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Archive for February, 2009
Wiley Reminder
Posted in History, cartoon, tagged Wiley Miller on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prophets without honor in their own country…
Posted in Current events, History, Organisations, People, tagged Bahá'í, Iran on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Báb, a Shi’ite Muslim was the first founder of the Bahá’í faith in Iran in 1844, he proclaimed a new messenger from God was coming soon to be another prophet such as Moses, Mohammad and Jesus. This contradicts a central tenet of Islam, that Mohammad was the last of the prophets, so The Báb was executed and [...]
Some Things Come Together in Nigeria
Posted in Books, Current events, Organisations, People, tagged Chinua Achebe, Nigeria on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of Africa’s foremost writers Professor Chinua Achebe travelled from his US home to his Nigerian homeland this week, accompanied by The Royal African Society’s director Richard Dowden who helped film a movie of the return and writes in a BBC article today:
He has lived in America since he suffered a terrible car accident in 1990, [...]
Ethical Man in the USA
Posted in People, Places, tagged Carbon Footprint, Ecology, Ethical Man on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Justin Rowlatt is known as the UK BBC’s Ethical Man after he and his family spent a whole year ‘Going Green’: eating vegan, recycling, using public transport and attempting to cut their ‘carbon footprint’, which they did, by 20 %.
Given that some scientists think we need to reduce carbon emissions by 80 % by 2050 [...]
Fast of Ninevah
Posted in Beliefs, Organisations, People, tagged Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Within the Coptic Orthodox Church February 9-11 saw a three day fast commemorating Jonah who spent three days inside a giant fish as punishment for his disobedience, and celebrating God’s mercy on the people of Nineveh and to the faithfully repentent.
The people of Nineveh believed God. They decided to fast, and everyone, from the most important to [...]
Evolving Theory
Posted in Beliefs, Books, History, Organisations, People, Science, tagged Charles Darwin, Evolution, Modern Churchpeople's Union on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week sees the 200 th anniversary of the birth of natural history scientist Charles Darwin, marked by a church conference in Oxford, UK.
One of our aims in holding this conference is to go some way towards redressing the impression that some of the general public have that Christians are anti-science and anti-Darwin.
~ Organiser Rev.Tim Stead
Reverend [...]
Around the World in Eighty Faiths
Posted in Beliefs, Books, Current events, Places, tagged BBC, Religions on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anglican vicar Peter Owen Jones embarked on year-long a journey to uncover the world’s religions for the BBC to make an eight-part documentary about his experiences.
The BBC UK website has a set of religious discussion message boards for people to discuss these faiths and a religious information section and ethics pages.
A book of the journey is also available.
Religions are very good at [...]
