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reportOct 5, 2006

Bibliography: Pentecostalism in Latin America

Agencia Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Comunicación (ALC). 2003. “Strife in Pentecostal Methodist Church after Bishop President Passes Away.” June 28. Accessed at www.wfn.org/2003/08/msg00056.html. ALC. 2005. “Evangélicos piden señal de igualdad al gobierno chileno.” September 12. Accessed at www.alcnoticias.org/articulo.asp?artCode=3621&lanCode=2. ALC. 2005. “Aplauden afiliación de obispo y políticos a partido auspiciado por la IURD.” October 3. Accessed […]
reportOct 5, 2006

Spirit and Power – A 10-Country Survey of Pentecostals

Executive Summary By all accounts, pentecostalism and related charismatic movements represent one of the fastest-growing segments of global Christianity. According to the World Christian Database, at least a quarter of the world’s 2 billion Christians are thought to be members of these lively, highly personal faiths, which emphasize such spiritually renewing “gifts of the Holy […]
reportDec 13, 2006

The Whole World is Reading

A two-year-old experiment in shrinking the global village, Global Voices features bloggers who often write about parts of the world that are ignored by the mainstream media. In this PEJ interview, co-founder Ethan Zuckerman talks about the promise of the blogosphere and some of the problems with traditional journalism.
transcriptDec 4, 2006

Religion in a Globalizing World

Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists and distinguished scholars gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2006 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Peter Berger, professor emeritus of religion, sociology and theology at Boston University, examined the globalization of religious pluralism and how the […]
reportNov 27, 2006

Turkey: Troubled Terrain for Pope Benedict

The Pontiff Visits a Country Where Negative Views of Christians and the West Are on the Rise
reportDec 20, 2006

New UN Chief Heads an Organization That Faces Both Skepticism and Support

Surveys in 15 Countries Find Most Have Favorable Views of the Agency – Though Not in the Middle East
transcriptNov 20, 2006

Legislating International Religious Freedom

Library of Congress Washington, D.C. With the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act in 1998, the United States became one of the few countries in the world to make promotion of religious freedom an explicit foreign policy goal. The act, signed into law by President Clinton, established an Office of International Religious Freedom at […]
transcriptDec 4, 2006

Israel and the Future of Zionism

Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2006 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Peter Berkowitz, a Hoover Institution fellow, and Ari Shavit, a columnist for the Israeli paper Ha’aretz, offered a brief history of Zionism and argued […]
transcriptDec 5, 2006

Understanding Religion’s Role in the 2006 Election

Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists and distinguished scholars gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2006 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. To help journalists better understand the role religion played in the 2006 midterm election, Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green and […]
reportOct 5, 2006

Bibliography: Pentecostalism in Africa

Akinsuyi, Yemi. 2001. “Election 2003 Shall Be Well, Says Mbang.” This Day. November 26. Amadi, Sam. 2004. “Theological Ambivalence and Democratic Accountability.” Summary of presentation given for the Pentecostal-Civil Society Dialogue, Lagos, Nigeria. October 18. Amran, Athman. 2005. “Christians Urged to Be Sincere on Vote.” The East African Standard. August 30. Anderson, Allan. 2005. […]