Protestantism

Have Christians become what Jesus came to stop us from being?

Edit The Examiner 26 Jun 2016

As Edwin Tait asserts in his review of Guyton's new book on Amazon.com, "the book is far more than yet another attack on the distortions of conservative Protestantism, and the Christianity it offers should challenge anyone who thinks that 'progressive Christianity' is just a watered-down, culturally accommodated version of the real thing ... "Mercy Not Sacrifice" is, of course, based on Hosea 6.6, which reads in the NIV ... How We Love God ... ....

Hamblin & Peterson: John Knox and the Scottish Reformation

Edit Deseret News 25 Jun 2016

About 1544, Father Knox became a disciple of George Wishart, an early Scottish advocate of the Reformation, and converted to Protestantism ... He couldn’t yet return to Scotland, though, because the religious and political climate there was extremely hostile to Protestantism ... but chose not to interfere with the public Protestantism of her country....

EU: The unfinished project

Edit Deccan Chronicle 25 Jun 2016

The project to make a European Union is the oldest in the world. The British exit from the Union is the latest episode in this project which goes back to ancient history. The Greeks did not think much of their northern and western European neighbours ... Alexander the Great of Macedonia had no interest in Europe either ... Protestantism divided the thin religious ties of Europe and the church declined as Muslim power grew in the east ... ....

When an artist got away with murder

Edit The Examiner 23 Jun 2016

The summer show at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid is all about 17th century artist Caravaggio whose distinct way of painting held sway over the many painters who flocked to Rome in his day, including the Dutch, Flemish and French ... The 17th century was the time of the counter reformation, when the Catholic church tasked artists to help convert the illiterate masses from Protestantism ... The Academy had a bias against raw realism ... ....

Religious Affairs Ministry: White elephant or political necessity?

Edit The Jakarta Post 23 Jun 2016

All religions, including Islam, teach us to be honest. . So I was chagrinned when I read in the papers that Suryadharma Ali, former religious affairs minister (October 2009-May 2014 ) had committed corruption. He was found guilty of multiple charges of graft during his time in office ... And so, on Jan ... Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism, let alone widespread traditional beliefs in Indonesia. Hello? ... Wrong ... ....

Opinion: Britain and Europe: a long history of conflict and cooperation (University of Cambridge)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

(Source. University of Cambridge). Britain's referendum on the EU marks another step in the country's long and troubled history with its European neighbours ... Europe made the UK ... The nature of the European challenge varied greatly over time. It was always strategic ... In the 16th and 17th century there were furious debates over the best way to protect Protestantism and parliamentary freedoms in a Europe in which both were under severe attack....

Europhobia: a very British problem

Edit The Guardian 21 Jun 2016

This week’s vote is about more than whether Britain stays in the EU. Behind the present turmoil lurks a desperate need to find our national identity. by Geoffrey Wheatcroft ... That brisk rebuff from Attlee settled the matter ... Related ... Twitter ... This new British identity, which embraced the English, the Scots, the Welsh and the Ulster Protestants (though not of course the Catholic Irish), was forged by war, empire and Protestantism ... Twitter ... ....

Lawmakers might introduce ‘anti-evolution’ legislation to appease religious constituents, researchers theorize (Rice University)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Jun 2016

(Source. Rice University). Rice University ... David Ruth. 713-348-6327 ... Amy McCaig ... David Johnson, a postdoctoral research associate with Rice's Religion and Public Life Program and the lead author of 'Conservative Protestantism and Anti-Evolution Curricular Challenges Across States,' studied the relationship between religious characteristics of states and anti-evolution bills passing through state education committees across the country....

The Irish Enlightenment by Michael Brown review: a controversial study

Edit The Irish Times 18 Jun 2016

For many, the idea of an Irish Enlightenment is a contradiction in terms. The Irish, as stereotype had it, were dreamers of dreams, mystical poets and music makers, inventors of myth and magic, but averse to thinking ... And since he broadly identifies the rational and empirical methods with Protestantism and the scholastic with Catholicism, he seems to place the former on the side of enlightenment and the latter against....

The Girl King review – illicit embraces with ladies in the royal bedchamber

Edit The Guardian 16 Jun 2016

2 / 5 stars ... @PeterBradshaw1 ... We get lines such as ... Her daring intellectual heterodoxy, challenges to Protestantism and final rapprochement with the Vatican are regarded as side effects of a gay sexuality repressed and denied. That might well be a reasonable analysis ... Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. ....

K-Pop Idols Deleting Their Condolence Posts For Orlando Because Of Tragedy’s Association To LGBTQ Community

Edit Inquisitr 16 Jun 2016

Early morning on Sunday, June 12, a terrorist opened fire among patrons at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Utilizing an assault rifle, Omar Mir Seddique Mateen killed 49 people and injured 53 others. The nightmare ended after a three-hour standoff with the Orlando police ended when Mateen was killed ... Not only that, but the country is dominantly Christian (both Protestantism and Roman Catholic) ... The Inquisitr News ....

New Lectureship in Theology and Public Issues (University of Otago)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016

(Source. University of Otago). Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10.08am. St. John's in the City Presbyterian Church, Wellington ... John's in the City Presbyterian Church, Wellington. Dr Derek Woodard-Lehman took up his position on 1 June ... Dr Woodard-Lehman works in the theological traditions of Western Christianity, with an emphasis on the intersection of religious commitment and social criticism in modern Protestantism ... Dr Derek Woodard-Lehman ... (noodl....

Ex-Gafatar leaders charged with blasphemy and treason in Indonesia

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 07 Jun 2016

Jakarta ... In January an ex-Gafatar community in West Kalimantan was torched by a rampaging mob and members forcibly returned to their home villages to be "re-educated" by religious leaders ... The Indonesian state ideology, Pancasila, only recognises six official faiths - Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism although Indonesia's 1945 constitution explicitly guarantees freedom of religion ... ....