Examining Faith » Archive for July 2008
Is The Vatican Easing Humanity Toward Alien Disclosure?
Vatican chief astronomer Father Jose Gabriel Funes in a long interview with the L’Osservatore Romano newspaper this week (May, 2008) made news by saying there is a certain possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, and that such notion “doesn’t contradict our faith.”
“How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere? Just as we consider earthly creatures as ‘a brother,’ and ‘sister,’ …
July 26th, 2008
Scholars Plan to Reunite Ancient Bible
The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again – online.
Discovered at the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai by German Bible scholar Constantine Tischendorf in the mid-19th century, much of the Codex eventually wound up in Russia – just how exactly the British Library won’t …
July 26th, 2008
Major Interfaith Conference Urges Anti-Terrorism Pact
Religious leaders at a Saudi-organized interfaith conference called for an international pact to combat terrorism. Representatives – including Islamic, Christian and Jewish leaders – asked the U.N. General Assembly to call a special session to help foster dialogue between “followers of religions, civilizations and cultures” and prevent “a clash of civilizations,” according to Agence France-Presse. “Terrorism is a universal phenomenon that requires unified international efforts to …
July 26th, 2008
Angels and Christianity
Angels are generally most closely associated with Christianity, despite their origins in much earlier belief systems and cultures. Nevertheless, the angel has been important to the Christian faith since its conception, and there are almost 300 references to angels in the Bible in some 280 different verses, making it very much a feature of the religion. While the exact nature and status of the angel …
July 19th, 2008
Was Jesus a Radical Feminist?
The stories Jesus told and the stories told about him are examined in great depth in Jesus: A Meditation on His Stories and His Relationships with Women. Father Andrew M. Greeley spotlights Christ’s view and treatment of the opposite sex.
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