Rowland Croucher
Saints: the Art, the History, the Inspiration
Book Review: Michael McMahon, Saints: the Art, the History, the Inspiration (M Q Publications 2006, 432 pages). ‘It is not those that commit the least faults who are most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love’ (St. Francis of Assisi’). First: did you know * John Bunyan – […]
Pastors’ Kids
Raising a P.K. Compiled by Tamara Colver, Jason Huffman and Jessica Snow, children of three pastors “They (Pastor’s Kids) are fortunate to be exposed to some of the greatest riches under heaven, as well as the deepest pain on earth. They are children who have been selected by God to experience His work from a […]
Bill Moyers’s Message
Sightings 12/4/06 Bill Moyers’s Message — Martin E. Marty Let me start unconventionally this Monday by passing on a link: http://www.tompaine.com/print/message_to_west_point.php. Let me also continue unconventionally. Most of the 375-plus “sightings” from the past almost eight years have fulfilled my assignment to go scouting for religiously themed items in the public sphere — but this […]
Doubts about Doubt: Honest to God Forty Years On
Doubts about Doubt: Honest to God Forty Years On* (Originally published in Journal of Anglican Studies, 2005, 3 (2), 181–96. Original pagination is retained in bold italicized numbers. Reproduced by permission of the author.) N.T. Wright ABSTRACT Honest to God, published in 1963, was one of the most public religious bestsellers of the twentieth century. […]
Merely Christian? (C S Lewis)
Merely Christian? Reflections on C. S. Lewis’s Apologetic after 60 Years a paper at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, Washington DC, 19 November 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright Introduction I once found myself working closely, in a cathedral fundraising campaign, with a local millionaire. He was a self-made man. […]
Australia’s Religions United on Climate
A Common Belief: Australia’s Religions United on Climate In what is believed to be a world first, 16 Australian faith communities representing the world’s great religious traditions have united to speak out on climate change. “Common Belief: Australia’s faith communities on climate change” is being launched today at 10.30 am at the Justice and Police […]
Intelligent Design
Brief extracts from a recent book by a Professor of Biology at Stanford University who is an Episcopalian (Anglican for those not too familiar with USA denominations): ~~~ I keep finding more and more Christians who are opposing “Intelligent design”. The latest is Joan Roughgarden, Professor of Biological Sciences and of Geophysics (now there’s an […]
Resisting the Clutches of Consumerism
December 05, 2006 11:49 AM Resisting the Clutches of Consumerism Our government no longer refers to us as “citizens,” but as “consumers.” If we can get you to consume cigarettes, cars, mouthwash, and sedatives, then we can get you to consume people. That is why Calvin Klein uses soft kiddie porn to sell blue jeans. […]
New Australian Leader a Committed Christian
Kevin Rudd the man Gerard McManus December 05, 2006 12:00am SOME Labor MPs could be in for a shock when they learn what Kevin Rudd really stands for. He is closer to John Howard on many issues than Kim Beazley was. On Iraq, Mr Rudd has never unequivocally supported Mr Beazley’s early exit strategy. The […]
Benefactors and Innovators (N T Wright)
Benefactors and Innovators Ecclesiasticus 44.1–15 a sermon at the Commemoration of Benefactors, Emmanuel College, Cambridge November 22 2006, 6 pm by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright ‘Let us now praise famous men.’ Yes, indeed. But there is always a paradox about Commemorations. Looking back on a famous past slides easily into nostalgia […]
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