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… Luther King Jr. that challenge the fossil fuel industry. As churches were once urged to stop divesting in businesses supporting apartheid in South Africa, he encourages congregations to divest from oil, gas and coal industries and invest in clean energy instead. In early March, he’s … drafted Yearwood to lead a Black History Month webinar to discuss “eco-leadership and divestment” with African-American churches. “We have found that the best ways to engage …

… GreenFaith . They sponsor everything from “preach-ins” on climate action to ideas on how to divest from fossil fuel stocks.  Meanwhile, the Loretto Community and two other local …

… oversupply of Catholic schools at primary level,” said Drumm, though he added that a “blanket divesting” from church-run schools would only harm the education system. Atheists like Donnelly …

… At another point, she disputes the Legion's "theory" that the general intent of a donor "divests his executor of standing" to bring action against a perceived fraud. Such a theory "leads …

… and we will contact you when it is available. … subscribe-now.jpg sample-button_match2.jpg   1-divest.jpg … A call to divest from fossil fuels … Citing Jesuit values and Catholic teaching, students join nationwide …

… has been made of Pope Francis' job description for diocesan bishops. They should live simply, divested of royal trappings and unafraid to smell like the sheep. Bishop Álvaro Ramazzini Imeri …

… A few weeks ago, I had a brief debate with my colleague Claire Schaeffer-Duffy on the issue of divestment from Israeli companies. Rather than engage in the usual discussion about Israel and …

… latest issue of Harper's Magazine provides a detailed and fascinating report about the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against SodaStream, a kitchen appliance made by an …

… Michael Sean Winters' remarks on my previous post concerning Methodist initiatives to divest from companies involved in the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. Mr. … question of how they, as ordinary U.S. church people, can leverage peace in the region. Their divestment initiative does not target a specific community but corporations for making products … lobbed at Israelis or instruments of torture used by Hamas, I feel confident they would divest. In the meantime, why should they -- or any people of faith, for that matter -- fund …

… Stephen Zunes … A growing movement has emerged on college campus calling for divestment from companies that support the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. It is part of broader international campaign initiated by Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment and sanctions to pressure Israel to end its occupation of territories seized in the … war. The activists hope to emulate the success of a similar movement in the 1970s and '80s to divest institutional stockholdings from corporations doing business in apartheid South Africa. In …

… … My colleague, Claire Schaeffer-Duffy, reports on the decision by more Methodist groups to divest themselves from companies that in some way support the Israeli occupation of the … be tentative.  What is most insidious in the Methodists' decision is the comparison with divestment in South Africa. The circumstances of the two countries could scarcely be more …