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Examining The Changing Face of Christianity

By Guest PostNovember 28, 2011Cultureafrica, anthropologist, asia, chaplains in guatemala, charismatic christianity, China, christianity, christians, diversity, downtown toronto, Europe, faith, girish daswani, god, ju hui judy han, kevin o neill, korean missionaries, latin america, nigeria, North America, north korea, pamela klassen, pentecostal christianity, pentecostalism, politics of global christianity, rural villages, ruth marshall, simon coleman, social process, spiritual warriors, university of toronto, valentina napolitano

U of T leading centre for study of global Christianity

A century ago, 80 per cent of the world’s Christians lived in Europe and North America; today, nearly 70 per cent live in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, making Christianity a predominantly non-Western religion.

A critical mass of scholars who are looking into the implications of this shift has made the University of Toronto a leading centre for the study of global Christianity.

Christianity today has more than 2.2 billion adherents worldwide. The majority are overwhelmingly poor, displaced from rural villages into overcrowded cities in search of work, and adhere strictly to the word of Scripture, which can command their loyalty far more than state or society. (more…)

Aspiring Journalist Also Sets Her Sights on Winning A National Pageant

By Guest PostJune 24, 2011Cultureafrican-american women, alpha phi alpha fraternity, atlanta, CNN, connecticut, dwight hall, ebony magazine, georgia, gold pageant, journalism, liane membis, miss black, miss black america pageant, miss congeniality, miss gold, new york, nigeria, ruth whitney scholarship, women in communications foundation, world cup soccer, yale daily news, zeta chapter

In the spring of last year, Yale junior Liane Membis acted on a whim and found it opened up opportunities she never before considered.

That was when she made a spontaneous decision to take part in the Miss Black and Gold pageant sponsored by the Yale-based Zeta chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. She was completely surprised when she won the runner-up distinction of Miss Gold — as well as the title of Miss Congeniality — in the contest, which celebrates the achievements of African-American women. (more…)

Maradona Vows to Run Naked

By PravdaJune 10, 2010Sportsaleksei federov, Argentina, Bolivia, buenos aires, diego maradona, el grafico au naturelle, fifa 2010 world cup, Greece, group b, national soccer team, nigeria, obelisk, radio fm, republic of korea, south, South Africa

The Head Coach of the Argentina National Soccer team, Diego Maradona, has vowed to run naked through Buenos Aires if his team wins the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. 🙂

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Examining The Changing Face of Christianity

Aspiring Journalist Also Sets Her Sights on Winning A National Pageant

Maradona Vows to Run Naked