BOOKS: A LESSON FOR CHURCHES ON UNDERSTANDING ‘CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE’
DARREN CRONSHAW looks at what church and mission organisations can learn from David Livermore’s book about fostering ‘cultural intelligence’…
Open Book: I Thessalonians – Revealing Paul’s heart
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at a passage in I Thessalonians in which Paul expresses his worries and solidarity for the church in Thessalonica…
Chibok girls changed by shame, Stockholm syndrome, say experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation Connections formed by years of captivity and shame at marrying militants might explain why some Chibok girls have chosen not to return home from their Boko Haram ordeal, experts say. Their militant Islamist captors released a video on Monday showing some of the remaining girls – who were kidnapped from the northeast […]
Two reports show fewer Americans involved in incidents of Muslim extremism in 2017
RNS Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12th August, 2017. One person was killed and 19 were injured in the incident. PICTURE: Steve Helber/AP Photo. To hear it from the Trump administration, Muslim extremists pose the greatest […]
CASTING THE NET: THE ECCLESIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
DAVID ADAMS finds a website which should be of interest to any keen to know more about UK churches…
Sex trafficking in US massage parlors a $US2.5 billion business, study finds
Thomson Reuters Foundation US traffickers make $US2.5 billion a year forcing women to have sex in massage parlors, according to a report on Wednesday describing victims as new immigrants with debts and no language skills. The illegal massage parlor business is the second largest US human trafficking industry after escort services, the anti-slavery group Polaris […]
Wow!: Celebrating the world’s best religious architecture
The US-based journal Faith and Form recently announced the winners in its annual International Awards Program for Religious Art & Architecture. DAVID ADAMS takes a look at some of the 27 winners…
Essay: ‘Pro-life’ must encompass more than just opposition to abortion
Writing from the US, Catholic commentator JOHN GEHRING, in an article first published by Religion News Service, says it’s time the term ‘pro-life’ was no longer confined to a single issue…
DEVELOPMENT: EVERYONE’S A WINNER? HOW ‘IMPACT INVESTING’ CAN MAKE MONEY – AND DO GOOD
LEE MANNION, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how small-scale investors in Britain are making a difference to the lives of families in Africa…
Catholic priest stabbed as violence continues in Central African Republic
World Watch Monitor Fr Alain Blaise Bissialo, a priest at Christ-King Parish of Tokoyo, was stabbed by unknown armed men on 4th January. PICTURE: Alain Blaise Bissialo/Facebook Catholic bishops in the Central African Republic have condemned a recent upsurge of violence in the country and called on armed groups to lay down their weapons. Fighting […]