Fair trade coffee might not be as beneficial as you think
Buying fair trade coffee doesn’t hurt. But it doesn’t help as much as we might imagine.
Christian Reformer on the moment he knew he had to get out
John Suk talks about what led him to join such a different faith community from the one of his childhood.
United Church members Jim and Eva Manly on campaigning for Palestinians
In 2012, Jim was an Israeli prison after joining 29 others on the Estelle, a sailing ship with a mission to run
Independent Jewish Voices, from the margins, supports Palestinian rights
Like the United Church of Canada, the group is critical of Israel's treatment of Palestinians and supports sanctions
Chocolate relies on child labour in Africa’s Ivory Coast, a bitter truth
More than 800,000 children work on the West African nation's cocoa farms, despite efforts to cut down child labour
Reza Aslan, scholar, translates Bible scholarship into easy reading
His bestselling book, Zealot, has been called groundbreaking for separating the myth of Jesus from the historical man
How connecting ecofeminism and faith can change the world
Heather Eaton, author of "Introducing Ecofeminist Theologies" and professor at Ottawa's Saint Paul University, talks about religion and ecology
Cheri DiNovo, minister of cloth and legislature, keeps agitating
The NDP member of provincial parliament gave up ministry for politics but is still a champion of the most marginalized
Stephen Prothero, scholar, says Americans are religiously illiterate
He proposes teaching religion as an academic subject in public schools across the United States
Religious symbols on display at work lead to soul searching in Quebec
Quebec's charter of values is a direct challenge to the place of faith in the public sphere, and is being passionately debated
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