Restrictions and punishments against those converting from Islam to other faiths are common in Muslim countries, but increasingly the issue is being played out in the U.S. and other Western countries, reportsCommentary magazine (February). “Muslim apostasy” is forbidden both by religious and political authorities in most Islamic nations, sometimes under penalty of death or imprisonment. Those […]
On/File: January 2005
01: The Qatar-based and widely respected Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has emerged as the leading religious authority in the Muslim Brotherhood groups, according to an analysis by Israeli analyst Reuven Paz in the Nov. 2004 occasional paper of his Project for Research of Islamist Movements (PRISM). Paz notes the launching by Qaradawi in 2003-2004 of the […]
Findings & Footnotes: January 2005
01: Refleks is a scholarly journal seeking to build bridges between the Pentecostal-charismatic renewal movements and the outside world. The semi-annual journal is based in Norway but covers Pentecostalism and neo-Pentecostalism– including their predecessors, i.e., the Holiness Movement and similar traditions—from around the world. The journal consists of scholarly articles, brief biographical portraits and book reviews […]
New class of entrepreneurial Christians in China
A new group of Christian entrepreneurs and businessmen are emerging in China and they are introducing democratic practices into the churches, according to the Review of Religious Research (December). Chen Cunfu and Huang Tianhai, both of Zhejiang University, write that these new professionals, who are most evident in China’s developed coastal area, are the major funders and […]
Far left and Islamist alliance catching on in Europe?
There are increasing ties between the far left in Europe and Islamist groups, writes Joshua Kurlantzik in Commentary magazine (December). Last year, RW reported on how the Labor radicals and Islamic groups have forged an alliance in Britain, but Kurlantzik writes that these ties have also been growing throughout Europe in the last two years, particularly in […]
Security concerns overshadow religious freedom in Europe?
Security is becoming a leading concern in European state policy, while the right of religious freedom is coming under increasing pressure, Prof. Riks Torfs (Leuven University, Belgium) writes in the recently published volume 9 of the European Journal for Church and State Research. Controversies surrounding new religious movements in some European States, as well as the […]
Current Research: January 2005
01: Political platforms in both parties are increasingly moving to the extremes on religious issues such as abortion because Americans are neither too religious nor too secular. That is the provocative finding of Harvard economist Edward L. Glaeser. In a recent working paper (found at:http://post.economics.Harvard.edu/faculty/glaeser/papers.html), Glaeser writes that conventional wisdom might suggest that on such divisive issues […]
Beyond the elections – religion in 2004
As with most election years, 2004 will be remembered for the role religion played in the political arena. But last year also revealed other significant events in religion both in the U.S. and abroad. As is our custom, below are some musings and forecasts from RW’s editor and contributing editor on developments in religion that are […]
On/File: December 2004
01: The launching of the Center for Moral Clarity (CMC) last July by charismatic minister and televangelist Rod Parsley is one more sign of the growing charismatic involvement in social and public policy issues. The center works to mobilize Christians around public policy issues that are said to have spiritual roots, such as abortion and same-sex […]
Findings & Footnotes: December 2004
01: The pioneering holistic health magazine Body & Soul, formerly called New Age, looks back on major issues and topics covered in its pages for its 30th anniversary and, in the process, provides a useful, if brief, glossary on New Age/alternative spirituality. The special section in the issue provides historical sketches and definitions for everything from the […]
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