Little-Known Swedenborg Gets Fresh Look in New Book
William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Luther King Jr. and even Helen Keller all found something to like in Emanuel Swedenborg. Emanuel who? A new book, “Swedenborg,” by author and former Blondie bassist Gary Lachman attempts to uncover the little-known Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian. read more From Sojourners God’s Politics blog: Read full original post.
Read MoreAfternoon News Bytes: April 20, 2012
Zimmerman ‘Sorry’ For Loss Of Martins’ Son; Bond Set At $150,000 - Will Right Wing Really Let Mitt Romney `Pivot’ On Immigration? - The Evangelical Left In History And Today - Nebraska To Provide Prenatal Care To Undocumented Immigrants - Congressman Ryan’s Delusional Politics - Religion, Politics Didn’t Always Meet On The Right - There Are More Protected Places on Earth Now Than Ever Before - Sudan’s …
Read MoreYoung Evangelicals and the 2012 Election
On Thursday, Sojourners launched its 2012 election campaign, Voting For Us, and the Public Religion Research Institute and Berkley Center released its “2012 Millennial Values Survey.” Young Christians, and particularly young evangelicals are a significant demographic to understand. They could be a large “persuadable” population in the run up to the November elections. What do they believe? What are their priorities? …
Read MoreHow Do We Engage Young Millennials?
As part of the rollout for “Millennial Values Survey” from Public Religion Research and the Berkley Center, I sat at Georgetown University and listened to a very long list of what pollsters think makes up college-age millennials. I’m in the right age bracket, but I couldn’t stop thinking about what a difference just a few years makes. I’m part of the millennial generation, albeit …
Read MoreWhat To Do About “Radical Feminist Nuns”
It’s not exactly headline-worthy news that many Catholics actually hold personal beliefs that don’t line up with church doctrine. It does get a little more interesting, however, when an umbrella group for 57,000 American nuns is called to the carpet for straying from Church teaching. Reportedly, the nuns are promoting ideas on issues like abortion and homosexuality, among others in …
Read MoreAfter Pope’s Trip, Catholic Bishops Seek End to Cuba Embargo
Following Pope Benedict XVI’s recent trip to Cuba, U.S. Catholic bishops are pushing the State Department to lift the 50-year Cuban embargo in order to improve religious liberty and human rights for the Cuban people. In a Tuesday (April 17) letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, the chairman of the …
Read MoreThe Top 10 Stories of April 20, 2012
Quote of the day.“I don’t want to overemphasize my Catholicism here. But I know my religion. I know religions in general. In the New Testament, the one place where Jesus talks about the death penalty, he says, ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.’ When I’ve reflected on the death penalty, the reality is I frequently ponder …
Read MoreIs Pope Ratzinger Suffering From the Seven-Year Itch?
As Pope Benedict XVI marked his seventh anniversary as pope on Thursday (April 19), many Catholics were wondering if the pontiff is finally becoming the papal enforcer that some feared – and others hoped – he would be when he was elected to lead the church in 2005. The questions were prompted by this week’s announcement that Benedict had signed off …
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ONE Vote 2012 urges strong relationship between France and Africa
ONE intern Mohammed Diabate reports on ONE France’s anti-poverty efforts from our office in Paris. A month ago, ONE France launched its first presidential campaign, ONE Vote 2012. Disappointed by the lack of debate on development issues as well as a strong relationship between France and Africa, we asked our members to call on presidential candidates to reconsider the France-Africa …
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A Hindu call to action for World Malaria Day
This post from Padma Kuppa is part of a larger blog series on faith and the fight against malaria ahead of World Malaria Day. Get involved in Faith at ONE’s “Shine a Light on Malaria” campaign on their website. Om asato m? sadgamaya, Tamaso m? jyotir gamaya, M?tyorm?’m?ta? gamaya, Om ??nti?, ??nti?, ??nti?. Lead us from the unreal to the …
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Vitamin A cassava for better nutrition in Nigeria
This blog post is a collaboration between IITA, Harvest Plus and ONE. Nigeria officially released three Vitamin A cassava varieties on December 7th, 2011. This is huge news. It’s not every day that a new variety of cassava, a staple root crop in much of Africa, (let alone three!) sets the stage for helping more thousands of poor farming families …
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True story: My family’s personal experience with malaria
By Winston Mbanda, communications officer, KEMRI-CDC, Kisumu, Kenya. Stay tuned to the ONE Blog this week for more stories like these for World Malaria Day. On December 1, 2010, my wife Isabel, a high school teacher in Bungoma District, western Kenya, and our two daughters, Hope and Joy, were traveling to join me in Nairobi for December holidays. At the …
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What We’re Reading: Africa uses more fertilizers to cut food imports
Matt Damon: ‘I Would Kiss George W. Bush on the Mouth’ For His AIDS Work – In an interview with The Atlantic, Matt Damon, the co-founder of Water.org, a NGO “fighting for radical new ways to increase access to clean water and eliminate water-borne diseases, discussed the small part of the foreign aid budget that goes towards water, an “enormous …
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ONE Act a Week: Who are your heroes?
Action: 39. Time: 25 minutes. Level of difficulty: Moderate. Do you know any extraordinary activists who, in addition to their everyday jobs and lives, help those who need it most? Inspire others to do the same? Make an impact in alleviating issues like homelessness and hunger? President Obama giving the Presidential Citizen Medals to the winners in 2011. Photo credit: …
Read MoreOpen Up!
Open Up! That’s the call that went out from the meeting of the Open Government Partnership in Brazil this week, where more than 1,100 representatives from governments and civil society came together to promote open, transparent and accountable governance. #ogp2012 Francis Maude, president Rousseff, Hilary Clinton take stage at start of summit twitter.com/tkelsey1/statu… — Tim Kelsey (@tkelsey1) April 17, 2012 …
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