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| The atheist bus advertising campaign launched in the UK earlier this month has been banned in Genoa after it was opposed by conservative political parties. The UK advertisement reads: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life”. It has been endorsed by professor Richard Dawkins, and was backed by the Christian think-tank Theos, which saw it as a way of promoting debate about the existence of God. But the Italian version of the advert, which read “The bad news is, God doesn’t exist. The good news is, you don’t need him”, faced criticism from right-wing politicians in Genoa, and was pulled. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Church Times - 23rd January 2009 |
| The evidence that we have from the 2001 [UK] census is that more than 72 per cent of people under no pressure whatsoever described themselves as Christian and 6 per cent as belonging to another faith. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Prayer Magazine - January 2009 |
| The number of Street Pastors groups around the UK has increased by 45%, to nearly 100, over the last two years. Street Pastors is an ecumenical project that works with Christians, police and local authorities. Teams of Christians go out – usually between the hours of 10pm and 4am – to look after people in the town centre. The ethos is “to engage with people where they are at”, particularly the marginalised or those who feel themselves to be excluded. The approach is to “care, listen and help”. The latest Street Pastors group in Scotland is in Dunfermline, Which launched in December, while a Glasgow group is hoping to be on the streets early this year. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Life and Work – February 2009 |
| Calls for religious conversion to be made a “heinous crime” are coming from Hindu nationalist organisations in India. Christians working in that country have denied claims that money and force are used to produce conversions, pointing out that most Christian preachers are Indians. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Protestant Truth - September-October |
| Muslims do not respect Christians who compromise their faith or water down their beliefs, according to the Bishop of Lichfield. A flabby Christianity, too timid to be true to its central beliefs, is a poor dialogue partner, declares Bishop Jonathan Gledhill. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Protestant Truth - September-October |
| Calls for religious conversion to be made a “heinous crime” are coming from Hindu nationalist organisations in India. Christians working in that country have denied claims that money and force are used to produce conversions, pointing out that most Christian preachers are Indians. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Protestant Truth - September-October 2008 |
| Muslims do not respect Christians who compromise their faith or water down their beliefs, according to the Bishop of Lichfield. A flabby Christianity, too timid to be true to its central beliefs, is a poor dialogue partner, declares Bishop Jonathan Gledhill. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Protestant Truth - September-October |
| An ‘Indianised’ version of the Bible, complete with images of Joseph in a loincloth and turban and Mary in a sari, has sold 30,000 copies in its first week in Mumbai alone. The New Community Bible is written in simplified English, features texts from Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa and quotes Hindu texts such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata… The new Bible is the result of 18 years’ work by a team of mostly Indian theologians and Bible scholars. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Salvationist - August 9th 2008 |
| Sir Cliff Richard has spoken for the first time about his friendship with former a Roman Catholic priest he shares his home with. The singer and well-known Christina describes Father John McElynn as his “companion” in his new autobiography. Sir Cliff, aged 67, also says he is sick of speculation about his sexuality and thinks the Church should approve same sex marriages. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Sentinel – September 5th 2008 |
| Increases in atheism may be less threatening to religious belief than previously assumed. One of the more arresting finds of a major new survey is that 21 per cent of US atheists believe in God, with eight per cent saying they are “absolutely certain”. Out of those atheist believers, 57 per cent see God as an impersonal force, and 29 per cent believe in a personal God – leaving four per cent who, understandably, aren’t sure. Are we seeing the rise of the nominal atheist? The US Religious Landscape Survey interviewed 35,000 people, and is published by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. It also found conversely, that three per cent of Catholics, two per cent of Protestants, and eight per cent of Muslims do not believe in God. As a while, the survey suggests that 92 per cent of the US population believe in God. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Third Way – September 2008 |
| The son of a Hamas MP who is popular in the West Bank has declared that he has become a Christian. Masab Yousef, son of the Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef, told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that he has left Islam and become a Christian. He was speaking in an interview given in America where he is now living with the help of friends from his church. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals - September 2008 |
| In September, it was reported that more than 700 Christians participated in Walk4Bibles to fund almost 14,000 Bibles for persecuted believers worldwide. Organised by Bible League, participants in ten cities in Australia walked seven to 14 kilometres. “I counted the Bibles at home and we had ten”, said nine-year-old Rachael. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now & Religion Today – October 2008 |
| A Church of England report accuses the Government of discriminating against Christianity in favour of minority religions. Rather than refuting the accusation, Communities Minister Hazel Blears told the BBC’s Sunday programme that it was ‘common sense’ for the Government to pay more attention to Islam than Christianity. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelical Times - August 2008 |
| A BBC radio station has won praise from Christian leaders. Radio Stoke’s In Praise of God is thought to be the longest running act of broadcast worship on local radio, and shares it’s 40th anniversary with the station. The Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill, Anglican Bishop of Lichfield, said “Radio Stoke is the only local station committed to a weekly act of broadcast worship, and we celebrate together this milestone.” | |
| Religion/Spirituality | New Life - April 2008 |
| “I don’t care if people worship turtles or frogs if they’re good people, and he is a good person. I think he gets a raw deal, just as I think orphans in Malawi get a raw deal.” Madonna on Tom Cruise. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Third Way - June 2008 |
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