http://slate.com/id/2112962/ On the decline of secularism in France. A French politician suggests the state fund mosques; a 1905 law stopped the state giving money to churches, but since it had been doing exactly that for hundreds of years, Christians already had nice plots of land for their churches and plenty of money—neither of which Muslims have. (Although in some cases, the sheer number of churches probably amount to a burden on the church. Last year, in Dijon, I wanted to see how many churches I could run to in five minutes, and film this with my camera. But I left the battery in London, sadly…) 22:52
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The Anti-Manichaeist (sodsbrood.com):
… myself a position for next year, perhaps at the Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho. We will see… dlw ps, I am somewhat perversely elated at the election of the conservative Sarkosy as president of France. Why? Well it seems thatFrance is beginning to get Religion, especially among the immigrants whom they have a hard time enculturating, and the loss of the socialist candidate to Sarkosy may help subvert the hold of the dominant secularistic mentality in french minds. But, we will see! …
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… home country by surprise. A German newspaper called him “The Pope of Hope.” I would add one more factor, which is widely reported in evangelical circles: The rise of evangelicalism (who are mostly Pentecostals) in Europe. It's been noticed fromFrance, where evangelicals have grown 800% over the past 50 years - fueled partly by immigration from Afica - and where the Alpha course which is running in two thirds of the Catholic dioceses to the Ukraine where 17% of the population, 8 million …
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