Kirken Update 2017
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08-01-2018 - Modernisten Ratzinger (!)
Teologi
Hostility to Vatican II runs deep with
Pope Francis' critics
A commentary by Michael Sean
Winters: A little more than a year ago, I did a three-part series
examining the opposition to Pope Francis. In the first of those
essays, I argued that the opposition to Francis was rooted in a
misconception about the reception of Vatican II and, indeed,
about the Second Vatican Council itself. I stand by that
assessment, but it is increasingly clear that the opposition to
Francis comes not only from misconceptions about Vatican II but
actual hostility to the council and to all the popes since. In
short, the situation is even worse than I had suspected. Læs mere - [New Catholic
Reporter]
Vatikanet - 
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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07-01-2018 - Al Sisi: Den kopitiske kirke en
uundværlig del af Ægypten
, "No one can divide us". Al Sisi's embrace
to the Copts
Al Sisi's intervention at the Coptic
Christmas liturgy, broadcasted live on national TV, wanted to
show his country and the world, the strong bond that, in this
historical moment strengthens the largest Christian community in
the Middle East and the current strong man of Egypt. Al Sisi is
the first Egyptian President to have physically taken part in the
liturgical solemnity of the Copts, and yesterday he did so for
the fourth time. His political project defines the Coptic
component as an essential and non-excludable element of the
Egyptian identity. In July 2016, he announced that he wanted to
increase penalties for those fomenting sectarian riots and
violence. On 30 August 2016, the Egyptian Parliament voted the
new law on the construction of churches, eliminating bureaucratic
limits and obstacles that for decades had heavily conditioned the
ordinary life of Egyptian Christian communities Læs
mere - []
02-01-2018 - 8 dræbt i anti-Kabila protest.
Kirkeledere i chock
,
Congo's church leaders shocked
after 8 dead in anti-Kabila protests Læs mere -
[https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/congos-church]
Church leaders in Congo expressed shock -
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02-01-2018 - 16 dræbt i forbindelse med
nytårsgudstjeneste
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Nigerians killed in New Year attack on
Rivers church
At least 16 people have been killed by
gunmen in southern Nigeria after a New Year's Day church service,
police say. The group had attended a midnight service before they
were ambushed in the early hours of Monday, police told the BBC.
Læs mere - [BBC]
Nigeria -
Kristendom - islam
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31-12-2017 - Stille nat - væggene har
øren
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Silent night - because walls have ears
Christmas in communist Cuba is a quiet affair; you won't
hear carols in the streets or on television, except for during
one concert involving the Churches that is broadcast on Christmas
Day...For many Cubans, bigger than Christmas is the anniversary
of the revolution, 1 January. So on 31 December, towns come alive
with street parties and dancing. Many churches sidestep these
festivities by holding all-night services. Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Cuba -
Kristendom - ateisme
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31-12-2017 - 20 tophistorier 2017 - i verden, men set fra
USA
Kirkens historie
, CT's Top 20 News Stories of 2017
Mainly USA-stories. Gives perspectivse of the church -
different from the european. Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Globalt -
Kristendom
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25-12-2017 - Jul i Indien - sikkerhedsforanstaltninger
øges
Religionskonflikt
, India tightens Christmas security after
Christians attacked
Christians and others in India
celebrated Christmas despite fears of an anti-Christian backlash
in some parts of the predominantly Hindu country. Læs
mere - [WorldWide Religious News (WWRN)]
Indien -
Hinduisme - anden tro
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24-12-2017 - Juleglæde og forfølgelse
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Pakistan and Iraq: Christmas joy mixed
with grief
(First in a serie). This is the fourth time
in three years that suicide bombers have targeted churches or
gatherings around Christian festivals. Last Sunday (17 Dec) at
least two suicide bombers attacked a service at a Methodist
church in Quetta, leaving 11 dead and 50 injured. Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Globalt -
Kristendom - andre religioner
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21-12-2017 - Kardinale fattigdomsidealer og
millionindtægter
35 thousand euros a month for the
Cardinal: the new scandal that shake
When he finished
reading the inquiry drafted by the apostolic envoy he himself had
sent to Honduras last May, Pope Francis' hands went up to his
skullcap. He had just found out that his friend and main
councilor - powerful cardinal Oscar Maradiaga, a staunch
supporter of a poor and pauperist Church and coordinator of the
Council of Cardinals after he appointed him in 2013 - had
received over the years from the Catholic University of
Tegucigalpa around 41,600 US dollars a month, with an additional
64,200 dollars bonus in December. Læs
mere - [WorldWide Religious News (WWRN)]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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21-12-2017 - Arabisering af Islam i Malaysia
Religionskonflikt
, Worries about Malaysia's 'Arabisation'
grow as Saudi ties strengthen
Malaysia's growing ties to
Saudi Arabia - and its puritan Salafi-Wahhabi Islamic doctrines
- are coming under new scrutiny as concerns grow over an erosion
of traditional religious practices and culture in the
multi-ethnic nation Læs
mere - [Reuters]
Malaysia -
Islam - kristendom
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19-12-2017 - Evangelikal = hykler? Eller..
Politik - religion
, Can Evangelicalism Survive Donald Trump
and Roy Moore?
For centuries, renewal movements have
emerged within Christianity and taken on different forms and
names. Often, they have invoked the word "evangelical." Followers
of Martin Luther, who emphasized the doctrine of salvation by
faith alone, described themselves in this way...(Article by
Timothy Keller) Læs
mere - [The New Yorker]
USA -
Kristendom
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15-12-2017 - Hvorfor brænder de kirker i
Chile?
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Why are Chile's churches under attack?
Seven hours' drivesouth of Chile's capital, Santiago, in
the Araucan¡a region, 27 churches have been burnt down in the
past couple of years by a radical indigenous group, Weichan Auka
Mapu. The attackers leave behind messages spelling out the
demands of the Mapuches, an ancestral tribe whose land was taken
from them during Chile's colonisation by Spanish Catholics. A
high percentage of Mapuches now identify as Christian: 55%
Catholic, 32% Protestant. But for some others, Christians are
still seen as invaders. Læs mere - [World Watch
Monitor]
Chile -
Kristendom
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15-12-2017 - Cølibatet anbefales lempet - et
resultat fra australsk undersøgelse af
Seksualitet - det kirkelige embede
, Australian probe into child abuse attacks
Catholic celibacy
An Australian inquiry into child abuse
recommended Friday that the Catholic Church lift its demand of
celibacy from clergy and that priests be prosecuted for failing
to report evidence of pedophilia heard in the confessional. Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
Australien -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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07-12-2017 - Økumeniske bevægelse fra konflikt
til kommunion er irreversibel
Økumene
The journey from conflict to
communion is irreversible
Referring to the commitment
made by the LWF and Catholic Church during the Joint
Catholic-Lutheran Commemoration of the Reformation in 2016 the
LWF President (Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa) said "We have
begun our irreversible journey from conflict to communion and we
do not wish to let it cease ever again." Pope Francis said "We
are also called to be on the watch against the temptation of
halting along the way. In the spiritual life, as in ecclesial
life, whenever we halt, we are turning back." Læs mere - [Lutheran World
Federation]
Globalt -
Kristendom
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28-11-2017 - Paven generelt om etniske gruppers ret -
nævner ikke Rohingya
Politik - fredsappel
Pope demands rights for all in Myanmar, omits
'Rohingya'
Pope Francis insisted Tuesday that Myanmar's
future depends on respecting the rights of each ethnic group, an
indirect show of support for Rohingya Muslims who have been
subject to decades of discrimination and a recent military
crackdown described by the U.N. as a textbook campaign of "ethnic
cleansing." Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
Myanmar -
Kristendom - andre religioner
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27-11-2017 - Myanmars kristne håber at paven vil tale
deres sag
Religionskonflikt
, Myanmar's Christians hope Pope Francis
will speak for them
Pope Francis landed in Myanmar today
(27 November) to start his six-day visit to Southeast Asia,
raising the hopes of Christians there that he will address the
issues they face in the majority-Buddhist nation.Among those
welcoming the Pontiff in Yangon were more than 7,000 ethnic
Kachin from the conflict-torn state in northern Myanmar, who had
travelled down for the occasion, according to Catholic news
agency UCAN. Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Myanmar -
Flere
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24-11-2017 - Gud ikke længere "Herre" eller "han"
(Det viste sig at være fake news!
Teologi
, Church of Sweden to stop referring to God
as 'he' or 'Lord'
The Church of Sweden is urging its
clergy to use gender-neutral language when referring to the
supreme deity, refraining from using terms such as "Lord" and
"he" in favour of the less specific "God. The move is one of
several taken by the national Evangelical Lutheran church in
updating a 31-year-old handbook setting out how services should
be conducted in terms of language, liturgy, hymns and other
aspects. Læs mere - [The Guardian]
Sverige -
Kristendom
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21-11-2017 - The strangest dream? Et skift fra krigens
logik til fredens
Politik - fredsappel
Vatican's nuclear disarmament conference
emphasizes shift toward logic
Shortly after participants
in the recent Vatican symposium on nuclear disarmament heard Pope
Francis definitively condemn the "very possession" of nuclear
weapons, San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy said: "The church is in
the midst of a fundamental reappraisal of how to balance the
Christian obligation to nonviolence with the need to resist evil
in the world." Læs mere - [National Catholic
Reporter]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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17-11-2017 - Mugabes katolske konfessionarius
mellemforhandler
Politik - religion
Mukonori, 70, the Mugabe family's longtime spiritual
adviser, is trying to negotiate a deal that would transition
Mugabe out of power or send him into comfortable exile, perhaps
in neighboring South Africa.The priest first met Mugabe, a
Catholic in an overwhelmingly Protestant country, in 1974 at a
Jesuit social service agency outside the nation's capital,
Harare, where Mugabe's sister worked.The priest has served as the
first family's chaplain for all Mugabe's years in office, which
have been marked by political and economic turmoil. Læs mere
- [Religion News Service]
Zimbabwe -
Kristendom
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16-11-2017 - Voksende kristen kirke blandt
Hmong-folket
Mission - vækst
, The 'remarkable religious transformation'
of Vietnam's Hmong
Christianity started spreading among
the Hmong in the highlands of northwest and central Vietnam in
the late 1980s through a Hmong-language Christian radio program
broadcast from Manila and has led to "a remarkable religious
transformation . in the past three decades", according to
academic Seb Rumsby, writing for The Diplomat. Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Vietnam -
Kristendom
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16-11-2017 - Klima-retfærd og mellemkirkelige dialog
skal hænge sammen
Politik - religion
, Climate justice and interfaith dialogue
should be connected
"Climate justice is a common
challenge to all of us," says Daniel Sinanga, a member of The
Lutheran World Federation delegation to the COP23 climate
conference. The 25-year-old theologian comes from the Protestant
Christian Batak Church in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Lutheran
World Information spoke to him about his engagement in the issue
of climate justice and his experience of participating in COP23
with the LWF delegation. Læs
mere - [Lutheran World Federation]
Globalt -
Kristendom -luth.-evangel.
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15-11-2017 - Baptistkirke splittet på grund af
kvindelig præst som leder
Seksualitet - det kirkelige embede
, Congregation, Tennessee Baptist Convention
split over church's first f
After a more than 140-year
relationship, First Baptist Church of Jefferson City and the
Tennessee Baptist Convention are breaking up over the church's
decision to hire the first woman to be its senior Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
pastor.
USA -
Kristendom, baptist
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13-11-2017 - Forholdet mand-kvinde (muslimske som kristne)
eksponeres i konfliktern
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, My daughters have no future in the Middle
East
..across the Middle East, women of all creeds and
nationalities find themselves in a system where the power balance
within couples and families tilts inevitably towards men. Among
Muslim and Christian communities alike, when a woman marries it
is custom for her to move into her husband's family home, where
the woman of the house is not the new bride but her
mother-in-law. Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Mellemøsten -
Flere
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07-11-2017 - Et år Trump - i katolsk
perspektiv
Politik - religion
A NATION UNDER TRUMP
A year ago, when the United States (and the rest of the
world) learned that Donald Trump had been elected president of
the United States, the immediate response was shock and
amazement..The second response, among the progressive community,
including many Catholics, was a series of calls to actions... Læs mere - [National
Catholic Reporter]
USA -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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01-11-2017 - Pentekostal fængselskristendom
Kirkens liv
, The Faith of the 'Killable People'
Whatever doctrine might be preached, when there is
Christian worship within the walls of prisons-among the world's
damned-an ancient theology of hell is being recovered, incarnated
on earth. It is Christ's descent to the dead, his triumphant
ekklesia conquering the gates of Hades. Læs
mere - [ChristianityToday]
USA -
Kristendom, pentecostal
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31-10-2017 - Transgender stadig ok i US-militær - mod
Trump - i følge dom
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, US court bars Trump from reversing
transgender troop policy
Issued at the urging of the
president's evangelical advisors, the directives aimed to exclude
transgender people from the military. A federal judge has barred
President Trump's administration from proceeding with plans to
exclude transgender people from military service. U.S. District
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled Monday (Oct. 31) that the
transgender service members who sued over Trump's policy were
likely to win their lawsuit.Religious motives? A comment goes:
"The courts are running our country - just a different type of
theocracy, except it is worship of the law, not Christ; Læs mere - [AP - Associated
Press]
USA -
Kristendom - evangelikal
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31-10-2017 - Pentekostal lykke- og velstandsevangelium
ændrer det kirkelige landska
Kirkens liv
, How the prosperity gospel is sparking a
major change in predominantly
In a country struggling
with the worst economic crisis in its history, with long lines
at unemployment offices and public health clinics, perhaps it's
not surprising that Brazilians are increasingly drawn to the
promises of personal wealth. The belief that faith can lead to
riches - known as the prosperity gospel - is a form of
Pentecostalism, a Protestant movement that, in a modern-day
version of the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago, is
challenging the dominance of the Catholic Church in Latin
America's most populous country Læs
mere - [Washington Post]
Brasilien -
Kristendom, pentecostal
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31-10-2017 - Luthersk-katolsk dialog fejret i anledning af
500 års jubilæet
Kirkens liv
, On Reformation anniversary, Lutherans
bridge divides with other faiths
"It is good to be here
on this day, the day when they said that Martin Luther posted the
95 theses," said Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at a daylong program
Tuesday (Oct. 31) at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on
Capitol Hill. Though the program was jovial and festive -
starting with an impromptu singing of "Jesus Loves Me"- it turned
serious as it recalled divides with Catholics and later with
Jews, Muslims and others. Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
USA -
Kristendom -luth.-evangel.
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26-10-2017 - 10 protestantiske, pentakostale kirker tvunget
lukket i Indien
Religionskonflikt
, Tamil Nadu authorities stop worship in ten
Protestant churches
State authorities of Tamil Nadu have
ordered ten Protestant churches in Coimbatore District to
discontinue worship services, this according to Rev Johnson
Sathyanathan, president of the local Synod Pentecostal Churches.
Læs mere - [AsiaNews.it]
Indien -
Kristendom - hinduisme
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20-10-2017 - Immigrationspolitik: Kristne tvinges tilbage
til Mellemøsten
Religionskonflikt
, Christians Could Return to Middle East,
Thanks to Trump (Deportations)
Pressured by politics,
violence, and discrimination, the movement of Christians out of
the Middle East is nothing new. But now a global surge in
anti-immigrant sentiment puts Arab churches in a peculiar
position. How will they receive believers who didn't want to
return home? Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Mellemøsten -
Kristendom
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20-10-2017 - Den russiske, katolske kirke mindes
100-året for Gulag-martyrer
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Russia's Catholics recall their 'gulag
martyrs' 100 years after Lenin'
Though often viewed as
an epoch of cultural and spiritual emptiness, Soviet rule
produced profound Christian works of prose and poetry, offering
vital reflections on a resilient faith. Læs mere - [National Catholic
Reporter]
Rusland -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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20-10-2017 - "Church Clarity" afdækker kirkers
holdning til homoseksualitet
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, Church Clarity pressures pastors and
churches to disclose views on hom
The organization claims
to be neutral on the issue, but visitors will be excused from
assuming otherwise based on the organization's leadership. Two
of CC's co-founders - Tim Schraeder, who identifies as gay, and
Sarah Ngu, who identifies as queer...Even still, CC's mission is
one that many conservative Christians should embrace. Many
evangelicals have decried the theological ambiguity of some
churches and have called for greater clarity on the matter. Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
USA -
Flere
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19-10-2017 - Uretfærdig lov hindrer kirker i at holde
gudstjeneste
Religionskonflikt
, 'unjust law' still denying churches their
'right to worship'
Churches in northern Algeria continue
to clash with the authorities over permission to hold services
in non-religious buildings. Authorities in Tizi Ouzou province
- 100km east of the capital, Algiers - have said a 2006 law that
regulates non-Muslim worship is breached by churches meeting in
houses meant only for accommodation or commercial purposes. But
the churches have cited the 2016 constitution, which states that
religious freedom is guaranteed if in compliance with the law.
Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Algeriet -
Islam - kristendom
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19-10-2017 - Berlin-udstilling om nazisternes brug af
Luther
Kirkens historie
Berlin exhibit highlights
how the Nazis exploited Martin Luther's lega
Martin
Luther is such a towering figure in German history that it's no
surprise Adolf Hitler's Third Reich exploited his name whenever
it could. Most visitors to events in Germany marking this year's
500th anniversary of the Reformation, however, probably didn't
expect to find an exhibition setting out just how extensively the
Nazis used Luther to justify their anti-Semitism and nationalism.
Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
Tyskland -
Kristendom, protestantisk
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15-10-2017 - Helgenkåring: 30 martyrer fra 15-1600
tallet
Kirkens liv
Pope adds 35 saints to church, nearly all
martyrs
Thirty martyrs, including priests and lay
persons, suffered anti-Catholic persecution in 1645 at the hands
of Dutch Calvinists in Brazil, while three children, ages 12 and
13 who were indigenous persons in Mexico, were martyred in the
1520s for refusing to renounce their Catholic faith and return
to their ancient traditions Læs mere
- [Religion News Service]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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14-10-2017 - Evangelikale Megachurch Willow Creek med
kvindelig leder
Kirkens liv
, Willow Creek Chooses Co-Ed Pastors to
Succeed Bill Hybels
The historic transition will make
Willow Creek one of the largest churches in America with a woman
in the lead pastor position, as well as the only major
evangelical megachurch with male-female lead pastors who aren't
married. Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
USA -
Kristendom - evangelikal
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13-10-2017 - Ærkebiskop: sympati for Boko Haram
næres af korruption og multinationa
Religionskonflikt
Behind Nigeria persecution 'lies
prejudice, weak leadership, corruptio
Archbishop Matthew
Kukah of Sokoto in north-western Nigeria told World Watch Monitor
that sympathy for the extremist group in northern Nigeria's
majority-Muslim states was fuelled by anger at the "endemic
corruption [in the political system], which is part and parcel
of the business being conducted by multinationals in Europe and
America". Læs mere - [World Watch
Monitor]
Nigeria -
Kristendom - islam
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11-10-2017 - Bibel og præsidentvalg
Politik - religion
Kenya's presidential race takes
pages from the Bible
Religion has long figured
prominently into Kenyan politics. But the great lengths
presidential candidates and their supporters have gone to connect
themselves to the Bible and its heroes in the lead-up to this
month's presidential election have disturbed many religious
leaders and scholars..Supporters of President Uhuru Kenyatta, the
56-year-old incumbent from the Jubilee Party and a Roman
Catholic, compare him to David, as in the slayer of
Goliath..Kenyatta's challenger, Raila Odinga - an Anglican who
leads the opposition National Super Alliance - has referred to
himself as Joshua, Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
Kenya -
Kristendom
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09-10-2017 - Naturkatastrofer set i bibelske perspektiver
(Teodicé)
Teologi
, 'Armageddon'-Like California Wildfires
Kill 11; Hundreds Missing as Ch
Wildfires have consumed
over 27,000 acres of land, Fox News reported, and have destroyed
at least 15,000 homes. Authorities added that 100 people have
been injured, along with the 11 people killed. Santa Rose
resident Ron Dodds described the scenes to local news outlet
KTVU, saying, "It's a scary time. It looks like Armageddon." -
link to: Where Is God in the Storms? Christ and the Problem of
Natural Evil Læs mere - [Christian
Post]
USA -
Kristendom
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06-10-2017 - Masseskyderi i kirke. Sociale medier: Ateisme
årsag
, Atheists confronted possibility Texas
shooter was one of their own
Quotation from social
media: "The mass shooting today is the end result of
atheist's worldview. Atheists have no basis for right or wrong.
Hence, Sutherland Springs, TX." But: "On Monday, Texas law
enforcement officials determined Kelley was motivated by a
"domestic situation" and specifically ruled out religious beliefs
as motive for targeting the small Baptist church. "This was not
racially motivated, it wasn't over religious beliefs, it was a
domestic situation going on.."" [See KirkenUpdate om Facebook to
read different reactions and comments] Læs mere - []
06-10-2017 - EU lukker øjnene for konverterede
kristnes asylsøgeres risiko ved tilb
Etik og moral
, EU 'wilfully blind' to risks of deporting
Christian converts back to A
European countries and the
EU are "wilfully blind" to the risks facing Afghans who fail in
their asylum claims and are sent home, according to a new report
by Amnesty International. Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Europa -
Kristendom
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03-10-2017 - Julemandens grav fundet?
Kirkens historie
, ANCIENT TOMB OF SANTA CLAUS DISCOVERED
BENEATH TURKISH CHURCH
Archaeologists in Turkey may be
on the cusp of solving a mystery thousands of years in the making
after they stumbled on a tomb beneath the ruins of an ancient
church they believe contains the remains of Saint Nicholas-known
popularly as Santa Claus. Læs
mere - [Newsweek]
Tyrkiet -
Kristendom
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02-10-2017 - Ærkebiskops dilemma - om homoseksualitet
er synd
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, Justin Welby unable to give 'straight
answer' on whether gay sex is si
"Asked if he was trying
to reconcile Anglican church leaders in places such as Uganda and
more liberal churches principally in the UK and north America,
Welby said: "It is irreconcilable. But, he added, homophobia was
sinful "because you are hating individuals. I don't think it is
sinful to say that you disagree with gay sex. But to express that
by way of hatred for people is absolutely wrong in the same way
as misogyny or racism is wrong." Læs mere - [The Guardian]
England -
Kristendom, anglikansk
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01-10-2017 - Evangelikale opfordrer Trump til at undsige
Alt-Right Movement
Politik - religion
, Dozens of Evangelical Leaders Sign Open
Letter Urging Trump to Denounc
Alt-right ideology does
not represent constitutional conservatism. The Constitution
promotes the dignity and equality of all people. It maintains
that we all have the ability to contribute to a just and free
society. Læs mere - [Haaretz]
The alt-right, however, attributes the uniqueness and
achievements of America to the so-called superior capacities and
virtues of Anglo-Europeans
USA -
Kristendom - evangelikal
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01-10-2017 - 7 reaktioner på Las
Vegas-skyderiet
Etik
, 7 Reactions to the Las Vegas Shooting
Massacre
Fra Guvernør Sandoval, som vil være
hos de ramte med "hjerte og bønner" (7), over
teleevangelist Pat Robertson, som især kommer frem til at
tilskrive vold på gaden manglende respekt for autoriteter
(6), og Russel Moore, præsident for Southern Baptist, som
advarer mod at kalde handlingen for udsprunget af guddommelig
retfærdighed (5), CBS medarbejder og advokat, som ikke kan
føle sympati for ofrene, fordi country-fans ofte er
republikanske "gun toters" (hun er blevet fyret!) (4), tidligere
FOX NEWS medarbejder O'Reilly at den slags skyderi er frihedens
pris (3), Hillary Clniton, vi må stå op imod National
Rifle Association (2), tilTrump: Vi er forenede i
bedrøvelse, chock og sorg .. Vores enhed kan ikke rystes
af det onde (1) . Læs mere - [Christian Post]
USA -
Kristendom
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29-09-2017 - Præst "byttegidsel" for Fethullah
Gülen
Politik - religion
, Turkish president admits US pastor is a
political hostage
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
has for the first time confirmed publicly that a US pastor jailed
in Turkey for the past 12 months is being held by his government
as a political hostage. Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Tyrkiet -
Kristendom
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29-09-2017 - Den skotske kirkes accept af homo-vielse
udfordring for den anglikansk
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, Anglican bishops prep for tough talks on
same-sex marriage
The primates of the worldwide Anglican
Communion will face another tough test next week when they gather
in the U.K. to grapple with the Scottish Episcopal Church's
backing of same-sex marriage, among other issues. The bishops
will meet in Canterbury two months after the first gay Anglican
wedding took place in Scotland, following the SEC's June vote to
alter its canon law, which had previously defined marriage as
between a man and a woman. Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
Skotland -
Kristendom
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25-09-2017 - Kristne og muslimers fælles
vanskeligheder
Religionskonflikt
, Myanmar bishop brings support to US
Karenni Catholics
The government suppression drove
hundreds of thousands of Karen, Chin, Mon and Karenni to the
border into Thailand or Malaysia. It was in Thailand camps that
these young Karenni Catholics were born. Most of them came from
Tjephe's diocese. Meanwhile, in the western Myanmar state of
Rakhine, a minority Muslim people called Rohingya also face
persecution. Although they have been living there for generations
.. Pope Francis in mid-August said he was saddened by the news
"of the persecution of a religious minority, our Rohingya
brothers and sisters." Læs
mere - [New Catholic Reporter]
Myanmar -
Flere
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22-09-2017 - Irakisk-kurdiske kristne i vanskelig
situation
Religionskonflikt
, Iraqi Christians At Odds with World on
Kurdish Independence Referendum
Christians in the Middle
East share a bond with the Kurds, both being minorities. That
doesn't mean they're always political bedfellows, but they often
share common interests. Whether an independent Kurdistan is among
those interests is a point of dispute. "Everyone has a different
opinion," says Grady Pickett, an American pastor in Erbil, the
capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, who has lived in the region for more
than a decade. "Usually what we hear is, 'Baghdad has done
nothing to help us the past three years. The Kurds welcomed us
and helped us. We would rather be under Kurdish rule.'" Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Irak -
Kristendom - islam
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20-09-2017 - Teodicé og orkaner
Teologi
, How Do You Solve a Theological Problem
Like Maria?
Ed Brown, who oversees creation care efforts
for the Lausanne Movement, warns against seeing worsening storms
as a result of God's wrath. "A balanced theology of creation care
accepts that God created a world in which the events that we call
'natural disasters' have a normal role to play," he said.
"Hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, and the like are a normal
and necessary part of the natural order, and we should not see
them as judgment or punishment." Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
USA -
Kristendom
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19-09-2017 - Ortodox kirkes jordsalg i Israel under
kritik
Kirke og økonomi
, Palestinians decry church patriarch's role
in land deal
The Greek Orthodox Church has been plunged
into a renewed crisis in the Holy Land as its leaders are accused
of selling off land to extremist Jewish settlers in prime
locations in Jerusalem's Old City. Hundreds of Palestinians
rallied in the city this month to call for the removal of
Patriarch Theophilos III, claiming that he had colluded with a
settler organisation. Læs mere - [Aljazeera
America]
Israel -
Kristendom, ortodoks
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18-09-2017 - At ære Luthers eftermæle: Tage
godt mod flygtninge
Politik - flygtninge
Germans Are Welcoming
Refugees as a Way to Honor Luther's Legacy
Five hundred
years later, the Reformer and German icon is strikingly relevant
for the issues facing Germany today. Millions of Germans feel
attached to Luther and, to many of them, his example urges their
country to welcome refugees. "Luther was so human," said Markus
Ziener, a veteran journalist with the influential German
newspaper Handelsblatt who now teaches at a university in Berlin.
"Because he struggled, the rest of us who struggle can identify
with him and find him very approachable," Ziener said. Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Tyskland -
Kristendom -luth.-evangel.
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15-09-2017 - Muslimske kvinder må ægte
ikke-muslimske mænd
Religionsmøde
, Tunisia lifts ban on Muslim women marrying
non-Muslims
Tunisian officials say the government has
lifted a ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims on the
recommendation of the president, who says Tunisia needs to
modernize. Muslim men were allowed to marry non-Muslim women, but
not the other way around. A government official, who spoke Friday
(Sept. 15) on condition of anonymity, said such marriages can now
be freely registered. The plan has drawn the ire of Muslim
clerics, who consider marriage rules unquestionable in Shariah,
the system of Islamic law on which the Tunisian legal system is
based. Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
Tunesien -
Islam - anden tro
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15-09-2017 - Historisk, armenisk kirke rippet
Religionskonflikt
, Historic Armenian Cathedral desecrated in
southeast Turkey
Eighteen months after the Turkish
government seized control of the largest Armenian cathedral in
the Middle East, secretly taken photographs inside Diyarbakir's
Surp Giragos Armenian Apostolic Church reveal considerable damage
to the sanctuary and walls of the now desecrated church in
southeast Turkey. Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Tyrkiet -
Islam - kristendom
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13-09-2017 - Katolsk orden går ind for
eutanasi
Etik
, Belgian order defies pope, insists on
allowing euthanasia
A Belgian religious congregation is
defying Pope Francis' order to stop allowing euthanasia in its
psychiatric hospitals, saying that its decision to do so is fully
consistent with Catholic doctrine. Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
Belgien -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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11-09-2017 - Flere ofre i hyrders og fastboendes kampe i
midtbæltet end for BokoHar
Religionskonflikt
, When Fulani herdsmen and farmers clash
Many experts on Nigeria now believe that violence across
the Middle Belt, which World Watch Monitor has reported at
length, has been responsible for more deaths than Boko Haram. As
Emmanuel Akinwotu wrote last year in the New Statesman, the
conflict - between 'indigenous' settled farmers (mainly
Christian) and nomadic Fulani herdsmen (mainly Muslim) - is an
old one but shows no sign of abating as the impacts of climate
change intensify. Læs mere -
[World Watch Monitor]
Nigeria -
Islam - kristendom
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08-09-2017 - Vietnamkrigen - og forandringer i kirken i
USA
Politik - tro
, 'The Vietnam Years': How the conflict
ripped the nation's religious fa
There was no unified
religious or U.S. Christian response to the rapid escalation of
the war in Vietnam in the mid- to late 1960s, just like there is
no single response to the current war on Islamic extremism in
Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Africa. In the mid-1960s, Christian
peace organizations such as the Catholic Worker movement, Clergy
and Laity Concerned About Vietnam and the American Friends
Service Committee protested rising American involvement, but
mainstream groups such as the U.S. Catholic bishops conference
and the National Association of Evangelicals firmly backed the
hawkish policies of President Lyndon Johnson. Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
USA -
Kristendom
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08-09-2017 - Ny generation "mainline"
protestantisme
Kirkens liv
, Stop the presses! There's a next
generation for mainline Protestantism
Breaking down both
white Catholics and white evangelicals by age cohort, millennials
(18-to-29-year-olds) constitute just 11 percent of the total,
making them the two oldest religious traditions in the country.
White mainline millennials come in at 14 percent. Of course,
being 14 percent young adult is not very good, if a tradition
wants to perpetuate itself. But after decades of enduring
criticism as the religious grouping aging most quickly into
oblivion, mainline Protestantism (white people division) is in
a position to look down and ask why conservative churches are
shrinking. Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
USA -
Kristendom, protestantisk
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30-08-2017 - Russiske katolikker skeptiske ved
kardinalbesøg
Økumene - forbehold og kritik
, Russia's Catholics react skeptically to
Cardinal Parolin's visit
When Cardinal Pietro Parolin,
the Vatican's Secretary of State, ended his official trip to
Russia on Aug. 24, news reports were full of praise for the
latest expression of closeness between Rome and Moscow. But there
are signs that not everyone is satisfied with the aloof tone of
the four-day visit - or confident about its benefits for
Catholics. Læs mere - [National Catholic
Reporter]
Rusland -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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28-08-2017 - Demonstrationer mod "White Supremacy"
Politik - tro
, In Washington, clergy demonstrate against
white supremacy
From Protestant preachers to Jewish
cantors to Catholic nuns, religious leaders of a range of faiths
demonstrated in the nation's capital for racial justice,
criticizing the silence of some within their own ranks on the
subject of white supremacy and questioning the morality of Trump
administration policies. Læs mere - [Religion
News Service]
USA -
Kristendom
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23-08-2017 - Spredning af kristendommen blandt unge i
storbyer vækker bekymring
Mission
, Iran's clerics concerned by spread of
Christianity among youth
Christianity is spreading fast
among young people in some of Iran's most religiously
conservative cities, causing concern among leading Islamic
clerics, who blame foreign influence, according to Mohabat News.
Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Iran -
Kristendom
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22-08-2017 - Evangelikale ledere bakker Trump op
#Charlottesville
Politik - tro
Prominent U.S. religious conservatives defend
Trump after Charlottesvi
Evangelical Christian Jerry
Falwell Jr said Trump could be more polished and politically
correct but is not racist. Former Arkansas Governor Mike
Huckabee, who last week criticized the white nationalists' "evil,
sinful, disgusting behavior," said unequivocally on Sunday that
the faith community stood by Trump. The responses reflect a
balancing act by conservative Christians as they try to square
the images that emerged from the Virginia city of Charlottesville
last weekend - torch-carrying white supremacists and neo-Nazis
toting swastika flags - with support for a president that failed
to condemn them roundly and immediately. Læs mere -
[Reuters]
USA -
Kristendom - evangelikal
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22-08-2017 - Al-Shahabaab dræber 4 kristne i Kenya.
De ville ikke recitere Shahada
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Kenyan Christians killed for refusing to
recite Islamic Shahada
Three Kenyan Christians were
hacked to death by Al-Shabaab militants on Friday night (18
August) after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith.
A fourth Christian - the mentally challenged older brother of one
of the three - was also killed. At around 9pm, Changawa Muthemba,
who was . . [The artciclle reviews several killings this year]
Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Kenya -
Islam - kristendom
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18-08-2017 - Stor kristen festival (Greenbelt) inkluderer
muslimsk deltagelse
Kirkens liv
, Biggest Christian festival in the UK
decides to showcase some Islam to
Greenbelt, the biggest
Christian festival in the United Kingdom, will feature Muslim
worship for the first time this year..this is the first year it
is has made a concerted effort to feature Islamic culture and
spirituality as a significant part of the festival, which will
include instruction on Sufi chants - described on the Greenbelt
website as "a unique form of mystical worship." Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
England -
Kristendom
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18-08-2017 - Statsbegravelse af Pakistans "Mother Therese",
dr. Ruth Pfau
Kirkens liv
For the first time in the recent
history of Pakistan, a Christian, who is actually a German but
adopted Pakistan has her homeland, is being honoured with a state
funeral.
The World Health Organization set the year 2000 as
the target for controlling leprosy. Pakistan achieved it four
years earlier, in 1996, becoming the first country in Asia to
have successfully controlled the spread of the disease - a goal
Dr Pfau achieved almost single-handedly.
Dr Ruth Katherine
Martha Pfau was a Catholic nun who belonged to the congregation
of Daughters of the Heart of Mary... Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Pakistan, Islamabad -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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18-08-2017 - "Interfaith Movements" kan blive vor tids kamp
mod "supremacy"
Religionsmøde - dialog
A Reflection
on Supremacy and the Interfaith Movement
Earlier
generations across the world have had to deal with this
"supremacy challenge" in their own way, distinctive to their own
time and location, and with whatever resources available to them.
They've been sometimes more, sometimes less, successful.
Now
it is our turn, and not just in one place in the world but many.
Will the outcomes be any different this time? Do we have the
resources available to be more successful in our time than in the
past?
I certainly don't want to over-promise, but I do want
to suggest that the interfaith movements across the globe could
provide a new resource for challenging the re-emergence of
supremacy crusades. Læs mere - [Parliament of
Religions]
USA -
Flere
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17-08-2017 - Seks muslimske lande og så Italien har
de strengeste blasfemilove
Religionskonflikt
, Respecting Rights? Measuring the World's
Blasphemy Laws
Did you know 71 of the world's 195
countries have blasphemy laws? Penalties for violating blasphemy
laws in these countries can range from fines to imprisonment and
death. USCIRF's groundbreaking report examines and compares the
content of laws prohibiting blasphemy worldwide. Læs mere - [USCIRF]
Globalt -
Flere
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17-08-2017 - Den årlige mindemarch for Martin Luther
King boostet af Charlotteville
Politik - racisme
Sharpton's
thousand-minister march gains steam after Charlotteville
The Rev. Al Sharpton says his thousand-minister march is
all the more urgent now than when he began planning it months
ago. The Pentecostal-turned-Baptist minister says the recent
violence in Charlottesville, Va., has sparked more interest and
a greater need for clergy of many faiths to speak up at the march
set for Aug. 28, the 54th anniversary of the March on Washington.
The march will begin at the Washington memorial honoring the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. and end at Justice Department offices to
protest increased hate crimes, discrimination and mass
incarceration. Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
USA -
Kristendom
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17-08-2017 - Delstaters "constitutions" nævner alle
Gud - men de forenedes gør ikke
Politik - religion
, God or the divine is referenced in every
state constitution
The U.S. Constitution never explicitly
mentions God or the divine, but the same cannot be said of the
nation's state constitutions. In fact, God or the divine is
mentioned at least once in each of the 50 state constitutions and
nearly 200 times overall, according to a Pew Research Center
analysis. Læs mere - [Pew Research Center for
the People & the Press]
USA -
Kristendom
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14-08-2017 - Gud har givet Trump autoritet til.. (Rom 12
følges af Rom 13)
Politik - religion
God, Trump and North Korea: A pastor
explains his politics
"What I said was that the Bible has
given government the authority to use whatever force necessary,
including assassination or war, to topple an evil dictator like
Kim Jong Un," said Jeffress, elaborating on a Tuesday (Aug. 8)
statement in which he said that God has giving Trump "authority
to take out Kim Jong-Un." - "That authority comes from Romans 13.
Paul said that government has been established by God to be an
avenger of those who practice evil," Jeffress told RNS. "I made
it very clear that Romans 12 says we are to forgive one another
when people offend us.." Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
USA -
Kristendom
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03-08-2017 - USA kristne tilskriver den enkelte skyld for
fattigdom
Politik - religion
, Christians are more than twice as likely
to blame a person's poverty..
[Poll] .. 46 percent of all
Christians said that a lack of effort is generally to blame for
a person's poverty, compared with 29 percent of all
non-Christians. The gulf widens further among specific Christian
groups: 53 percent of white evangelical Protestants blamed lack
of effort while 41 percent blamed circumstances, and 50 percent
of Catholics blamed lack of effort while 45 percent blamed
circumstances. In contrast, by more than 2 to 1, Americans who
are atheist, agnostic or have no particular affiliation said
difficult circumstances are more to blame when a person is poor
than lack of effort (65 percent to 31 percent). Læs
mere - [Washington Post]
USA -
Kristendom
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03-08-2017 - Kristne flygtninge fra Irak og Syrien har
vidtforskellige perspektiver
Religionskonflikt
, Why Syrian and Iraqi Christians eye
different futures
Iraqi Christians who decide to flee the
Middle East feel they have no future there, whereas Syrian
Christians wish to return home because they believe they have a
future there under President Bashar Al-Assad. That is the view
of human rights lawyer and genocide expert Ewelina Ochab, who has
interviewed Christians from Iraq who have fled to Kurdistan or
become refugees in Jordan. Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Mellemøsten -
Islam - kristendom
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03-08-2017 - Endnu en indisk stat ventes at indføre
anti-konversionslov
Religionskonflikt
, Another state expected to pass
'anti-conversion law'
The eastern Indian state of
Jharkhand has cleared the draft of an "anti-conversion bill" that
could mean four-year prison sentences and 100,000 rupee fines
(US$1,500) for those found to have forced another person to
change religions, reports The New Indian Express. If what has
been dubbed the "Religious Freedom Bill 2017" is passed,
Jharkhand will become the latest state to have an
"anti-conversion law", alongside Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Indien -
Hinduisme - anden tro
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01-08-2017 - Otte kirker i Baghdad lukket på grund
af forfølgelse
Religionskonflikt
, 8 Churches Close in Baghdad Amid Shrinking
Iraqi Christian Population
Eight Christian churches in
Iraq's capital city of Baghdad have closed their doors due to the
fact that so many Christians have fled the region out of fear of
being persecuted by radical Muslims, a Christian human rights
organization has reported. Læs mere - [The Christian
Post]
Syrien -
Islam - kristendom
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31-07-2017 - "The End of White Christian America"
Kirkens liv
How the Changing Church Will Define the Future
of U.S. Politics
The End of White Christian America, is
perfectly positioned to explain this era of American
Christianity. It presents research that has massive implications
for how we think about the future of Christianity and the future
of the entire country. Drawing from his work at PRRI, Jones
examines the numerical decline and waning cultural influence of
white Christians in the U.S. He explores the anxieties of white
Christians and the ways in which they are responding to a
shifting national landscape. The book has proven to be powerfully
insightful and timely, especially in light of President Donald
Trump's election and his overwhelming white evangelical support.
Læs mere - [Worldwide Faith News]
USA -
Kristendom, protestantisk
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24-07-2017 - JehovasVidner, protestanter, pentekostale,
muslimer - en slags lighed?
Religionskonflikt
, One year of Russian "anti-missionary"
punishments
One year on from the introduction of
penalties in Russia for ill-defined "missionary activity" - which
the Russian authorities also impose in Crimea, which they
occupied in March 2014 - Forum 18 found 13 such administrative
cases brought in Crimea against individuals (Article 5.26, Part
4). Eight of these - including Jehovah's Witnesses, Protestants
and a Muslim - are known to have been fined about ten days'
average local wages each. Some were punished for participating
in religious meetings of a community they belonged to. Læs mere - [Forum 18]
Rusland -
Flere
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24-07-2017 - Beijing fastholder kontrol med den katolske
kirke
Religionskonflikt
, Chinese official indicates Beijing to
retain tight grip on church
Yu Zhengsheng, a member of
the elite seven-man Politburo Standing Committee and chair of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, told members
of the open church community "to ensure that the leadership of
the Chinese Catholic Church is held firmly in the hands of those
who love the nation and the religion," reported
ucanews.com.
Yu spoke to about 100 bishops, priests, nuns and
lay leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing July 19
at an event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the
state-controlled Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. He made
his comments amid continuing talks between Beijing and the
Vatican about the normalization of the appointment of bishops,
the first step in a path that could lead to the establishment of
diplomatic relations. Læs mere - [WorldWide Religious News
(WWRN)]
Kina -
Kristendom
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23-07-2017 - Kristen beder sammen med muslimer i protest
med restriktioner
Religionsmøde - fælles religiøs
praksis
, Christian man prays with Jerusalem Muslims
as religious tensions flare
Nidal Aboud stood out as one
among many. As the men around him bowed, he made the sign of the
cross. As they chanted their prayers, he read the Bible to
himself. And as they said "Allahu Akbar" -- God is greatest --
he stood silently and respectfully. He was the only Christian
among thousands of Muslims at Friday prayers in the Wadi el-Joz
he photograph, taken by CNN, of this simple interfaith moment has
been published in local media and widely shared on social network
sites as a touching example of cooperation in a time of conflict.
The prayers took place after Israel restricted access to Al-Aqsa
mosque.. Læs
mere - [CNN]
Israel -
Kristendom - islam
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23-07-2017 - Første fremtræden efter 10
år - den nu 90årige patriark til messe
Religionskonflikt
Patriarch's
first appearance in decade dismissed as 'figleaf'
Patriarch Abune Antonios participated in a Mass at St
Mary's Cathedral in the capital, Asmara, on Sunday (16 July),
during which a deacon appeared to distance the Church from its
silenced leader. Following ten years with no word of his welfare,
rights agencies welcomed the proof that the 90-year-old diabetic
Patriarch is still alive, but were dismayed that his appearance
signalled neither his release nor his reinstatement as the
Eritrean Orthodox Church (EOC)'s legitimate leader. Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Eritrea -
Kristendom, ortodoks
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23-07-2017 - Flere og flere protestanter dropper
tilhørsforhold til trossamfund
Kirkeliv - statistik
, The Rise of the Nons: Protestants Keep
Ditching Denominations
The proportion of Protestants in
the United States who don't identify with a specific denomination
doubled between 2000 and 2016, according to a Gallup poll
released this week. Now, about 1 in 6 Americans are
nondenominational Christians. The growing popularity of
nondenominational identity is the result of two trends: the
decline in the number of Protestants overall, as more Americans
eschew any religious affiliation (becoming "the nones"), and
shrinking denominations themselves. Læs
mere - [WorldWide Religious News (WWRN)]
USA -
Kristendom, protestantisk
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13-07-2017 - Vatican-redaktør kritiserer
katolsk/evangelikalsk højre-alliance
Politik og kirke
Confidant of Pope Francis condemns US
religious right
A close confidant of Pope Francis,
writing Thursday (July 13) in a Vatican-approved magazine,
condemned the way some American evangelicals and their Roman
Catholic supporters mix religion and politics, saying their
worldview promotes division and hatred. The Rev. Antonio Spadaro,
editor of the influential Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica,
said a shared desire for political influence between "evangelical
fundamentalists" and some Catholics has inspired an "ecumenism
of conflict" that demonizes opponents and promotes a "theocratic
type of state." Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom
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13-07-2017 - Kristne aflyser sommeraktiviteter af frygt for
terror
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Terrorist threat forces Egyptian
Christians to cancel summer activitie
The churches of
Egypt are temporarily shutting down their summer activities. "I
asked all our churches and conference centres to cancel their
trips and events for the next three weeks," Dr. Andrea Zaki,
president of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, told World Watch
Monitor. "There is news they could be targeted by radicals." Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Ægypten -
Islam - kristendom
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13-07-2017 - Jesuitter kritiserer alliance mellem
katolikker og evangelikale (USA)
Politik - religion
, Italian Jesuit magazine criticizes
political attitudes of some US Cath
An Italian Jesuit
magazine has criticized the political attitudes of some in the
U.S. Catholic church, decrying in an article released July 13 a
"strange form of surprising ecumenism" that it says is promoting
societal conflict in pursuit of a dream of a future theocratic
state. Læs mere - [National Catholic
Reporter]
The article in La Civilt… Cattolica, which is reviewed by the
Vatican before publication, says some Catholic conservatives in
the U.S. have built ties with fundamentalist evangelicals for
political purposes that evince "enormous differences" with Pope
Francis.
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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12-07-2017 - Ung kvinde koptisk kvinde dræbt - femte
kopter på kort tid - frygt
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Murder of fifth Copt in six weeks creating
'state of fear and terror'
Her death follows the killings
of four other Coptic Christians since the end of May, which one
priest said was part of "the most aggressive campaign against
[the Copts] in the history of modern Egypt". In February Islamic
State vowed to "wipe out" Egypt's Copts, though no group or
individual has claimed responsibility for these latest incidents.
Læs mere - [World
Watch Monitor]
Ægypten -
Islam - kristendom
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12-07-2017 - Malta vedtager homoægteskab - trods den
katolske kirkes størrelse
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, Malta OKs same-sex marriages over Catholic
Church protest
Only one lawmaker out of 67 in the Maltese
parliament voted against the legislation, signaling its broad
support on the island nation despite opposition from the Catholic
Church. Nationalist lawmaker Edwin Vassallo cited his Catholic
faith and its incompatibility with what he called a "morally
unacceptable" law. "As a Christian politician I cannot leave my
conscience outside the door" when voting, Vassallo said. The
Labor government had promised to introduce the bill as its first
law after winning a second term last month. Both opposition
parties supported it, ensuring its passage. Læs
mere - [World Relgion News /AP]
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat hailed the "historic" vote, saying
it showed Maltese society had reached "an unprecedented level of
maturity." "We live in a society where we can all say 'we are
equal,'
Malta -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
Til top på siden
01-07-2017 - Markant lederskift i "Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith"
Organisation og ledelse
Pope shakes up Vatican by replacing
conservative doctrinal chief
(The pope does not prolongs
the leadership by the conservative cardinal Gerhard Ludwig
Mueller, replaces him with) Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria
Ferrer, a 73-year-old Spaniard who, like the Argentine pope, is
a member of the Jesuit order, is said by those who know him to
be a soft-spoken person who shuns the limelight. Mueller, by
contrast, often appears in the media. "They speak the same
language and Ladaria is someone who is meek. He does not agitate
the pope and does not threaten him," said a priest who works in
the Vatican and knows both Mueller and Ladaria, asking not to be
named. Since his election in 2013, Francis has given hope to
progressives who want him to forge ahead with his vision for a
more welcoming church that concentrates on mercy rather than the
strict enforcement of rigid rules th Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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27-06-2017 - Halvdelen af evangelikale født efter
1964 finder homovielse ok
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, Poll shows a dramatic generational divide
in white evangelical attitud
A new Pew Research Center
study shows that about half of evangelicals born after 1964 favor
gay marriage, compared to 26 percent of older evangelicals. Læs
mere - [Washington Post]
USA -
Kristendom - evangelikal
Til top på siden
26-06-2017 - Indien, Saudi og Pakistan i top mht pres
på religionsfriheden
Religionskonflikt
, 'Change your image of India from a nice
backpacking trip to Taj Mahal!
India, Saudi Arabia and
Pakistan top the list of countries where religious freedom is
under pressure, according to the Annual Interim Report 2017 of
the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or
Belief and Religious Tolerance's, presented in Brussels last
week. "Forget the image of a nice backpacking trip [.] Læs
mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Kovind's potential appointment as the next Indian President will
worry religious minorities, after he said that "Islam and
Christianity are alien to the nation".
Indien -
Flere
Til top på siden
10-06-2017 - Efter 40 år: Det kristne venstre ind
på banen i politik
Politik - religion
Religious Liberals out of Politics
for 40 Years. Now want in the Game
After 40 years in
which the Christian right has dominated the influence of
organized religion on American politics - souring some people on
religion altogether, studies show - left-leaning faith leaders
are hungry to break the right's grip on setting the nation's
moral agenda. ("Moral Mondays" protests) Læs
mere - [New York Times]
USA -
Kristendom
Til top på siden
09-06-2017 - Vil stoppe angreb på religion - Trump
til applauderende evangelikale
Politik - religion
'It's time to put a stop
to attacks on religion,' Trump tells appl..
"We will end
the discrimination against people of faith. Our government will
once again celebrate and protect religious freedom," Trump, a
Presbyterian not known to be particularly religious, told more
than 1,000 people in a hotel ballroom across town from the
hearing. He said he and his audience were "under siege." Læs mere - [The Salt Lake
Tribune]
The sentiment resonates with evangelicals, who often charge that
American politics and culture have shunted them aside. Across the
divide, other parts of the electorate accuse conservative
Christians of using the government to impose their values on
others.
USA -
Kristendom
Til top på siden
09-06-2017 - Megachurches - i stadig vækst
Kirkeliv - statistik
, WHERE ARE ALL THE MEGACHURCHES?
Protestant megachurches have increased from 600 at the
turn of the century to more than 1,600 today. And the South has
almost as many as the rest of the U.S. combined. The megachurches
database from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research
includes 1,642 American congregations with sustained attendance
of at least 2,000 persons in its worship services. Of those, 810
are in the South, giving the region 49 percent of the nation's
largest churches. Læs mere - [Facts and
Trends]
USA -
Kristendom
Til top på siden
07-06-2017 - Kristne præster og shia-forkyndende
muslim forsvundet
Religionskonflikt
, Christian preachers' disappearance in
Malaysia stokes fears of..
Pastor Koh had been accused
of attempting to convert Muslims - a crime in Malaysia - and had
a received death threat. Less is known about the abduction of the
Christian pastor Joshua Hilmy - a convert from Islam - and his
wife Ruth, who were reported missing in March.
A fourth person
also disappeared in a similar way. Amri Che Mat, abducted in
November, according to witnesses, was accused of preaching Shia
Islam, which is not recognised in officially Sunni Malaysia. Læs mere -
[The Guardian]
Malaysia -
Islam - anden tro
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01-06-2017 - Kristne forfølges på øen
Mindanao. Isis søger fodfæste for kalifatet
Religionskonflikt
, ISIS Flag Flies in Asia's Most Christian
Country
More than 100 people have been killed and
hundreds more taken hostage in the span of a week on the island
of Mindanao, home to a Muslim minority in the majority-Catholic
archipelago. Insurgents have targeted Christians and those who
cannot prove themselves to be fellow Muslims. Experts believe the
Islamic State is poised to create a caliphate in Southeast Asia,
including this island in particular. Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Filipinerne -
Islam - kristendom
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30-05-2017 - Nonneorden under clausur åbner for
digitale medier og kontakt
Kirkens liv
, Cloistered nuns on Facebook: What's not
to like?
They spent their lives as nuns in silent prayer,
cut off from the world at a convent inspired by St. Clare on the
island of Sardinia. Now the 10 remaining nuns who live behind the
high walls of the convent in Oristano are breaking their silence
and turning their back on tradition. With their own website,
Facebook page and even a cellphone, the nuns are embracing the
internet and social media and raising their profile as part of
an effort to ensure the order's survival. Læs mere -
[Religion News Service]
Italien -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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27-05-2017 - Manchester - sekulære og kirkelige
sørgeritualer smelter sammen
Kirkens liv
, Mourning in Manchester, religious and
secular traditions meet and meld
A week after a terrorist
bomb killed more than 20 and left scores injured, the people of
Manchester will make their way through the streets of their
grief-stricken city in one of its most traditional and religious
events: the Whit Walk. Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
This will be a moment where the old Manchester meets the new,
when the Christian tradition of the walk, commemorating the Feast
of Whitsun - or Holy Trinity - meets the secular rituals that
have come to define public mourning since this increasingly
irreligious nation said goodbye to Princess Diana, who died 20
years ago.
England -
Kristendom
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27-05-2017 - En diktator og forbryders omvendelse: Manuel
Noriega, Panama
Konversion
, For two evangelical Christians, Manuel
Noriega became the ultimate..
Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega
had been locked up in a federal prison outside Miami for less
than a week when a package arrived with his name on it. Inside
was a leather-bound copy of the Soul Winner's New Testament, an
evangelical text designed to convert people to Christianity. It
was January 1990. Noriega, who died Monday at 83, had surrendered
to U.S. forces at the beginning of the month following the
military invasion of Panama under President George H.W. Bush. Læs mere - [Washington Post]
Uganda, Kampala -
Kristendom
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26-05-2017 - 28 koptiske kristne på vej i bus
dræbt - 24 sårede
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Masked gunmen kill 28 in attack on
Christians in Egypt
Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic
Christians traveling to a monastery in central Egypt on Friday,
killing 28 people and wounding 24, with many children among the
victims, Health Ministry officials said. There was no immediate
claim of responsibility for the attack, which came on the eve of
the holy month of Ramadan. It followed a series of church
bombings claimed by Islamic State in a campaign of violence
against the Copts. Læs mere
- [Religion News Service]
Ægypten -
Islam - kristendom
Til top på siden
17-05-2017 - Rumæniens parlament: Ægteskab er
mellem mand og kvinde
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, Romania, close to ban on same-sex marriage
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies has voted in favor of
a proposal to amend the Constitution to ensure that marriage is
defined as the union of one man and one woman. The proposal, led
by a group called Coalition for Family, passed with 232 votes in
favor, 22 against and 13 abstentions. The group had collected
three million signatures in support of this initiative last year.
Læs mere -
[Evangelical Focus]
Rumænien -
Kristendom
Til top på siden
17-05-2017 - Bibler og koraner beslagslægges,
bøder idømmes
Religionskonflikt
, Deportation, fines, Bible and Koran
seizures
A Russian was deported with no court decision
and home-owner fined after police raided a Tashkent Christian
meeting. Officials told a Muslim seeking back her seized Koran
manuscript that police cannot be prosecuted. Tashkent Airport
customs seized pilgrims' Korans. A court ordered New Testament
texts destroyed. Læs mere - [Forum 18]
Uzbekistan -
Flere
Til top på siden
15-05-2017 - Paven tvivler på den fortsatte
åbenbaringer i Medjugorje
Spiritualitet (troens liv og former)
, Pope says doubts Medjugorje apparitions
are authentic
Pope Francis has voiced serious doubt about
the authenticity of alleged continuing apparitions of the Madonna
in Medjugorje, a once-obscure village in Bosnia boosted by the
pilgrim business. "These presumed apparitions don't have a lot
of value. This I say as a personal opinion," he told reporters
on his plane returning on Saturday night from Portugal where he
gave the Catholic Church two new child saints. Læs mere - [Reuters]
Bosnien -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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14-05-2017 - Kristne militser dræber. Muslimer
søger tilflugt i moske.
Religionskonflikt
, Christian militias kill up to 30 Muslim
civilians in Central African R
Hundreds of civilians are
seeking refuge inside a mosque in the Central African Republic's
border town of Bangassou amid ongoing attacks by Christian
militias that have killed up to 30 civilians, U.N. officials and
aid workers said on Sunday ...Central African Republic has been
plagued by interreligious violence since 2013, when mainly Muslim
Seleka fighters seized power and ousted then-President Francois
Bozize, prompting reprisal killings from anti-balaka militias
drawn from the Christian minority. Læs mere - [Religion News
Service]
Den centralafrikanske Republik -
Kristendom - islam
Til top på siden
10-05-2017 - Siouxstamme får land tilbage af
Jesuitterne. Fortids synder undskyldes
Politik - tro
Sioux tribe receives land from South Dakota
Jesuits
The Jesuit-run St. Francis Mission, which serves
the Lakota peoples in south-central South Dakota, announced it
will return about 500 acres to the Rosebud Sioux tribe, a band
of Lakotas with a reservation in the same area... The Society of
Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, has made reparations to
other minority groups before. Last month, Georgetown University,
a Jesuit school, apologized for owning and selling slaves. Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
USA -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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09-05-2017 - Akok, kristen guvenør, idømt to
års fængsel for blasfemi
Religionskonflikt
Jakarta's Christian governor jailed for blasphemy against
Islam
Jakarta's Christian governor has been sentenced to
two years in jail for blasphemy, a harsher-than-expected ruling
critics fear will embolden hardline Islamist forces to challenge
secularism in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority
nation. Tuesday's guilty verdict for Basuki Tjahaja Purnama comes
amid concern about the growing influence of Islamist groups, who
organized mass rallies during a tumultuous election campaign that
ended with Purnama losing his bid for another term as governor.
President Joko Widodo was an ally of Purnama, an ethnic-Chinese
Christian who is popularly known as "Ahok", and the verdict will
be a setback for a government that has sought to quell radical
groups and soothe investors' concerns that the country's secular
values were at risk. Læs mere - [Reuters]
Indonesien -
Islam - kristendom
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07-05-2017 - Religiøsitet præger den politiske
verden i England mere og mere
Sekularisering
..Indeed, just days
before she (Theresa May) took the nation by surprise by
announcing a general election, May offered an Easter message, in
which she spoke of herself as a vicar's daughter. "This Easter
I think of those values that we share . values of compassion,
community, citizenship," she said. "These are values we all hold
in common, and values that are visibly lived out every day by
Christians, as well as by people of other faiths or none." Læs
mere - [Religion News Service]
England -
Kristendom
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05-05-2017 - Trumps "executive order" vedrørende
religiøs frihed uden konsekvenser
Religionsfrihed
Many religious freedom
advocates are actually disappointed with..
"For the
people in this room, the Johnson Amendment is not a priority,"
he said. "We should say thank you, but [what the executive order
does] should have been totally expected." Several religious
freedom experts and observers said Thursday they don't expect the
executive order to change anything. Læs mere - [Washington Post]
The Johnson Amendment is so rarely enforced that the language in
the executive order about free speech is practically meaningless,
said John Inazu, a professor at Washington University in St.
Louis.
USA -
Kristendom
Til top på siden
05-05-2017 - Paven på pilgrimsfærd for fred til
Fatima i Portugal
Kirkens liv
Francis' trip to Fatima
to be taken as pilgrimage for peace
That's because when
9-year-old L£cia Dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco
Marto first reported seeing Mary on May 13, 1917 - three years
into the gruesome World War I then destroying Europe - they said
she had told them to pray the rosary every day for an end to the
fighting.Mary was "breaking into a time of great social
upheaval," said Natalia Imperatori-Lee, a theologian who has
focused her research on the interplay of Mariology and
ecclesiology. "There's a lot that's parallel to our current
situation." Læs mere
- [National Catholic Register]
Portugal -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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04-05-2017 - Det franske præsidentvalg og de
"religiøse ledere"
Politik - religion
French
clerics' stands on Le Pen populism range from resistance to
Religious leaders are supposed to remain politically
neutral, especially in officially secularist France, and many
preachers respect this rule or cite it to avoid stirring up
disputes in their congregations. But after a venomous brawl of
a televised debate on Wednesday (May 3) between Le Pen and
centrist front-runner Emmanuel Macron, the heads of the Muslim,
Jewish and Protestant communities came out on Thursday in favor
of Macron. "We're well aware that our official positions oblige
us to remain politically neutral, but as responsible citizens,
we call clearly to vote for Emmanuel Macron on Sunday," they said
in an unprecedented joint declaration. Læs
mere - [WorldWide Religious News (WWRN)]
Frankrig -
Flere
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24-04-2017 - Kristen aktivitet begrænses til
kirkebygningen
Religionskonflikt
, Ethiopian state considers restricting
'Christian activity' to church
Ethiopia's northern Tigray
State is considering adopting a new law that would restrict
Christian activities to within official church compounds,
rendering illegal the activities of smaller churches that do not
own their own buildings and gather in houses. The law, if passed,
would most affect Christians from outside the Ethiopian Orthodox
Church because any church that wanted to have its own land would
need to prove that it had at least 6,000 members - a greater
number than the total population of non-Orthodox Christians in
the state. Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Etiopien -
Kristendom
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23-04-2017 - Tyrkisk inddragelse af kirker og
landområder foruroliger armenierne
Religionskonflikt
, Turkey's Seizure of Churches and Land
Alarms Armenians
The Turkish government has seized the
historic Armenian Surp Giragos Church, a number of other churches
and large swaths of property in the heavily damaged Kurdish city
of Diyarbakir, saying it wants to restore the area but alarming
residents who fear the government is secretly aiming to drive
them out. Læs mere - [New York Times]
Tyrkiet -
Kristendom
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20-04-2017 - Tilgivelse bevæger - koptere og muslimer
i Ægypten
Etik
, Forgiveness: Muslims Moved as Coptic
Christians Do the Unimaginable
Twelve seconds of silence
is an awkward eternity on television. Amr Adeeb, perhaps the most
prominent talk show host in Egypt, leaned forward as he searched
for a response.
"The Copts of Egypt . are made of . steel!"
he finally uttered.
Moments earlier, Adeeb was watching a
colleague in a simple home in Alexandria speak with the widow of
Naseem Faheem, the guard at St. Mark's Cathedral in the seaside
Mediterranean city.."I'm not angry at the one who did this," said
his wife, children by her side. "I'm telling him, 'May God
forgive you, and we also forgive you. Believe me, we forgive
you.' Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Ægypten -
Kristendom - islam
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20-04-2017 - Sats ikke på en opkomst af en
venstreorienteret, religiøs vækkelse
Politik - religion
Don't Bet On The Emergence Of A 'Religious
Left'
In the wake of McCrory's loss and Trump's win,
left-leaning faith-based groups around the country have kicked
off a spurt of activism around issues such as immigration and
health care, which has led to suggestions that a progressive
religious movement is emerging to counter the religious right.
It's doubtful, however, that a revitalized "religious left" will
actually materialize.
The first and perhaps most significant
reason for skepticism is that there are far fewer religious
liberals today than there were a generation ago. Nearly four in
10 (38 percent) liberals are religiously unaffiliated today, more
than double the percentage of the 1990s, according to data from
the General Social Survey. Læs mere
- [FiveThirtyEight]
USA -
Kristendom
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19-04-2017 - 2060: Kun 14% af verdens kristne bor i
Europa
Demografi
, Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to growing
shares of the world's
This shift in the regional
concentration of the global Christian population is being driven
by a combination of demographic factors, including fertility, age
and migration, as well as religious switching into and out of
Christianity. In sub-Saharan Africa, Christians, on average, are
relatively young and have more children than their coreligionists
elsewhere, contributing to the projected rapid population growth
in the decades ahead. Læs mere - [Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press]
Globalt -
Kristendom
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18-04-2017 - Undskyldning for profit på slavehandel
tilbage i Universitets fortid
Politik - tro
, Georgetown University apologizes for role
in slave trade
The leader of the Catholic religious order
that helped found Georgetown University addressed more than 100
descendants of slaves and sought their forgiveness. "Today the
Society of Jesus, which helped to establish Georgetown University
and whose leaders enslaved and mercilessly sold your ancestors,
stands before you to say: We have greatly sinned, in our thoughts
and in our words, in what we have done and in what we have failed
to do," said the Rev. Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit
Conference of Canada and the United States. Læs
mere - [Religious News Service]
USA -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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17-04-2017 - Steve Bannons teologi
Politik - religion
The Theology of Stephen K. Bannon
Since his career as a documentary filmmaker in the early
2000s, to his tenure as the head of Breitbart News, to his most
recent speeches and interviews, Bannon has in fact articulated
a fairly consistent religious ideology. While he was raised and
self-identifies as Catholic, Bannon does not express a worldview
that would be recognized by most Catholic theologians today.
Rather, he has crafted his own complex amalgam that combines
aspects of Christianity with a profoundly dualistic worldview,
an intensely negative view of Islam, and a quasi-apocalyptic
historical narrative drawn from novels and popular sources. Læs
mere - [WorldWide Religious News (WWRN)]
USA -
Kristendom
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17-04-2017 - Skisme i syn på ægteskab og
skilsmisse - et overblik
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, Conservative opposition to Pope Francis
spurs talk of a schism..
Of all the recent attacks
launched by conservatives against Pope Francis, one stood out
more than most. It came from a German cardinal (Gerhard
Müller), who is one of the most powerful men in the Vatican.
And it underlined a growing backlash in the church to some of
Francis' more progressive ideas - a backlash led largely by
German and American bishops who fear the pope may be overturning
centuries of doctrine on divorce, among other matters. Læs mere - [Los
Angeles Times]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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16-04-2017 - Påskedag: Paven beder indtrængende
for fred og retfærdighed
Politik - fredsappel
, In Easter message, pope warns against the
spread of conflict
in an impassioned plea for justice and
peace, Francis singled out Saturday's (April 15) deadly attack
that killed around 100 refugees, including children, in Syria.
A vehicle filled with explosives struck the bus convoy from
government-held towns near Aleppo. In his message to tens of
thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, the pope asked God to
"support the efforts of those who are actively engaged in
bringing healing and comfort to the civilians of beloved Syria,
the victim of a war that does not cease to cause horror and
death. Læs
mere - [Religious News Service]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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14-04-2017 - Langfredag - tre år: 195
bortgørte Chibok-piger savnes stadig
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Good Friday marks 3 years of agony for
Chibok parents
Residents of Chibok are still fearful
because Boko Haram has recently attacked nearby towns such as
Mifah, Kautikari, Makalama and Balakle, and scores of families
have been displaced to Mbalala, three miles from Chibok. There
is a heavy military presence in Chibok and three of the town's
13 schools have partially reopened. However, the Open Doors
spokeswoman said parents are terrified of sending their children
back to school in case Boko Haram strikes again, and church
activities are carried out under heavy security. Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Nigeria -
Islam - kristendom
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13-04-2017 - Skærtorsdag: Paven vasker 12 fangers
fødder
Kirkens liv
On Maundy Thursday, Pope Francis washes the
feet of 12 prisoners
Pope Francis washed the feet of 12
prisoners in a prison outside the Italian capital known for
housing Mafia turncoats as part of a Maundy Thursday Lenten
ritual that is also in keeping with the pope's theme of mercy.
As in years past, the 80-year-old pontiff poured water on the
prisoners' feet and kissed them to recall Jesus' washing the feet
of his apostles at the Last Supper, which Christians believe took
place Thursday (April 13) two millennia ago. Læs mere - [Religious News
Service]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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09-04-2017 - Palmesøndag: ISIS bombeangreb
dræber mere end 40 til gudstjenester
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
ISIS Church Bombings Kill Dozens
at Palm Sunday Services in Egypt
Attacks at two Coptic
Orthodox churches in Egypt's Nile Delta killed more than 40
people and injured more than 100 others during Palm Sunday
services-including the one where Pope Tawadros II was worshiping.
ISIS claimed responsibility. In February, the Egypt chapter of
the Islamist extremists had released a threatening video calling
Coptic Christians "our priority and our preferred prey." Soon
after, about 100 Christian families fled their homes in the Sinai
Peninsula amid a string of murders. Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Ægypten -
Islam - kristendom
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08-04-2017 - Kvinder, bibelobersættelse og
mission
Mission - arbejdsmåder
How Single Women Became an
Unstoppable Force in Bible Translation
When women in the
1930s and '40s challenged the church's hesitancy to send female
missionaries into remote areas, the early leadership of what
would eventually become Wycliffe Bible Translators couldn't argue
against them. So began generations of women learning far-away
tongues, recounting Bible stories, and bringing New Testaments
into new languages. Over the past several decades, unmarried
women in particular have dedicated their lives to Bible
translation. Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Globalt -
Kristendom
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05-04-2017 - Brudflader i Pave Frans' ord om og syn
på kvinder
Kirkens liv
Francis's Words About Women - What Does He
Really Think?
Rita Ferone: "Women, in the Church, are
more important than bishops and priests; how, this is something
we have to try to explain better, because I believe that we lack
a theological explanation of this." How might we read this quote
from Pope Francis? Is the assertion that women "are more
important than bishops and priests" just another attempt to put
women on a pedestal without saying anything specific? Læs mere -
[Commonweal Magazine]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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27-03-2017 - Evangelisk kirkeboom på Cuba
Kirkens liv
, Despite some tensions, evangelical
churches booming in Cuba
An Associated Press examination
has found a more complicated picture. Pastors and worshippers say
Cuba is in the middle of a boom in evangelical worship, with tens
of thousands of Cubans worshipping unmolested across the island
each week. While the government now recognizes freedom of
religion, it doesn't grant the right to build churches or other
religious structures. It has demolished a handful of churches in
recent years, but allowed their members to continue meeting in
makeshift home sanctuaries. And like the Roman Catholic Church,
the island's dominant denomination, evangelical churches have
begun providing social services once monopolized by the Communist
government. Læs mere - [AP - Associated
Press]
Cuba -
Kristendom, evangelisk
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26-03-2017 - Ærkepispedømmet Mexico advarer
firmaer mod at tjene på Trumps mur
Politik - religion
Mexicans who help build
Trump wall are 'traitors,' top archdiocese say
In a
provocative editorial published Sunday (March 26), the country's
biggest archdiocese sought to increase pressure on the government
to take a tougher line on companies aiming to profit from the
wall, which has strained relations between Trump and the Mexican
government. "Any company intending to invest in the wall of the
fanatic Trump would be immoral, but above all, its shareholders
and owners should be considered traitors to the homeland," said
the editorial in Desde la fe, the archdiocese's weekly
publication. Læs mere - [Religious News
Service]
Mexico -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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24-03-2017 - Præsidentvalget: søkulariseringen
får modspil
Politik - religion
Religion
emerges in secular French politics as presidential campaign..
Playing the religion card so openly is unusual in France,
where the official separation of church and state is normally
taken so seriously that politicians rarely if ever mention in
public whether they have a faith or not. But this two-round
election, on April 23 and May 7, is not taking place in normal
times. After several deadly attacks by militant Islamists in
recent years and sliding support for the main parties,
politicians - especially from the right and far-right - are
harking back to a secularized version of France's traditional
Catholic identity as one of several ways to mobilize voters. Læs mere - [Religious News
Service]
Frankrig -
Kristendom
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24-03-2017 - Paven advarer EU mod mangel på idealer
og knæfald for populismen
Politik - tro
Francis bemoans EU's 'loss of ideals' in
meeting with 27 national..
Calling solidarity "the most
effective antidote to modern forms of populism," Francis said its
work "entails the awareness of being part of a single body, while
at the same time involving a capacity on the part of each member
to 'sympathize' with others and with the whole." "Forms of
populism are the fruit of an egotism that hems people in and
prevents them from overcoming and 'looking beyond' their own
narrow vision," he said. "There is a need to start thinking once
again as Europeans, so as to avert the opposite dangers of a
dreary uniformity or the triumph of particularisms." Læs mere - [National Catholic
Reporter]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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18-03-2017 - Paven besøger Al-Azhar for at
fortsætte den påbegyndte dialog
Religionsmøde
, Pope's Egypt visit offers chance to
improve Catholic-Muslim ties
Pope Francis will make a
trip to Egypt next month, giving the pontiff another opportunity
to promote better relations between Catholics and Muslims.
Francis has accepted an invitation to Cairo on April 28-29 from
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Catholic bishops, the pope of the
Coptic church of Alexandria and the country's highest Islamic
authority, Al-Azhar, the Vatican said Saturday (March 18) in a
statement. Læs mere - [Religious News
Service]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - islam
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13-03-2017 - Den episkopale kirke i Skotland på vej
mod tilladelse af homo-vielse
Seksualitet - det civile liv
, Overhwelming vote to allow provision for
equal marriage
The Scottish Episcopal Church has been
holding its diocesan synods, and voting on proposals that would
allow for some clergy to perform marriages for same-sex couples.
The proposals would change Canon 31 of the Scottish Episcopal
Church, and will face a final vote at the General Synod, to be
held this June. Læs mere - [Episcopal
Café]
Skotland -
Kristendom, episkopal
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12-03-2017 - En sydstatskirke omvender sig
Kirkens liv
, A Southern church wrestles with its
Confederate history
IN A SERMON that lasted less than 11
minutes, Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley suggested something no one had
said from the pulpit in the long history of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church in Richmond, Va. "What if," asked Adams-Riley in his faint
South Carolina drawl, "we begin a conversation here at St. Paul's
about the Confederate symbols here in our worship space?" He
listed examples: "The Davis window there, that identifies
Jefferson Davis with St. Paul himself, in his imprisonment. Or
the Lee windows there, that identifies Robert E. Lee with Moses,"
Læs mere -
[Sojourners]
USA -
Kristendom
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11-03-2017 - Det er ikke Megakirker altsammen
Økumene
, Baptist, Presbyterian congregations unite
in new Lakeland church
The merger is one way for two
churches to survive - one with 92 members, the other, 25. - - The
Rev. Timothy Sizemore holds a literal example of the joining of
two faiths under one God. Sizemore's church, Beacon Hill
Fellowship, sings from both Baptist and Presbyterian hymnals. The
church's congregation is a merger of the historic Westminster
Presbyterian Church of Lakeland and the Baptist congregation
formerly named Church in the Meadows. Læs mere - [The Ledger]
USA -
Kristendom
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08-03-2017 - Kina smider uhørt mange
missionærer fra Sydkorea ud
Mission - hindringer for
, China Kicks Out Korean Missionaries in
'Unprecedented' Numbers
n the past few months, China has
expelled dozens of South Korean missionaries from Jilin, a
northeastern province that neighbors North Korea. Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
Kina -
Kristendom
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07-03-2017 - Udsigt til bedring i forholdet mellem Kina og
Rom
Politik - kirkens vilkår
Cardinal Tong strikes optimistic note on
Vatican-China relations
There is progress being made in
resolving a key issue between the Holy See and China regarding
the authority to appoint bishops, though Cardinal John Tong of
Hong Kong said it will be a "gradual" process and other
challenges remain. Læs mere - [National Catholic
Reporter]
Kina -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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07-03-2017 - Missionerende ateister på
Filipinerne
Mission
, Atheist missionaries are spreading
humanist ideals in the Philippines
The number of
Filipinos identifying themselves as atheists are only a minuscule
0.1 percent. A few of them, perturbed by the unhealthy power of
the church, have started their own educational program among the
poor. Volunteers run the Humanist Alliance Philippines,
International (HAPI). It is one of the three organizations which
identify themselves as secular. HAPI aims to bring humanist and
secular ideals to the Filipino society which is overrun by
religion. Utilizing food programs and weekend "schools" as to
introduce the philosophy of reason and ingenuity to children. Læs
mere - [WorldWide Religious News (WWRN)]
Filipinerne -
Ateisme
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07-03-2017 - Menigheder opfordres af ledere til civil
ulydighed overfor Trump
Politik - magtkritik
Protestant and Orthodox
churches announce campaign to welcome refugees
Refuting
Donald Trump's decisions on banning migrants, a network of
Protestant and Orthodox churches are mobilizing their
congregations to provide support and shelter to refugees. The
church leaders have called on their congregants to stand against
President Trump's orders on banning refugees and building a wall
across the U.S.-Mexican border and to lobby the president and the
congress members who implement such plans. Although the white
Christian evangelicals were key in bringing Trump to power, their
fellow Christians, the Orthodox and the Protestant Christians,
don't seem to share their views on immigration. Leaders of both
churches have denounced the plans as being "unjust and immoral"
and insisted these rules go against the fundamental values on
which the U.S. was founded. The leaders argue the U.S. is based
on a culture of accepting people and strangers, and the current
talks of banning certain groups of people goes against what the
nation stands for. Læs mere - [WorldWide Religious News
(WWRN)]
USA -
Kristendom
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04-03-2017 - Paven i "borgerkrig" indenfor Vatikanets
mure
Kirkens liv
Civil war in the Vatican as conservatives
battle Francis for the soul
While hugely popular across
the globe with Catholics and non-Catholics alike, Francis has
struggled against fierce opposition from the Vatican
establishment to haul the Roman Catholic church into the 21st
century, fought to reform its government, tried to persuade
cardinals to revise their thinking on the divorced and remarried,
and been openly opposed by rebel prelates. Læs mere - [The Guardian]
Vatikanet -
Kristendom - romersk-katolsk
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28-02-2017 - Luthersk kirke i Uganda: Det tredje
største flygtningenød i verden
Nødhjælp
Overwhelming needs of refugees in Northern Uganda
Jesse Kamstra, country representative of The Lutheran
World Federation (LWF): For months his team and staff from
partner organizations has been handling the influx of South
Sudanese refugees into Northern Uganda, at peak times up to 6,000
people a day. "The numbers are overwhelming. It is a challenge
for any humanitarian organization to meet the minimum
humanitarian standards, but we are not willing to compromise on
that," Kamstra says. "More resources are needed to provide the
necessary shelter, water, sanitation and protection to those
fleeing the violence in South Sudan." Læs mere -
[The Lutheran World Federation]
Uganda, Kampala -
Kristendom -luth.-evangel.
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24-02-2017 - Den 7. kristne dræbt inden for få
uger. Ismalia, Sinai. Mange flygter
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, Egypt's Christians flee Sinai amid Islamic
State killing spree
Christian families and students fled
Egypt's North Sinai province in droves on Friday after Islamic
State killed the seventh member of their community in just three
weeks. A Reuters reporter saw 25 families gathered with their
belongings in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia's Evangelical
Church and church officials said 100 families, out of around 160
in North Sinai, were fleeing. More than 200 students studying in
Arish, the province's capital, have also left. Læs mere - [Reuters]
Ægypten -
Islam - kristendom
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23-02-2017 - Danmark: Mand anklaget for blasfemi på
grund af afbrænding af koran
Religionskonflikt
, https://wwrn.org/articles/46660/
A
42-year-old man who burned a Quran and posted a video of it on
Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in Denmark, a striking
decision by prosecutors in a country that is largely secular but
has grappled with the role of Islam in public life. The decision
stunned many Danes: No one has been convicted of blasphemy in
Denmark since 1946, and the country has a long tradition of free
speech; Læs mere - [New York Times /WWRN]
Danmark -
Kristendom - islam
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23-02-2017 - Afstand mellem prædikestol og
kirkebænk i protestantiske kirker i USA
Politik - tro
, Christians in the pew and pulpit diverge
over Trump policies on refuge
After President Trump
signed a sweeping executive order on immigration and refugee
resettlement, the Christian response seemed unambiguous.
Statements condemning the action came from Christian leaders and
groups considered both conservative and progressive, evangelical
and mainline, Catholic and Protestant ð- Christians who otherwise
might disagree on any number of political or theological issues.
Læs mere - [Religious News
Service]
USA -
Kristendom
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22-02-2017 - Anglikanernes selvstændighed som kirke
truet - af protestanter
Økumene
Egypt's Anglicans Face
'Existential Threat' . from Fellow Protestants
Egypt's
top Anglican leader is accusing its top evangelical leader of
attempting a "hostile takeover" to prevent Egyptian Anglicans
from achieving state recognition as an independent national
church. Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
The dispute first surfaced in 2001, but this past summer Egypt's
High Administrative Court ruled against Anglican independence.
This means the Anglican Diocese of Egypt must function as a full
member of the Protestant Churches of Egypt
Ægypten -
Kristendom
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16-02-2017 - Rusland ifærd med at opløse
Jehavas Vidner som offentlig organisation?
Religionskonflikt
, RUSSIA: Jehovah's Witnesses to be
liquidated?
Russia's General Prosecutor's Office appears
to be moving to liquidate the Jehovah's Witness headquarters body
as "extremist". It appears to believe that it already has enough
evidence to seek its liquidation because courts have in the past
year liquidated local branches and punished individual community
members. The assertion comes in a 27 January order shown to
Jehovah's Witnesses but which they were not allowed to copy. Læs mere - [Forum 18]
Should the Administrative Centre in St Petersburg be forcibly
liquidated, it appears highly likely that all 406 registered
local organisations and more than 2,500 unregistered religious
groups would also be liquidated. This would end Jehovah's
Witnesses open public communal life in Russia.
Rusland -
Jehovas Vidner
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16-02-2017 - Boko Haram: 100.000 dræbte - 2 mill.
på flugt
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
, 100,000 Massacred, Over 2 Million
Displaced in Boko Haram's War
Islamic terror group Boko
Haram has now reportedly killed close to 100,000 people, both
Muslims and Christians, and displaced over two million citizens
in its ongoing quest to eradicate Christianity from Nigeria. Læs mere - [Christian
Post]
Niger -
Islam - kristendom
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14-02-2017 - Bør kristne flygtninge favoriseres. Nej
tak, siger arabiske kristne
Religionskonflikt - forfølgelse
Should the U.S. Prioritize Christian Refugees? No Thanks, Some
Arab..
When President Donald Trump suggested recently the
U.S. should prioritize persecuted Christian refugees, not all
Christians in the Middle East rejoiced. "We want don't priority
visas. We don't want him to take us," says Habib Ephrem. "That's
the wrong message and the wrong policy."
Ephrem, secretary
general of the Gathering of Christians in the Middle East, is one
of a number of Christian leaders encouraging Christians to stay
in the region and return to their homes in Syria and Iraq, as the
areas are cleared of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
and other groups. Tens of thousands of Christians have been
displaced in recent years, mostly languishing in camps and
cramped apartments. Læs mere - [Time]
Mellemøsten -
Islam - kristendom
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12-02-2017 - Rusland som leder af det nye kristne
højre?
, How Russia became the leader of the global
Christian right
It's no coincidence that Buchanan's
column, which outlined the players within the "cultural, social,
moral war" between Russia and the "hedonistic" West, mentioned
a semi-obscure group called the World Congress of Families. As
Buchanan wrote, the WCF listed Russia's emergence as a
"Pro-Family Leader" as one of the "10 best trends" of 2013.
Indeed, in order to outline how Russia challenged - and
supplanted - the U.S. role as a clarion for Christian
fundamentalists, you have to parse the WCF's role, and the
group's attendant impact on Russian policy over the past few
years. Læs
mere - [Politico.eu]
Globalt -
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12-02-2017 - Højrekirkelige kritiserer Trumps
indrejseforbu
Politik - tro
Why Tim Keller, Max Lucado, and Hundreds of
Evangelical Leaders Oppose
The open letter, published
Wednesday as a full-page ad in The Washington Post with more than
100 of the signatories listed, was notable for two reasons.
First, it contained only conservative evangelicals, instead of
the mix of progressive names that usually sign such open letters.
And second, topping the list were Tim Keller and Max Lucado-two
well-known and well-respected pastors and authors who rarely
speak out on political matters. #Trump Læs mere - [ChristianityToday]
USA -
Kristendom
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11-02-2017 - Gud befriede os for heksemagt i Det ovale
Værelse ved valget af Trump
Politik - religion
God Delivered US From 'Spirit of Witchcraft
in the Oval Office' Throug
What I believe is happening
is there was a deliverance of the nation from the spirit of
witchcraft in the Oval Office," said Wallnau, an evangelical
business strategist and leader of the Lance Learning Group
consulting firm in Dallas. #Trump Læs mere -
[Christian Post]
USA -
Kristendom
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06-02-2017 - Kristent flag på statsligt monument
fjernes
Sekularisering
, See How Town Responds When Mayor Removes
Christian Flag From Veterans
Late last month, Mayor
Walter Williams of Rienzi, Mississippi, received a letter from
the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation that
exclaimed that the town of Rienzi was violating the Establishment
Clause of the First Amendment by flying a Christian flag at the
town's Veterans Memorial Garden and called for the government to
remove the flag.
The flag features an all-white base with a
red cross inside of a blue box located in the upper left
corner.
The letter, written by FFRF attorney Sam Grover, also
warns that other towns have had to pay hefty sums for trying to
fight legal battles to defend the right to display Christian
flags or other Christian icons on public property. Grover
highlights the case of King, North Carolina, which in 2015 had
to pay $500,000 in legal fees after it was sued for having a
Christian flag and a statue of a soldier kneeling before a cross
on public grounds. Læs mere - [WorldWide Religious News
(WWRN)]
USA -
Kristendom
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03-02-2017 - Fare for at sporene efter IS
forsvinder
Religionskonflikt
Cleaning up towns freed from IS 'erases
evidence of their crimes'
Efforts to clear villages
liberated from Islamic State are undermining the possibility of
recording the atrocities to people and heritage committed there,
according to a leading Iraqi aid worker.
Dr. Sarah Ahmed,
director of projects for the UK-based Foundation for
Reconciliation and Relief in the Middle East, last month visited
a number of towns and villages in the Nineveh...
The US
Holocaust Memorial Museum in New York has begun documenting
atrocities committed by IS against northern Iraq's minority
populations. Its 2015 report found the group had "perpetrated
crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes against
Christian, Yezidi, Turkmen, Shabak, Sabaean-Mandaean, and Kaka'i
people in [Nineveh] Province between June and August 2014." Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Irak -
Islam - anden tro
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02-02-2017 - USA som sekularstat under aflysning? Trump og
The Johnson Amendment
Sekularisering
, Trump vows to let churches engage in
politics
President Trump vowed in his first National
Prayer Breakfast as chief executive to make good on a campaign
promise to repeal the law that restricts political speech from
the pulpit.
"I will get rid of, totally destroy the Johnson
Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely
and without fear," he said on Thursday (Feb. 2) to a gathering
of 3,500 faith leaders, politicians and other dignitaries from
around the world, including King Abdullah of Jordan.
See also
commentary: This change would be horrible for politics - and even
worse for religion ( Stephen Waldman) Læs mere -
[Religious News Service]
USA -
Kristendom
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02-02-2017 - Jerry Falwell Jr. skal lede
uddannelsesreform
Videnskab og tro
Jerry Falvell and Education
Evangelical Christian leader Jerry Falwell Jr. will head
an education reform task force under U.S. President Donald Trump
and is keen to cut university regulations, including rules on
dealing with campus sexual assault, the school he heads said. Læs mere - [Religious News
Service]
USA -
Kristendom - evangelikal
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27-01-2017 - Hauerwas: Trumps religiøse
overbevisning er afguderi
Politik - religion
StanleyHauerwasStanley Hauerwas, Christians,
don't be fooled: Trump has deep religious convictions
Commentarye by Stanley Hauerwas. "Christians must call
his profound and mistaken faith what it is: idolatry.
Christianity in America is declining if not dying, which makes
it difficult to call Trump to task. Trump has taken advantage of
Christian Americans who have long lived as if God and country are
joined at the hip. I do not doubt Trump thinks of himself as a
Christian, but America is his church." Læs mere - [Washington
Post]
USA -
Kristendom
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20-01-2017 - Kvinders betydning for kirkevækst i
Iran
Mission
, Women 'central' to spread of Christianity
in Iran
Women who become Christians, she said, find that
they "are loved, they are wanted, and they can come to God just
as they are, without any shame". "Many women risk imprisonment
and torture by being active evangelists," she continued. "And
because God gives them the strength to take this risk, each day
new people, men and women, get to know the love of Christ and get
to know their true identity: beloved children of God." Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Iran -
Kristendom
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18-01-2017 - De kristne i Tyrliet vil ikke lade sig
skræmme af angreb
Religionskonflikt
, Turkey's beleaguered Christians aim to
stay resilient after attacks
When a lone gunman rampaged
through Istanbul's Reina nightclub in the wee hours of Jan. 1,
it took the large-scale violence plaguing Turkey into 2017. The
Islamic State movement claimed the outrage had been aimed against
Christians, whose communities are already dwindling throughout
the region. But representatives of Turkey's small Catholic
minority insist they'll resist intimidation and are counting on
the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to
provide adequate protection. Læs mere - [National Catholic
Reporter]
Tyrkiet -
Islam - kristendom
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16-01-2017 - Iranske og afganske konvertitter står
overfor deportation
Konversion
Iranian and
Afghan Christian converts face deportation from Germany
Germany's Ministry for Immigration and Refugees (BAMF)
is rejecting many applications for asylum from Iranian and Afghan
converts from Islam to Christianity, following "kangaroo
court"-style hearings, according to a Berlin pastor. Rev.
Gottfried Martens, who has baptised more than 1,000 former
Muslims, in a letter to supporters of his ministry, accused the
"almost exclusively Muslim translators" in the hearings of
deliberately falsely translating the converts' responses to
jeopardise their applications. Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Tyskland -
Kristendom
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06-01-2017 - Pakistansk kristen risikerer dødsstraf
- koranside fundet ved hans hus
Religionskonflikt
, Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy
after ripped Qur'an..
A Pakistani Christian could face
10 years in jail or even the death sentence after torn pages from
a copy of the Qur'an were found outside his home, with his name
written on them..George Masih, who owns the grocery shop and
small piece of land adjacent to it, said his family have had a
long-running dispute with the complainant, Hajji Nadeem, who
allegedly "had his eye on the land".George Masih, who owns the
grocery shop and small piece of land adjacent to it, said his
family have had a long-running dispute with the complainant,
Hajji Nadeem, who allegedly "had his eye on the land". Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Pakistan, Islamabad -
Islam - kristendom
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04-01-2017 - Tredjesidste medlem af sekten The Shakers
død
Kirkens liv
, The storied sect is verging on extinction
This is not a surprise. The Shakers (founded 1747)
practice celibacy, in addition to pacifism, equality of the sexes
and communal ownership of property. As its members didn't have
children, the sect grew both by converting adults and by raising
orphaned children and, when they reached age 18, giving them the
option to remain a member of the sect or to leave the community.
Læs
mere - [Washington Post]
USA -
Kristendom
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04-01-2017 - Kristne udefra som arbejder i Kina får
meget vanskeligere vilkår
Religionskonflikt
, Christians working in China may be facing
the "most challenging
This observation comes following
the 1 January introduction of a new law regulating foreign
non-governmental organisations (NGOs), which, according to a
spokeswoman for the American Embassy in Beijing, could create a
"potentially hostile environment for foreign non-profit,
non-governmental organisations and their Chinese partners".
According to an article in the New York Times, the NGO law is the
government's attempt to "narrow permissible activities of foreign
groups and monitor their work much more thoroughly . Those
working on legal issues will have a much narrower foothold.
'Human rights,' for example, is not on the list of permitted
issues". Læs mere - [World Watch Monitor]
Kina -
Kristendom
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04-01-2017 - Dødstrusler for kritik af blasfemilov
- efter julegudstjeneste
Religionskonflikt
, Christmas message leads to death threats
A Christmas message calling for prayers for those charged
under Pakistan's blasphemy laws has led to death threats against
the son of a provincial governor killed five years ago for
criticising the same laws. Læs
mere - [WorldWide Religious News (WWRN)]
Pakistan, Islamabad -
Islam - kristendom
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04-01-2017 - Analyse: Religion og en nye populisme
Politik - tro
, Religion and the new populism
The
push for stronger cultural identities and political borders is
inseparable from the general concern about Islam and
immigration..In this context, talk about the Jewish and Christian
heritage of the West has reemerged in secular Europe and in the
United States as an alternative identity-forming heritage. This
is the case even in a very secular place like former East
Germany../..In light of this religious and political discourse
today across the Western world, there is a need to have an open
discussion about this idea of the Jewish and Christian heritage
of the Western world. While some are using this concept to
exclude others, the religious heritage of the West can actually
be a positive resource for multiculturalism, peaceful social
integration, and humanitarian aid. Læs mere - [Social
Sience and Reseach Council]
Globalt -
Flere
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02-01-2017 - Amerikansk præst dømt for
terrorvirksomhed - nægtet appel
Religionskonflikt
Turkey Denies Appeal for
American Pastor Jailed on 'Terror'
A Turkish court has
denied the appeal of a Christian pastor from North Carolina, who
was imprisoned last month in Turkey on a false terrorism charge
because of his Christian faith, according to the American Center
for Law and Justice. Læs mere - [The
Christian Post]
Tyrkiet -
Islam - kristendom
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