One of Britain’s most senior judges has blamed a decline in religion and traditional moral values for the growing number of laws needed to maintain order. Lord Sumption, a Supreme Court Justice, said laws now reached into areas of life once left untouched by such regulation with 3000 new criminal or administrative offences added to Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
South Pacific island where Prince Philip is a god
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
The visit was largely unremarkable, except in one key way: a religious sect was born that views Philip as their god. Matthew Baylis recently chronicled that visit and the religion, which thrives even 40 years later, in his new book “Man Belong Mrs. Queen: Adventures with the Philip Worshippers.” “They had a jolly old time. Read more
Lecture will show that the legacy of religion belongs to everybody
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013An unusual religious background has left a Victoria University of Wellington Professor of English with a taste for secular writing containing religious ideas. In his upcoming inaugural professorial lecture, titled ‘When You’re Dead You Go on Television: Sex, Death and Household Objects in Some New Zealand Poetry’, Williams says his lecture will show that the Read more
$760,00 research grant to study NZ spirituality and religion
Friday, November 1st, 2013
A university professor, who was once priest, has been awarded more than $760,000 of public money to study Kiwis’ spirituality and religion. Professor Joseph Bulbulia of Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand, say religion was “intensely important” to him, but “as for an afterlife, or God, I have no idea”. He migrated to Wellington from the Read more
Maori translation of Koran launched
Friday, November 1st, 2013A Waikato-Tainui kaumatua who’s been involved in translating the Islamic holy book, the Koran, into Te Reo says it will help with a better understanding between Maori and the Islamic world. The translated work, which has taken 25 years to complete, will be officially launched on Friday. On Tuesday a copy was presented to the Read more
Too much religion can harm economy – study
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
A new study reported in the Social Psychological and Personality Science said too much religion can harm a society’s economy by undermining the drive for financial success. Religion News Service reported that the study of almost 190,000 people from 11 religiously diverse cultures is raising eyebrows among some of England’s religious leaders for suggesting Judaism Read more
Seven common myths about religion
Friday, August 16th, 2013You have heard of Urban Myths… they are commonly help beliefs that have no basic in reality. Once established they hard hard to discount. Even when we know they are not true we like to believe that they are… nothing like a good story. There are similar myths regarding religion.. often repeated and never challenged. Read more
Claims say Christians lose out to atheists for top jobs
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
Some Christians in the United Kingdom are claiming that their religious beliefs are preventing them from getting the top jobs because they are seen as “potential trouble.” A report in the Daily Mail based on the breakdown of employment and religious belief produced by the Office for National Statistics from the 2011 census, said Christians Read more
37% think clergy contribute a lot to society in the US
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013
Americans continue to hold the military in high regard, with more than three-quarters of U.S. adults (78%) saying that members of the armed services contribute “a lot” to society’s well-being. That’s a modest decline from 84% four years ago, the last time the Pew Research Center asked the public to rate various professions. But the Read more
Europe more secular because of Muslim immigration
Friday, June 21st, 2013
The European relationship between religion, law and politics is a strange creature. Religious influence over political life is weaker in Europe than in almost any other part of the world. To adapt the phrase first used by Alastair Campbell when he was spokesman for the British prime minister Tony Blair, politicians in Europe generally ‘don’t Read more