watchman_
May 29th, 2008, 08:27 PM
I just read a rather interesting article and the following jumped off the page at me:
"Faith is part of our future," Blair says, "and faith and the values it brings with it are an essential part of making globalization work." For Blair, the goal is to rescue faith from the twin challenges of irrelevance - the idea that religion is no more than an interesting aspect of history - and extremism. Blair and those working with him think religion is key to the global agenda.
Here's a link to the full article :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080529/wl_time/tonyblairsleapoffaith;_ylt=As0bNfAQUirWKD4NPBbOq.q s0NUE
"Faith is part of our future," Blair says, "and faith and the values it brings with it are an essential part of making globalization work." For Blair, the goal is to rescue faith from the twin challenges of irrelevance - the idea that religion is no more than an interesting aspect of history - and extremism. Blair and those working with him think religion is key to the global agenda.
Here's a link to the full article :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080529/wl_time/tonyblairsleapoffaith;_ylt=As0bNfAQUirWKD4NPBbOq.q s0NUE