How should we view the victims of the Ashley Madison hacking?
The Ashley Madison debacle is compelling example of the radical brokenness of our world. It shows how corporate greed capitalises on personal weakness and compounds wrong-doing.
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Gods of our age: Mars (War and Conflict)
It is striking that in all his letters, Paul modifies the tradition greeting from ‘grace’ to ‘grace and peace.’
Greenbelt needs to rediscover its spiritual confidence
As Greenbelt approaches, Jon Kuhrt offers reflections on the Christian festival
Gods of our age: Mammon
The most important affirmation in Scripture about Mammon is the claim that ‘The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it’ (Ps 24.1). Ultimately, no individual owns anything, but has it on trust from God.
Five fresh questions about nuclear deterrence
I recently came across this joke about the nuclear deterrence debate: “it’s like a prehistoric bug trapped in amber: it had obviously been alive once, but it hadn’t moved in millions of years”. This characterisation was offered in 1987 (by Philip Bobbitt in Democracy and Deterrence). Nearly thirty years later, little appears to have changed. … Continue Reading
A Party without Soul: Why Labour Needs to Learn about Love and Sin
If any meaningful language and vision of change is to emerge within the Labour Party, it needs to develop a way of talking about love and sin.
Owing A Debt to Owen Chadwick (1916-2015)
On learning of the death of Owen Chadwick, I was moved to tears. Immediately, I jotted down how much we were in his debt as a friend of scholars, mentor to many, pithy and witty writer, faithful priest, brilliant preacher, diligent professor, supervisor and administrator, with a vast hinterland of history and culture. He was … Continue Reading
Interview with Graham Kings: Dutch Perspectives
As he begins his new post as Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion, Graham Kings speaks to Wim Houtman and Dick Schinkelshoek, religion journalists with Nederlands Dagblad, the evangelical daily newspaper in the Netherlands.
Fulcrum Response to TEC’s 2015 General Convention
Fulcrum’s reflections on the decisions relating to marriage at the 2016 General Convention of TEC.
Greece, Debt and Democracy: A Theological Reflection
Against the faux morality of finance capitalism, the potency of a story about a God who forgives debts can be heard afresh.