divestment

COMMENTARY: Presbyterian divestment vote, a blow to mutual respect

By Arnold M. Eisen — July 7, 2014
(RNS) I certainly don’t feel loved by this resolution, any more than any of us feels loved when members of another group tell us that they know better than we do what is right for us, and are prepared to help us see the light by causing us suffering.

Presbyterians narrowly vote to divest from 3 companies involved in Israeli/Palestinian conflict

By Lauren Markoe — June 20, 2014
(RNS) The 310-303 vote marks a victory for divestment supporters both within and without the 1.8 million-member PCUSA, now the largest American church to embrace divestment as a strategy to pressure Israel to return its illegally held lands.

Union Seminary pulls investments from the ‘sin’ of fossil fuels

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 11, 2014
(RNS) “We have sinned, and we see this divestment as an act of repentance for Union,” Union President Serene Jones says. “Climate change poses a catastrophic threat. As stewards of God’s creation, we simply must act to stop this sin.”

John Ortberg’s Menlo Park Presbyterian votes to leave PCUSA despite $8 million fee

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 5, 2014
(RNS) Menlo Park Presbyterian is based in the San Francisco Bay area and led by well-known author and pastor John Ortberg. It is the ninth-largest PCUSA church with about 4,000 members, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Church of England sells News Corp. shares after scandals

By Trevor Grundy — August 7, 2012

(RNS/ENInews) The Church of England has sold its $3 million worth of shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp due to concerns about the company's ethics.

Presbyterians to tackle gay marriage, divestment

By Gregg Brekke — June 25, 2012

(RNS) The Presbyterian Church (USA)'s biennial convention will revisit several thorny topics that have dominated church life for the past decade, including whether to allow same-sex blessings and whether to divest of companies that operate in Israel. By Gregg Brekke.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Presbyterians on the precipice (again)

By Noam E. Marans — June 19, 2012

NEW YORK (RNS) Regardless of whether the Presbyterian Church (USA) decides to reopen the fight over divesting from Israel, the fact that so much time and energy are expended threatens interfaith comity, and not only between Jews and Presbyterians. By Noam E. Marans.

United Methodists reject calls for divestment from Israel-related companies

By Daniel Burke — May 2, 2012

(RNS) United Methodists twice rejected measures on Wednesday (May 2) that called for the denomination to divest from companies accused of contributing to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. By Daniel Burke.

COMMENTARY: The pointless fight over divestment

By A. James Rudin — April 19, 2012

(RNS) Why are some mainline Protestant activists so intent on singling out Israel for divestment and public condemnation while Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other countries have dismal records on human rights? I wish I knew. By A. James Rudin.

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