Newswatch

Wrap-up of plans and reaction to GAFCON, by Pat Ashworth, Church Times, 4 January 2008 Fulcrum

The Bible versus the Koran. How the business of marketing the Bible and the Koran says a lot about the state of modern Christianity and Islam, Report from the Christmas issue of The Economist, 19 December 2007 Fulcrum

Bishop Suheil Dawani has released a statement saying he was not told about plans to hold the GAFCON alternate Lambeth in the Holy Land, Diocese of Jerusalem press release, 3 January 2008 Fulcrum

THE BISHOP in Jerusalem has urged organizers of the Jun 15-22 Jerusalem conference of conservative Anglican bishops to move the meeting outside the Holy Land, saying the gathering would inflame sectarian tensions, report by George Conger, Religious Intelligence News Service, 3 January 2008 Fulcrum

Church leaders urge Prime Minister to ensure safety of Christians in Orissa, Press Release from the Evangelical Fellowship of India, 27 December 2007 Fulcrum

concerning BBC interview with Katharine Jefferts Schori, Associated Press, 2 January 2008 Fulcrum

The Church of England has made clear its disapproval of Anglican provinces which intervene in the affairs of other churches without authorisation, BBC report 2 January 2008 Fulcrum

by Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times, 2 January 2008 Fulcrum

concerning ethnic burnings, by Xan Rice, The Guardian, 2 January 2008 Fulcrum

by Nick Wadhams, The Times, 2 January 2008 Fulcrum