Do you hold a degree from any recognised theological seminary?

Bishop do Nascimento, who was born in East Timor, received his theological education in Portugal and France.

A quick survey of the history of religious conflict shows that theological controversies have never been resolved by theological arguments. Looking more closely, one finds that while these controversies were often framed in religious terms, they were not at all about religion.

Any religious minority in quest of a place in the European project would do well to reflect on that theological shift.

The debate to date has sadly been characterized by categorical rejections on the one hand and theological demands on the other.

Theological studies at the Institut Supérieur de Théologie et de Philosophie de la Compagnie de Jésus in Paris, and physiotherapy in Belgium.

quot The Halki Theological School for High Religious Education then became devoid of any legal foundation and had to be incorporated into another appropriate institution operated by the State. As no such institution existed, it was no longer possible for the academy level division of the Halki Theological School to continue its activities. quot

A group of divinity students at the Princeton Theological Seminary were told that they were going to give a practice sermon and they were each given a sermon topic.

The Executive Director participated in the Centre for Justice and Reconciliation Experts Meeting at The Hague, Theological, Ethical and Psychological Ramifications for Victims of Genocide and War Crimes (September).

In 1917, Mr. Gantry was expelled from a theological seminary in Kansas for seducing the deacon's daughter in the church where he had that day delivered a Christmas sermon.

Recently, when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, he found scholars who raised theological arguments on his behalf. The coalition confronting him had no difficulty finding religious arguments that led to precisely the opposite conclusion.

10. In respect of Jose Antonio Neves the source alleges that he is a leading member of the clandestine pro independence East Timorese movement and a student of the theological institute in Malang.

69. In the Sudan, an urgent appeal was received concerning the arrest and disappearance of Nasir Hassan, a student at Bishop Gwynne Theological College in Juba, for having converted from Islam to Christianity.

This is a red line for any pluralist democracy. Individual citizens should be free to live according to their beliefs but an unaccountable theological vision must not be allowed to shape their behavior as civil servants and bureaucrats.

In the Special Rapporteur's view, any study of this increase in Islamophobia should be based on both the historical, theological and contextual singularity of this phobia and the universality of the underlying causes of the defamation of religions.

There was a very important study done a while ago at Princeton Theological Seminary that speaks to why it is that when all of us have so many opportunities to help, we do sometimes, and we don't other times.

Allowing the Patriarchate to flourish, and reopening the Theological School on the island of Halki, would underscore Turkey s progress on human and minority rights. Turkey should view the Patriarchate not as a threat, but as an important asset a bridge to Europe.

But you empathize with his position you will be pilloried in the same way if you don t nail down your theory with the best arguments possible and marginalize your opponents so that they have neither theological nor scientific reasons to attack you. So you wait to publish.

But you empathize with his position you will be pilloried in the same way if you don t nail down your theory with the best arguments possible and marginalize your opponents so that they have neither theological nor scientific reasons to attack you. So you wait to publish.

The source concludes that Mr. Zhang was arrested, sentenced and punished solely on the basis of the Government's opposition to some of his Christian writings, in which he expressed his religious belief in Christianity and his support for the theological independence of China's Christian House Churches.

Papal authority stands on shaky ground, especially in the comparatively secular West. Francis can attract attention by opining about social justice outside the church, but it is difficult for any pope to influence the habits and theological views of Catholics themselves, who think and act as they please.

The 1979 revolution, which ended Iran s monarchical tradition, created a new political order based on Shiite theological foundations and giving absolute ruling power to a Shiite jurist cleric. Throughout Iran s long history, Shiite seminaries exercised great influence on Iranian society and politics, but they had been considered civil institutions.

Genetic research, in particular, must be free to find new models to explain, and enhance, twenty first century scientific discovery. Today, Darwin s theory of evolution is more a hindrance than a help, because it has become a quasi theological creed that is preventing the benefits of improved research from being fully realized.

Francis can attract attention by opining about social justice outside the church, but it is difficult for any pope to influence the habits and theological views of Catholics themselves, who think and act as they please. He can scold a tack that Francis has so far tried to avoid but he cannot convince.

The Salafis are defined in part by their strict theological orthodoxy. Their belief in the superiority of literal interpretations of Islamic texts and their deep animosity towards religious innovation (broadly defined) reflect their certainty that the first three generations of Muslims possessed the best understanding of Islam, and should provide guidance for future generations.

Today, it is clear that fundamentalists and their supporters are completely closed off to even the most elaborate theological refutation of their views, even when produced by distinguished religious authorities. The first reflex of the fundamentalists is to withdraw from the mainstream, to build around themselves a shell that is impervious to any logic other than their own.

LOS ANGELES The recent stampede in Mecca, in which more than a thousand pilgrims making the hajj were trampled to death, is a tragic but powerful reminder of the city s prominence in the Muslim world. According to theological tradition, every Muslim is required to make a trip to the city once in their lifetime, if they are able to do so.

There will be enough problems in negotiating the creation of a Palestinian state, so we should avoid adding other, gratuitous obstacles. Let s focus on resolving the most important of the problems demilitarization, settlements, borders, and refugees and allow the reality of peace to leave behind, or postpone until the distant future, the solution of problems that are essentially historical and theological.