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Radical Faith Exploring fundamentals of faith in a changed world
Few
members of The Church
pause to think carefully about what it is they belong to. As an
organisation it is the most powerful the world has ever seen.
Its roots lie deep in history. And yet the great edifice seems
to be slowly crumbling in the Western world.
For
those who are curious about the current conflicts in
Christianity and the huge tensions between Church and the
secular outlook, The Great
Divide attempts to present a way of making sense of it
all. A new world-view is taking shape, one which undermines all
its predecessors.
Beyond
the Fringe For
those who are open to venturing beyond traditional Christian
teaching, some challenging viewpoints are presented here.
u A
consuming problem for modern-day atheists is how to retain a decent
moral imperative for society while simultaneously denying the source
of that morality - that is, revelation by God of what is right and
what is wrong. Terry Eagleton reviews
Religion
for Atheists, pointing out that its author, Alain de Botton,
comes from a long line of those who hijack other people's beliefs,
empty them of content, and redeploy them in the name of social order.
Such secularised religion is a bogus solution, scorned by worthier
unbelievers.
30/06/2012
Church
Watch
Pope
Benedict XVI has warned that Christianity risks
oblivion in many parts of the world [More]
Frederico
Lombardi, Head of the Vatican's Press Office, has
denied charges by Archbishop Carlo Vigano of financial
corruption and mismanagement in the Church [More]
Toris
Young, a Baptist Pastor from New Orleans, USA, has
pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1m from disaster aid
funds [More]
According to a
prominent Catholic priest in Ireland, clerical celibacy
will soon be a thing of the past [More]
The Russian Orthodox Church's Patriarch of Moscow and All
Russia has announced that he will not meet the Pope until
outstanding issues are resolved [More]
The Fiji Government has put into permanent law a
requirement that churches get permits to hold meetings [More]
Obiter
Dictum Kelly Boggs ponders on Russian roulette and the
uncertainties of safe-sex
