by Sean Reilly | Dec 13, 2007
At this time of year those of us who are Christians come to focus on the meaning of a particular birth, and in so doing find ourselves drawn further into the deep mystery, pain and possibility of living and dying on this beautiful but naked planet. Yet most of the...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 13, 2007
Last month, headlines were grabbed by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s attack upon US foreign policy. But the deeper point, widely missed, was his attack upon western modernity in general. “There is something about western modernity which really does eat...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
Churches used financial leverage to force British Airways to change its uniform policy, according to a new website aimed at making the investment activities of churches in the UK more transparent. The Church Investors Group (CIG) made up of representatives of the...
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...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 7, 2007
As well as preparing worship resources for World Aids Day the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance has this year put together an excellent Advent calendar of daily readings, pictures and meditations. Many of the meditations are written by people living with AIDS. Click on one...
