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Latest “A Common Word” News

For the latest results of last years “A Common Word,” go to Yale University’s Centre for Faith and Culture Reconciliation Program.  Just a few weeks ago they held the first of several meetings between Christians, Muslims, and Jews to further conciliatory efforts.  The link above provides additional links to some of the addresses, a forthcoming [...]

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Global Christianity

The Changing Face of Anglicans»

There has been much controversy surrounding the Anglican Church of late, especially in the run-up to The Lambeth Conference.  The conference ends today, but you can read more about it by clicking the link.
With that in mind, I ran across the rather interesting comparative diagram below.  On the left we see Anglicans in 1900.  As [...]

Global Islam

A Brick Lane Review»

Over the weekend Sarah and I enjoyed the independent UK film Brick Lane (for the actual street in London click here). It is the wonderful story of a young girl from Bangladesh whose parents arrange for her to marry an educated Bengali man living in Britain. We follow her to London, watch her [...]

Theological Musings

Bonhoeffer on Fundamentalism»

The good people over at The Bonhoefferian don’t post very often, but the most recent contribution (2 Aug. 2008) is intriguing.  It is actually a quote from Peter Rollins’ blog cited in this Bonhoefferian post that I find most intriguing.  It concerns Bonhoeffer’s thoughts on “religionless Christianity” and its relationship to fundamentalism.  How might this [...]