The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
Does state support for Christianity help the church flourish? Or hasten its decline? Illustration by Jon Krause Thirty years ago the people of Zambia elected Frederick Chiluba, an evangelical Christian, to be the country’s new president. Chiluba strongly believed in the integration of faith and politics, declaring in his first presidential address that Zambia would
READ MOREIn 1833 William McClure Thomson, a Protestant missionary from America, went toOttoman Syria, which then included Lebanon, and after spending more than 25 years in the area, he wrote a book titled The Land and the Book. His insights into the Lebanese political, social and religious culture were similar in their depth to that of
READ MOREReligious blasphemy laws can be a touchy subject, especially in Pakistan, where just bringing up the subject of the blasphemy laws and whether they are right or wrong is considered, well …blasphemous. This wasn’t always the case. The sentiment behind most blasphemy laws is easy to understand. No person or group should insult another religion’s
READ MOREShangri-la is a mythical land of peace and contentment supposedly found somewhere near Tibet, Nepal, and tiny little Bhutan. Actually Shangri-la is the product of the imagination of British novelist James Hilton. But Bhutan’s king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, seems to have aimed at taking possession of that myth. In 1972 he came up with the
READ MOREThough some people's meals might be bad, imagine facing criminal charges because of your cooking. That's exactly what happened to George Barghout. Mr. Barghout, formerly the owner and operator of a yogurt shop located in Baltimore, sold both kosher and nonkosher foods. On November 15, 1990, he was fined $400 plus $100 in court cost's
READ MOREIn 1991 the Willis family moved to Troy, Alabama, from Seattle, Washington. Their youngest child, Rachel Willis, stayed home with Mrs. Willis, while their older children, Paul, David, and Sarah, attended the Pike County public schools. Since 1992 Paul (14), David (13), and Sarah (12), the only Jewish children in the district, have suffered religious
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