by Sean Reilly | Feb 17, 2008
Muslim lawyers say they are puzzled that Archbishop Rowan Williams raised the Sharia issue before they have had a chance to tackle some key concerns. But Evangelicals and a progressive interfaith group are calling for wider debate. Speaking after Dr Williams said...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 17, 2008
Ethnic and political divisions have prevented church leaders in Kenya from responding to the political crisis in their country, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches has been told by its general secretary, the Rev Samuel Kobia. “At a time of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 16, 2008
Kingston, Jamaica, will be the host city for the World Council of Churches’ International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in 2011, it has been announced – marking a decade of activity promoting practical responses to violence. The convocation in 2011 will...
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 16, 2008
Harnessing the power of the market to help solve the problems of global poverty, hunger and inequality is both possible and necessary, a Nobel Peace Prize winner told an invited audience of specialists in London on Thursday night. Professor Muhammad Yunus is doing...
