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  • 25. January 10

    The reconstruction of Haiti must be based on justice

    As churches and church related organizations mobilize resources to bring immediate relief to the people of Port-au-Prince, they are also advocating for the international community to waive Haiti's foreign debt while building a more sustainable future for the country.

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  • 22. December 09

    How theology can help save the world from climate change

    What does the Bible say about climate change? What are the theological insights churches can offer to a world facing an unprecedented ecological crisis? These questions, addressed at a public seminar on "Creation and the climate crisis" attended by church representatives to the UN climate summit in Copenhagen on 15 December, seem even more urgent after the summit’s failure to reach the fair, ambitious and legally binding agreement...

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  • 16. December 09

    Getting a dose of reality on climate change

    Why should religious people be involved in the climate change debate? And how should religious people, particularly Christians, view themselves in relation to the earth and God, the creator of the earth?

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  • 16. December 09

    Kairos initiative: a message of hope for a just peace in Palestine

    At an impressive ceremony which brought together a wide spectrum of Palestinian civil society, including church leaders, and over 50 people from every region of the world, Palestinian Christians launched the document popularly referred to as the Kairos Palestine Document.

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  • 3. December 09

    No water for the neighbours

    Rows of neat suburban houses stand on the parched, barren hillside. A water tower looms over them, irrigating lush greenery in the gardens. But outside this West Bank settlement's perimeter fence sits the tiny Bedouin community of Umm Al Kher, whose residents are desperate for water.

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  • 23. November 09

    Finding traction on Colombia

    For nearly four hours, church activists participating in the World Council of Churches' (WCC) United Nations Advocacy Week meetings in New York delved deeply into the tragedies and injustices of the current bloody conflict in Colombia.

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  • 18. November 09

    Good news and bad news on climate change

    The World Council of Churches (WCC) United Nations Advocacy Week came with a bit of good news and bad news on climate change.

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  • 18. November 09

    Healing and holiness: Christian perspectives on stem cell research

    The rapidly developing field of stem cell research mobilizes immense amounts of money in private and public grants. But it also raises deep ethical questions regarding health justice and the dignity of human life.

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  • 16. November 09

    Liberation theology is alive and well

    Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, twenty years ago, many critics have been quick to sign liberation theology's death certificate. Most of them did so because they understood it to be an apology of bygone Soviet-style socialism. It seems, though, that this death certificate has been issued prematurely.

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  • 5. November 09

    The fall of the Berlin Wall and its meaning for the ecumenical movement

    The opening or fall of the Berlin Wall was an unexpected event for the people most directly affected, but even more so for the world at large. The ecumenical movement was no exception. However, the events in 1989 East Germany were to have a wide and long lasting impact on it that can still be felt today.

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