Guest Author Dilemmas of the Law in a Multicultural Society [part 2] by Jenny Taylor This principle is not only useless when it comes to protecting female citizens from religious exploitation by their unequal male relatives, it is more generally fallacious. Anthony Bradney based his doctoral research into the law’s purported neutrality by reference to the principle … Continue Reading
Dilemmas of the Law in a Multicultural Society [part 3] by Jenny Taylor 3. Some Twentieth Century Writers on the Religion and Law According to Phil Harris (1980), the law consists of rules that are normative, and invite official retaliation if broken. Ronald Dworkin (1985) defines the law somewhat loftily as ‘rule by a coherent … Continue Reading
Britain, Christianity and Islam by Ben White The differing responses to Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali’s interview with the Daily Telegraph on 6 January 2008 tended to focus on his claim that across Britain, “Islamic extremists have created ‘no-go’ areas” for non-Muslims. However, there is a different approach to a constructively critical engagement of Nazir-Ali’s … Continue Reading
Church Planting A London Case Study Presentation to London Diocesan Synod, November 2007 by Andrew Watson, vicar of St Stephen’s Church, Twickenham It was always going to be an awkward evening. The bishop had come to the meeting to tell the PCC that St. Saviour’s Sunbury was no longer viable, and that there were only … Continue Reading
A Good Husband I knew the Law of course – and there seemed to be no doubt that she’d done wrong. Yet God knows we’re all human and I’d no wish to break her. I knew the Prophets too – but you don’t expect their words so close to home to mix you up in … Continue Reading
painting by Alan Storkey Simeon: on letting go Enough to see the child if not behold the man. Enough to know the end of waiting without being witness to his wonders. Enough to hold him once and then leave his future in other people’s hands. Younger, and I might have said I am not content … Continue Reading
Emmanuel How shall we find him? We must pick out a distant point of light and walk away from ourselves to an “X” that marks the spot, trusting that our vision and the compass will not betray us. But would it be wiser to spend a little time before we start in marking out for … Continue Reading
Until recently, a large proportion of Christians in the West were unaware that Christian Palestinians even existed. While there may now be an increased awareness of the body of Christ in Palestine, when not being ignored (unintentionally or otherwise) by the majority, our Palestinian brothers and sisters are often either co-opted for anti-Islam propaganda or … Continue Reading
by Christopher Seitz In his lectures delivered at Wycliffe College, Toronto, last month, Ephraim Radner has given an historical account of conciliarism and has described how Anglicanism developed over time a set of Instruments intending to maintain unity of faith in the light of missionary expansion and the emergence of nations in the New World … Continue Reading
The Doctrine of Salvation among African Christians by Chigor Chike 1 Introduction This article which is taken form my book African Christianity in Britain will be devoted to how salvation is understood in African Christianity. The first task will be to describe how salvation is understood on the African continent. This will be followed and … Continue Reading