01: The current issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (Winter) is devoted to fundamentalism and democracy. Although tomes have been written on this subject, the issue carries some interesting articles on conservative (not necessarily fundamentalist) religion and politics. An article by economists David Chen and Jo Thori Lind looks at the relationship between social and fiscal conservatism. […]
Head coverings a barometer of new Islamic conflicts
The issue of head coverings for women is becoming increasingly contentious in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries, with even the manner in which such Islamic attire is worn revealing trends in worldwide Islam. The Economist (May 12) reports that the controversy covers the spectrum–from Turkish secularists protesting the possibility of a Muslim candidate being elected because […]
Russian orthodoxy gains strength through new unity
On May 17, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia officially reestablished communion with the Moscow Patriarchate. The move has been hailed by some as finally marking the end of the Russian Civil War (Russia Profile, May 17). As reported by RW (June 2006), a Council of the Church Abroad had accepted unity as a matter of principle […]
Europe’s ‘New Atheists’ gain momentum
There is a resurgence of atheist activism on the European continent, reports Alexander Smoltczyk in the German weekly Der Spiegel (May 26). The trend of a “new atheism’’ mentioned in the March issue of RW now appears to have crossed the Atlantic. Why “new”? Because the new wave of atheists seem driven by a previously unknown missionary […]
Current Research: June 2007
01: American Muslims have a generally positive view of the U.S., seeing little conflict between Islam and being an American citizen, and they are more likely to reject Islamic extremism than their counterparts in Europe, according to a new survey. The survey by the Pew Research Center finds that a majority of respondents (53 percent) said […]
Women pentecostal and charismatic leaders mentoring new generation
Women evangelists and church leaders are finding expanding roles in charismatic and Pentecostal bodies and are creating new mentoring networks for younger women, according to Charisma (June) magazine. Women clergy have generally found more acceptance in Pentecostal and charismatic churches than in other conservative bodies, usually serving as co-pastors with their husbands (though also including such famous […]
SBC daring to discipline clergy and church members?
The practice of discipline, whether of clergy charged with sexual abuse or of unrepentant members, is receiving new attention in evangelical churches and particularly the Southern Baptist Convention. Recent cases involving clergy sexual abuse among Protestant congregations are also reviving the debate about which kinds of church structures enable or discourage such crimes. The SBC […]
Anthropology’s Christian problem
The discipline of anthropology may be facing something of a paradigm shift as older models that neglected or disdained the importance of Christian beliefs are being challenged. The ferment can be seen in the February issue of Current Anthropology which features a special section on anthropologists and their problems in studying Christianity. The lead article by Joel […]
On/File: May 2007
01: Although Transhumanism has been largely secular, even atheistic, the formation of the Mormon Transhumanist Association suggests a new openness to religion in the movement The society, formed in 2006, was accepted as the only religious special-interest affiliate of the World Transhumanist Association. Transhumanism, which holds that technology will radically alter human nature, has been largely anti-religious, arguing that traditional […]
Findings & Footnotes: May 2007
01: The January issue of the journal Contemporary Sociology features a special section on religion, though in an unusual manner. The journal asked sociologists of religion Andrew Greeley, Michelle Dillon, Helen Ebaugh and Daniel Olson, to review the same group of books dealing with changes in American religion (including Mark Chaves‘ Congregations in America, R. Stephen Warner‘s […]
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