by Bob Allen | Jun 4, 2008 | News
Ten years after adopting a controversial declaration that the Bible teaches that women in marriage should be submissive to men, the Southern Baptist Convention’s “complementarian” view of gender roles remains more theory than fact in churches, says a...
by Bob Allen | Jun 3, 2008 | News
A month after Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar’s military rulers defended their relief operations amid international criticism that the government was dragging its feet in allowing aid to the hardest-hit areas of the Irrawaddy delta region. On Sunday Defense Secretary...
by Bob Allen | May 30, 2008 | News
A right-wing economic group with an anti-government philosophy is attacking a bill in the U.S. Senate aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions linked to global warming.Instead of a full frontal attack, the Club for Growth is targeting broadcast ads in four states,...
by Bob Allen | May 30, 2008 | News
Evolution may be winning in the courtroom but losing in the classroom, warns a new nationwide study about teaching of evolution and creationism in high schools. Penn State researchers say about one sixth of biology teachers in the United States believe human beings...
by Bob Allen | May 29, 2008 | News
A delegation of British Baptists in Jamaica this week apologized for England’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, a scourge that shaped Caribbean history with effects that linger until today. “We offer our apology to our brothers and sisters for all...
