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Who are the Copts?
The Copts have featured repeatedly in media reports about Egypt. Before the recent revolutionary events the reports have been about murderous attacks on Coptic churches and homes by Islamic fanatics, unhappily in line with similar attacks on Christians in Iraq, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
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South Africa: A Fading Rainbow?
I just spent a week in South Africa, attending a fascinating conference of limited “godder” interest. I have been coming to that country for over twenty-five years, watching with empathy its transformation from an odious racist regime to a vibrant … Continue reading
Posted in South Africa
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The Church as a Forum
Bad Boll is a village in Wuerttemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is located in the so-called Swabian Alps, a landscape of gentle hills and modest forests, as averse to drama as the proverbially sober regional culture. Yet this … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Religion, Sociology
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May One Pray for Miracles?
On February 18, 2011, The Christian Century carried a short piece (Century Marks section, no permanent link available), possibly for the purpose of light entertainment. During the apartheid period in South Africa an Anglican convent was visited by a prominent … Continue reading
Posted in Supernatural
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Our Lady of Kazan and American Pluralism
The icon of Our Lady of Kazan (also known as the Black Virgin of Kazan) is one of the most famous in Russian Orthodoxy. One of the Virgin’s two feast days coincides with the Day of National Unity. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Pluralism, Secularism
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