Politics
United Church minister Rob Oliphant trades pulpit for House seat
He tells The Observer his faith forms his politics, but that he consults his constituents before his Bible
Interview
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Society
United Church helped shape moral framework of writer Allan Stratton
He says that the essence of literature is our shared humanity. The core of emotional truth is the same across time, space and other divides
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World
United Church supports lunch plus schooling for Kenyan AIDS orphans
Cate Dewey, a professor of veterinary science at the University of Guelph, was in Kenya on a research trip when she noticed many children were not going to school. She came up with a program on the spot
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UCC in Focus
United Church is too easily seduced by Empire, the moderator says
Those values are measured by money and numbers, but the United Church doesn't have a big disciple-factory out by the highway
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Society
Iraq hostage James Loney talks to the Observer about gay activism
He had to keep secret the fact that he is gay while he was a captive, and says even now he and others face homophobia
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UCC in Focus
United Church’s point person on refugees talks to the Observer
Susan Ferguson says Canada is going to start getting a wave of people fleeing the Iraqi war and that congregations may want to sponsor families
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Faith
United Church minister, atmospheric scientist, says Earth needs our help
Rev. Ambury Stuart says Canadians are showing a stronger commitment to ecological responsibility
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Politics
University of Winnipeg president Lloyd Axworthy builds theology faculty
He wants a strengthened faculty to be a vibrant part of the university's intellectual discussion and debate now that religion has become so central to politics
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Justice
Churches, complicit in the slave trade, must promote healing, dignity
The World Council of Churches has called for reparation for churches' roles in failing to take a strong enough stand against enslavement. That means affirming the humanity of all people
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Justice
United Church members are part of a global system that fails many
That system of domination, also known as "empire," leads ordinary people to be complicit through their role as consumers, says Omega Bula, who wrote a report about it for General Council
