Religiously active youth have higher levels of self-esteem than their counterparts who are not religious, according to a study presented at the American Psychological Association annual convention August 24.
Dr. Marvin Anderson resigned August 29 as president of Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU), a position he has held for the past 17 years.
Religious intolerance and religious extremism are on the rise, according to the 2001 Religious Freedom World Report to be released later this month by the public affairs and religious liberty department of the Seventh-day Adventist world church.
Churches in the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia have responded to the government's request for help in fighting the country's drug problems.
Serbia's minister for religion has dismissed fears that a proposed religion law will discriminate against religious minorities, saying his government will do its best to provide religious freedom for all its citizens.
The outlook for religious tolerance around the world has grown bleaker in the past decade, as religion has increasingly been hijacked to further political goals, says Jonathan Gallagher, United Nations liaison for the Seventh-day Adventist world church.