Ethical Economics in Belfast – Crunch-Back and JustLife
There are some really exciting and innovative things happening in Belfast these days. Emma Cowan of Corrymeela has Crunch-Back going…
Category: Theology (page 11)
Three Key Texts for Social Activism
I was asked this week to speak to a group of students in the Presbyterian Chaplaincy at Queen’s on EBM‘s…
Some Thoughts for the Presbyterian Church on the Demise of the Mutual Society
OK! First of all, I don’t want to underestimate the horrendous position the Moderator and the Clerk find themselves in…
The Blue Parakeet – Scot McKnight
‘The Blue Parakeet – rethinking how you read the bible‘ is the latest book from NT scholar Scot McKnight. He…
Heschel on Prayer
I have probably read and taught on the book of Psalms more than any other book in the Bible, and…
The Spirituality of Illness – Technology & Ethics
I mentioned in my last post on the Spirituality of Illness that I am the proud recipient of a tissue…
Heschel and Spiritual Amazement
Bubbling not far beneath the surface of the formidable academic that was Abraham Heschel was the soul of a poet.…
CERN, Dimensions and NT Wright
I’ve just been watching the switch on of the CERN particle accelerator live on the BBC news channel and the…
It's All Doom and Gloom and Then You Die – CERN and the end of the world
News emerged that up to 10,000 people will lose their jobs in the coming months. In the UK car sales…
Heschel on Northern Ireland
OK! I’m not sure that Heschel ever had anything particular to say about the situation in Northern Ireland, but I…