Friday, 3 November 2017 Mamdouh AlMuhaini We always wonder how Europe and America reached this level of rationality and religious tolerance. Dozens of religions, sects and beliefs peacefully co-exist there. There are open debates about religions and their history in universities across Paris, London and New York. Their libraries are […]
By Regula Bochsler September 3, 2017 Felix Manz was sentenced to death by drowning in Zurich’s Limmat river. It is a symbolic ending for a man who had put water baptism at the centre of his Faith (Heinrich Thommann, Abschrift Bullingers Reformationschronik, 1605) The people of Zurich crowded along […]
By Regula Bochsler APR 30, 2017 – Heinrich Bullinger had to play a long game when wooing Anna Adlischwyler(zvg) The letter which was delivered to the Oetenbach convent on September […]
REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY Defining Protestant identity By Olivier Pauchard DEC 28, 2016 – Attempts by Martin Luther (1483-1546) to reform the church from neighbouring Germany found fertile soil in Switzerland. (akg-images / Doris Poklekowski) The year 2017 will mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Martin Luther’s theses that sparked […]
Guardian: A federal government frontbencher has warned against “simplistic” calls for a reformation within Islam, arguing “megaphone politics” could jeopardise Australia’s relations with regional neighbours such as Indonesia. In a rebuke to former prime minister Tony Abbott, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells said calls for reform within Islam required “a reality check and […]