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Inward-focused or outward? Christian congregations at a crossroads (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — March 17, 2015
(RNS) Christianity in America faces a crossroads: Do we serve only ourselves and people like us, or do we serve the larger community, especially its outcasts and vulnerable?
Pope Francis joins other faith leaders to demand an end to human trafficking
By Josephine McKenna — December 2, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The leaders said it was a “human and moral imperative” to wipe out human trafficking, forced labor, prostitution and organ trafficking.
Pope Francis: Human trafficking is ‘a crime against humanity’
By Josephine McKenna — April 10, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, ” the pope said at an international conference.
African church leaders resist gay rights, call it a colonial import
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 6, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) A call for greater acceptance of gays and lesbians has put African and Western churches on a collision course, as some African clerics liken mounting criticism from the U.S. and Europe to a new wave of colonization by the West.
Pastor Doug Wilson says ministers who voted for Obama should resign. Maybe he should go first.
By Jonathan Merritt — October 29, 2013
Pastor Doug Wilson says ministers who voted for Obama are unfit, but his comments raise questions about his own ministry.
White House council calls for action on modern-day slavery
By Adelle M. Banks — April 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) A White House advisory council of faith leaders is urging the creation of a global fund to address trafficking and a new labeling system to help identify goods that were not created with slave labor.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Passover discomfort over slavery
By Julie Schonfeld — March 25, 2013
(RNS) Jewish tradition commands us to see ourselves as though we were slaves in Egypt. As I sit at my Passover Seder this year, I will wonder about my dining room chairs, and my tablecloth, both of which seem too inexpensive for the labor that must have gone into producing them.
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? Missionary icon turns 200
By Trevor Grundy — March 19, 2013
(RNS) On the 200th anniversary of David Livingstone's birth, Christians are being reintroduced to one of the greatest missionaries and explorers of the 19th century. A new book, meanwhile, introduces a darker side to Livingstone's globe-trotting career and the corrosive effect it had on his marriage.
PBS series depicts American abolitionists as fired by faith
By Adelle M. Banks — January 4, 2013
(RNS) As the nation marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, PBS’ “American Experience” premieres “The Abolitionists,” a three-part series, on Tuesday (Jan. 8). Documentarian Rob Rapley, the writer and director of the series, talked with Religion News Service about the role religion played in the lives of the abolitionists featured in the series. By Adelle M. Banks.
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