United Church members Jim and Eva Manly on campaigning for Palestinians by Pieta Woolley 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 by David Berlin 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 by Tamsin Ford 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 by Julie McGonegal 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 by Trisha Elliott 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 by Chantal Braganza 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 by Martha Martin 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 by Samantha Rideout Quebec's charter of values is a direct challenge to the place of faith in the public sphere, and is being passionately debated
United Church ministers debate faith, atheism — and the future by David Wilson Is the denomination big enough and flexible enough to employ all sorts of ministers, including those who don't accept that God exists?
Ministers lose their religion, but not all of them leave by Broadview Staff Broadview explores the issue of unbelief in three parts.