Wrestling biblically with the changing shape of family

by | Mar 16, 2007

In an excerpt from her groundbreaking book Jesus’ Family Values, a New Testament scholar explains why simplistic appeals to scripture distort its meaning, and why for the Gospel family is built on magnanimity not exclusion Just as we seek guidance in scriptures...

Wrestling biblically with the changing shape of family

by | Mar 16, 2007

In an excerpt from her groundbreaking book Jesus’ Family Values, a New Testament scholar explains why simplistic appeals to scripture distort its meaning, and why for the Gospel family is built on magnanimity not exclusion Just as we seek guidance in scriptures...

Disastrous Iraq war must be ended, says world churches leader

by | Mar 16, 2007

In a statement ahead of the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq (19 March 2007), the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, warns of “further carnage and destruction” because “the sponsors of this...

Disastrous Iraq war must be ended, says world churches leader

by | Mar 16, 2007

In a statement ahead of the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq (19 March 2007), the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, warns of “further carnage and destruction” because “the sponsors of this...

Humanitarian crisis feared as conflict in Sri Lanka worsens

by | Mar 16, 2007

Catholic aid agency CAFOD has said it fears a new humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka following a recent escalation of ongoing violence in the north and east of the country. In the past two weeks increased conflict, especially in the east of the country, between...