by Mark Moring at Christianity Today’s Entertainment Blog Return to El Salvador, narrated by Martin Sheen, explores the reconstruction of El Salvador, post-civil war. The 12-year conflict (from 1980 to 1992) killed over 75,000 people and displaced nearly one-fifth of the population. the documentary brings the struggles of this beleaguered country back into view and…
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Ethical Musings on the Libyan No-Fly Zone
Acting in response to a United Nations authorizing resolution, the United States, along with some of its NATO allies and France, established a Libyan no-fly zone. The allies have succeeded in implementing the no-fly zone as well as enabling Libyan rebels to retake some of the ground they can initially captured and then lost to…
EPF Leader Among Religious Activists Escorted from NH State House
March 31, 2011 by aalpert Vigil to Resume Thursday CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Seven religious leaders opposed to cuts in human services and anti-union provisions of the proposed state budget were escorted from the State House by police at 7:30 PM after a five and a half hour prayer vigil at the office of Speaker…
Taylor Branch Says Nonviolence: An Embarassment
March 20, 2011|By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun Nonviolence, a potent force in the 1960s fight for civil rights, has become an “embarrassment, an instrument of the weak,” lamented Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch. Seated in a wing chair Sunday afternoon in the chancel of First and Franklin Presbyterian Church in Mount Vernon, the author…
Are the Coalition strikes against Libyan targets morally justified?
Are the Coalition strikes against Libyan targets morally justified? How do we balance the U.N. obligations to the “Responsibility to Protect” with the moral criteria of Just War Theory? Just War and Libya – From Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Does the international intervention in Libya meet just war standards? Certainly the cause of protecting civilians…
The Lenten Desert
The Lenten Desert is part of a series of posts from the Brother James Michael Dowd, ohc called “Peace Before the Sun Goes Down.” Once again, here at the monastery, as throughout the Christian world, we have begun our observance of Lent which feels, even as late in the calendar as it is this year,…
Respect for Marriage Act
Respect for Marriage Act to Repeal DOMA Introduced in U.S. House and Senate WASHINGTON – March 16 – The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force applauds the introduction of the Respect for Marriage Act, landmark legislation to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin…
School of Glock
Op-Ed Columnist By GAIL COLLINS Published: March 9, 2011 It’s been nearly nine weeks since that tragic shooting in Tucson, and you may be wondering whether there’s been any gun legislation proposed in the aftermath. Earl Wilson/The New York Times Gail Collins Go to Columnist Page » The Conversation David Brooks and Gail Collins talk…
Luella Cary Bassett: Wonderful Leader of EPF Dies at 90
Everyone knew her as Luella, the woman with the big smile. She was the wife of Joe Bassett since January 1, 1942, sixty-nine years. She was a homemaker and mother as her children, Larry and Cindi, grew up and went off to school. As her children left home, Luella went back to the University of…
Rt. Rev. Suheil S. Dawani Press Release
PRESS RELEASE The information contained herein (2 pages) has been authorized for release by: The Rt. Revd Suheil S. Dawani Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Contact Information: Phone +972-2-627-1670 FAX +972-2-627-3847 bishop@j-diocese.org 3 March 2011 Jerusalem The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem,…
