Cleveland, Ohio, that it has opened an investigation into Senator Barack Obama’s address at the UCC’s 2007 General Synod as the church engaging in...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 23, 2008
Opponents of a library, museum and policy institute dedicated to President George W. Bush at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas have pledged to continue their struggle after the school’s trustees voted to endorse it. Christians who are outraged...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 16, 2008
Hundreds of US churches and many thousands of religious believers defied the stereotype that American Christianity is a cipher for anti-science creationism last week, as they marked Evolution Weekend with sermons and seminars on the consonance of spiritual and...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
Join Amnesty International’s campaign against torture. Click here for more details Religious practices have often been tied to violence and torture, but this connection is often hidden within public discourse. That is the situation in the United States with the...