Review of Michael Northcott’s “A Political Theology of Climate Change”
THIS is a hugely important book. It is about the end of a habitable earth, and how to avert that.
Articles
Talking About Things You Will Never Agree On
This paper, subtitled “Some reflections on Indaba in the Anglican Communion by a realistic traditionalist” was written for the Anglican Communion’s Continuing Indaba Project, in conjunction with a North American meeting of the project held at Virginia Seminary, in April 2010. As the Church of England begins its Shared Conversations at the College of Bishops we are grateful for permission to republish it on Fulcrum
Scotland Decides – But About What?
The decision is a far-reaching one, so it is important to be clear on exactly what it is about. I offer here no argument for or against independence but merely one proposal as to how to construe what is being decided.
What kind of leader is Justin Welby?
One of the books I read over the summer was Andrew Atherstone’s fascinating biography of Justin Welby. It is a considerably expanded version of the short book which Atherstone wrote immediately after it was announced that Welby would be Archbishop. The first thing which strikes you in opening the book is the thoroughness of the research. Atherstone has … Continue Reading
Paul’s concern for the women in Timothy’s churches: Notes on 1 Tim 2.8-15
One of the texts often quoted in defence of the concept of ‘male headship’ is 1 Tim 2. 8 – 15, although, of course, the language of ‘head’ comes from 1 Corinthians. It is presented as a definitive statement of the Apostle’s view about the impermissibility of women teaching or exercising authority over men in the Church….However, there is another way of looking at this text.
N.T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God: A Review by Simon Gathercole
To summarise a book of over 1500 pages – roughly 800,000 words, or 25 times the length of the 13-letter Pauline corpus and probably longer than the Bible – in a sentence might be thought a foolhardy enterprise, but I think it can be done, because of the book’s overall coherence. Its central contention, at least as far as Paul’s theology is concerned, is as follows: Paul inherited from his pre-Christian Judaism the central foci of monotheism, election and eschatology, and he retained but fundamentally rethought all of these in the light of Christ and the Spirit.
Christ’s Authority – Our Authority: 20 years of Women’s Ordination as Priests
Text of an address given on 2nd June 2014 by The Revd Lis Goddard, Chair of AWESOME, at the celebration of 20 years of women’s ordination as priests in Derby Diocese.
The Church of England Pilling Report and Church of Scotland Commission on Same-Sex Relationships: A Review
An important review of The Pilling Report and a similar study from the Church of Scotland
Memory and Delivery: World War One
Sermon given at the Civic Service, St James’s Church, Poole, Dorset, Sunday 3 August 2014
Trying to make sense of Gaza
Here…is a brief attempt to analyse what this recent outbreak of fighting between Israel and Gaza has been about – with four clues which help me to make sense of the big picture….As we watch this terrible tragedy unfold…we should be praying for all who, in the spirit of the Beatitudes, ‘hunger and thirst to see right prevail’ and seek to be peace-makers.