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How the Western Media Sees Islam (or not)
June 04, 2008
Jerusalem – He is a professor of Islamic Studies at Al Quds University in Jerusalem, and he has s... Read More

On Holy Ground
March 24, 2008
Last week, the Mayor of Vancouver stood on the steps of a downtown Catholic church to make an imp... Read More

Underneath the Helmet Issue
March 07, 2008
It seems the only time we hear about Canada’s Sikh community in the media is when there is ... Read More

Blog2
Brainwashing or simple parenting?
March 24, 2008
Children being raised in a religious environment is a volatile issue, at least to anti-theists. A... Read More

Lord’s Prayer
March 04, 2008
In Ontario’s it’s often the little things that kick up the biggest fuss. This time, i... Read More

Tip:

At long last, the report from Gerard Bouchard and Charles Taylor on reasonable accommodation in Quebec has been released, and provides a wealth of story ideas for reporters covering religion in Canada.  For an abridged pdf of the full report, check out this webpage for "Building the Future: A Time for Reconciliation".   Bear in mind that the Commission was launched out of concerns in Quebec over Muslim headscarves, Sikh kirpans, and the possibility of sharia law coming to Canada….so the implications of accommodating religious practices, values, traditions and rights are analyzed within the framework of Canadian society and national values.  Here is the website:

http://www.accommodements.qc.ca


Orthodox Articles
Psalms offer source of inspiration for prayer
March 29, 2008
Worshipers turn to ancient Hebrew verses to discover a powerful tool for intimacy with God.

A clump of cells? Or a living being with a soul?
March 26, 2008
Embryo research has pitted scientists against bishops, caused a cabinet split and divided the country. Religion, politics, medicine and ethics all collide in a debate that boils down to the question above

Taking Christ out of Christianity
March 23, 2008
Reverend Gretta Vosper, of the West Hill United Church in Scarborough, has written a book titled With or Without God that discusses shifting the focus of Christianity from God and Jesus to values-based spirituality.

Out of the mouths of babes ...
March 23, 2008
It's only right to give children everything they need in this quest - even if it's source material from church, school, or Scriptures - to help them understand that they are part of a community of faith (--the realization that makes them happier), writes Lorna Dueck, executive p...

Jesus the Jew and the Christian cover-up
March 23, 2008
Book review: THE JESUS SAYINGS, The Quest for His Authentic Message

Gays fear an influx of hate
March 16, 2008
With as many as 100,000 newcomers from republics such as Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus, the Sacramento region has one of the nation's largest concentrations of Soviet immigrants. The influx has created a thriving Russian community with Russian-language newspapers, cable TV and rad...

In Britain, creationist theory is evolving
March 16, 2008
Europeans have long viewed the conflict between evolutionists and creationists as primarily an American phenomenon, but it has recently jumped the Atlantic with skirmishes in Italy, Germany, Poland and, notably, Britain, where Darwin was born and where he published his 1859 classic.

I do, I do, I do, I do
March 15, 2008
Edmonton Sun columnist Coren writes he predicts that polygamy will be legal and accepted in this country within five years, and that any Charter challenge in support of the custom would not only be backed by the revolutionary precedent of same-sex marriage redefinition but also by guaranteed...

Lutheran draft report sidesteps judgment on gay marriage
March 14, 2008
Finding little consensus in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a panel recommends that wedlock still be defined as between a man and a woman, but it doesn't condemn same-sex unions.

What they don't teach at Sunday school: the joy of Old Testament sex
March 09, 2008
A new study is set to cause a storm by focusing on the Bible's treatment of sexual matters. Andy  McSmith looks into the row – and revisits some of the good book's steamier episodes 



 
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