While there have been efforts to encourage dialogues and cooperation between Hindu and Neopagan groups and leaders as common “indigenous” religions, the project has not had much success (with Hindu critics charging that the two religions have as many differences as similarities; see October, 2001 RW). But now Neopagan practitioners have taken matters into their own […]
Church/state issues follow faith-based groups abroad
Although faith-based organizations within the U.S. have received the most funding and controversy, government funding of these groups abroad is raising similar church-state questions. In the Review of Faith & International Affairs (Spring), Robert B. Lloyd writes that in 2002 President Bush issued executive orders that would eliminate barriers from faith-based organizations abroad getting funds from the […]
Creation-evolution conflict goes global
The conflict between evolutionists and creationists is increasingly making itself felt in a diversity of countries around the world, reports The Economist (April 21). While creationism and the related intelligent design movement has suffered legal setbacks in the U.S., the critique of evolution is evident everywhere from the Muslim world to the Christian “Global South” and Russia. […]
On/File: April 2007
01: The New Wineskins Association of Churches joins other renewal groups in mainline denomination in straddling the line between schism and remaining in their church bodies. The association was started for evangelical churches within the Presbyterian Church (USA) unhappy with the liberal directions of their church (particularly on gay rights issues). But at the association’s February meeting, […]
Findings & Footnotes: April 2007
01: In recent years, the number of books on the presence of religion online has increased, from general overviews to collections of essays on mainstream or new religious groups and their use of the Internet. The new book by Anastasia Karaflogka, E-religion (Equinox Publishing, $27.95) proposes “a critical appraisal of religious discourse on the World Wide Web.” […]
New interdependent Anglicanism emerging?
Rather than fragmenting, the Anglican communion may be reconfiguring itself as a more interdependent and global structure after its recent meeting in Tanzania. The Tablet of London (Feb. 23) reports that there were widespread rumors and fears that world Anglican leaders would cut their ties with the Episcopal Church in the U.S. because of its support of […]
Catholic-Muslim marriages grow and raise new questions
The issue of mixed marriages was at the core of the 7th meeting of the Presidents of the Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Southeast Europe, which took place in Romania in early March. Marriages “with a difference in worship” are reported to be on the increase in that area of Europe, especially with Muslims. According […]
Current Research: April 2007
01: Despite divisions on the official level, there is widespread support for gay and lesbian rabbis among educators, leaders and seminarians in Conservative Judaism, according to a survey commissioned by the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). The survey, conducted via the Internet, found that among 5,583 rabbis, cantors and JTS students, two-thirds of the respondents support openly […]
Calvary Chapel’s accountability and leadership dilemmas
Calvary Chapel, one of the most influential evangelical movements, is facing a crisis over the accountability of its pastors and its disciplinary practices, reports Christianity Today magazine (March). Calvary Chapel pioneered the Jesus movement of the early 1970s and developed much of the contemporary style of worship in evangelicalism. From his base in southern California, founder Chuck […]
Redrawing the Jesuit map and agenda
In seeking to stem the effects of continuing decline, the Jesuit order is redistributing its resources and members to meet global needs and stressing the involvement of laity, writes Raymond Scroth in the National Catholic Reporter (Feb. 23). With a membership peaking in 1960 of 8,338 members, there are now only 2,991 Jesuits with an average age […]
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