All major paths of faith have teachings which place peace making at the center of their values. Sadly most followers of religious paths find ways around the peace teachings of their founders or their scriptures.| Religion Online
The idea that science and religion are enemies is a most unfortunate and misleading result of some of what happened during the widespread discussion of evolutionary theory. There were leading scientists who opposed Darwin’s theory, and there were leading churchmen who sided with them. On the whole, as scientific opposition faded, so did that of the mainstream churches.| Religion Online
Religion is deeply intertwined with events that took place in May and are observed around most of the world. For example, May 1 is International Workers Day, and it is celebrated in most of the world remembering an event that took place in Chicago on May 4, 1886. Strangely it is not remembered in the US and Labor Day was moved to the first weekend of September.| Religion Online
The widespread attention to Earth Day is one of the truly encouraging features in a rather bleak picture. I won’t take time to tell you what the discouraging events are, but the annual celebration of the Earth, the whole planet, means that many people are attracted to a form of spirituality that hardly existed in mainstream culture fifty years ago.| Religion Online
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According to Dr. John B. Cobb, Jr., the central message of Jesus was the theos basileia, which is the Greek term "God's Kingdom." Cobb argues that Jesus's proclamation of the kingdom of God was a call to "seize an alternative" to systems of power that lead to self-destruction. In this special lecture, he situates the message of Jesus in its ancient setting, and explores its relevance to our own situation.| Religion Online
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the birth of Religion Online we are proud to share David P. Polk's God of Empowering Love: A History and Reconception of the Theodicy Conundrum. Polk holds a PhD from Claremont and served his denomination, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in a variety of roles. In retirement he has produced a most important piece on the always difficult problem of evil in light of the power of God. Dr. Polk reconceives the basic question of the relation of power and ...| Religion Online
We're very excited to announce that we've recently updated our servers and redesigned our website. Religion Online has been a valuable resource for millions of people over the past two decades. When it was originally launched back in 1997, the site utilized then-current technologies that worked well and provided a consistent and reliable end-user experience. Our desire with this upgrade was to build on its strengths and expand our capabilities by utilizing a modern content management system, ...| Religion Online