Category - racism

Church leader honoured for work against racism and apartheid

staff writers — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:22:55 +0100

The Rev Philip Potter, a former general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has been honoured by the South African government for his determined commitment to combatting racism and apartheid in the 1970s and 1980s.

Churches urge a vote against extremism and racism on 1st May

agency reporter — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:16:15 +0100

Three Free Church Christian denominations in the UK are urging voters to take a clear stand against racist and extreme political parties as election day for local councils in England and Wales draws nearer.

Obama's church congregation furious at 'racism' accusations

staff writers — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:06:13 +0000

The head of the United Church of Christ denomination in the USA has reacted with anger and frustration to accusations of racism circulating about it largest congregation, which is also Senator Barack Obama's home church.

United Methodists get tough on racism in church and society

agency reporter — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:13:32 +0000

The bishops of The United Methodist Church have declared that tackling racism and eliminating it from the church, society and even their own Council of Bishops is a major priority. The denomination is the one President Bush was raised in.

Violence, the media and redemption

Colin M. Morris — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:46:51 +0000

If children are traumatised by media images of violence, the answer is not censorship says Colin Morris, but deeper questions about the networks of wrong doing we are part of and the question of whether and how redemption is possible.

Dutch Reformed Church should repent of apartheid, says world body

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:35:04 +0000

The World Alliance of Reformed Churches has said that a South African church, suspended from the grouping in 1982, cannot be readmitted because it has not renounced the support for the apartheid ideology that led to its exclusion.

Migration is about people, before statistics

Press Office — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:59:14 +0000

The government's foreign labour statistics gaffe does not justify the apocalyptic tones of the current debate about migration, which is about people and development, not numbers and panic, says the

Soundbites, religion and identity

Simon Barrow — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:27:35 +0100

The latest controversy over Martin Amis's comments about Islam illustrates how ignorant our debate on identity has become, writes Sunny Hundal.

Protests greet American university ban on Desmond Tutu

staff writers — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:44:51 +0100

Students, academics, human rights campaigners and a Jewish peace group have protested loudly at the decision of the Catholic University of St Thomas, Minnesota, to cancel a campus visit by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, because he has criticized Israeli government policy.

Racial but not religious hatred becomes a crime in EU

staff writers — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:58:31 +0100

Inciting racial and xenophobic hatred is now a crime across the European Union. But Britain's law is tougher and includes religion, Holocaust denial was not specified, though it is illegal in some countries.