Category - religious right

Investigation exposes influence of Religious Right on homophobia in Africa

staff writers — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:39:26 +0000

Sexual minorities in Africa have become 'collateral damage' in church conflicts as US conservative evangelicals and those opposing gay priests, ministers and bishops within mainline Protestant denominations woo Africans.

Lutheran leader condemns murder of US abortion doctor

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:10:50 +0100

Lutheran leaders in the United States have joined other church chiefs in condemning the killing of abortion doctor George Tiller in the lobby of Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas, where he served and worshipped.

Obama wins standing ovation for openness plea at Notre Dame

staff writers — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:55:27 +0100

After hardline Catholics had sought to prevent Notre Dame University from inviting President Barack Obama to give a commencement address, his call for people of divergent convictions to find common ground in reason and faith was warmly received.

US Catholic university under attack over Obama invitation

staff writers — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:03:22 +0000

Hardline lobbyists in the USA have launched a campaign to try to stop one of the country's leading Catholic universities from having President Barack Obama as a campus speaker.

Religion off the radar

Simon Barrow — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:07:48 +0100

'Bartholomew's Notes on Religion' is undoubtedly one of the top-rank online resources on religious issues, especially those off the mainstream radar.

The other side of US religion and politics

Simon Barrow — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:45:08 +0100

We hear a lot about the 'religious right' in the USA. But what about religious opinion of the centre and left?

US religious right goes on the attack against Barack Obama

staff writers — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:14:59 +0100

A key figure on the US religious right, which is anxious that its political grip on the large evangelical constituency in America is waning, has launched an attack on Senator Barack Obama and his Christian credentials.

A very political festival indeed

Giles Fraser — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:45:15 +0000

Traditional categories of right and left don't always work when applied to faith, says Giles Fraser. Yet there is no comfort for the 'religious right' in the Christmas Gospel, which is about giving not consuming and love not power-mongering.

Religious right defeated on lesbian and gay equality in the US

staff writers — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:38:41 +0000

Despite intense lobbying from the religious right in the USA, the Democratic-led House of Representatives has defied a White House veto threat by voting to outlaw workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Most Christians deplore prejudice, says American church leader

staff writers — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:44:35 +0100

The president of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCCUSA) says the majority of the Christians in America do not share a religious right pundit's views on Jewish people.