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Neo-Marxists on Christianity
Recent books from Verso:Slavoj Žižek (2000) The Fragile Absolute: Or, Why Is the Christian Legacy Is Worth Fighting For? ISBN 978-1-85984-770-1. Terry Eagleton (2007) Jesus Christ: The Gospels. ISBN...
View ArticleThat’s asking rather a lot, Martin
The Finnish Katekismus reminded me of Martin Luther’s Small Catechism: “Give us this day our daily bread.”What does this mean?Answer: To be sure, God provides daily bread, even to the wicked, without...
View ArticleKavalan proverbs
My grandmother’s grandmother was said to be a Kavalan. Recently, a dictionary of the Kavalan language appeared (ISBN 978-986-00-6993-8). On pages 52 and 53, there are some proverbs (narrated by Ulaw...
View ArticleThe Bible, with fuzzy edges
The United Reformed Church has a three-year programme called Vision4Life: for this coming year, the first year, we will be looking at the Bible in the Church’s life. It made me try to articulate how I...
View ArticleHomily on the parable of the talents
Matthew 25:14–30 (≈ Luke 19:12–27)I walk down High Street and I see a sign: ‘Good news! Your debts paid – free of charge.’ If I see it in a bank window, I might well think of alerting the Financial...
View ArticleReligious figures address the European Parliament
I mentioned in these pages that the “green” Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, addressed the European Parliament earlier this year. This was as part of a series...
View ArticleSermon for Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday sermon at the chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford, based on two earlier blog posts: ‘What keeps me awake at night’ and ‘Brecht’s Galileo, or, Against Macho Science’.Luke 15:11–32...
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Reflection on the Accra Confession
For a service at Saint Columba’s Church, 2010-04-25.Last time I spoke from this lectern, I started by talking about a bank branch a few metres down High Street. I am going to talk about banks again. A...
View ArticleThe Grand Harmony
By chance, a copy of Lee Teng-hui’s The Road to Democracy: Taiwan’s Pursuit of Identity (1999; ISBN 4569606512) came into my possession. In the book, a great deal is made of the former president’s...
View ArticleBob Adams: A Theory of Virtue
There is no liberty that is more important to liberalism than the freedom to form, embrace, criticize, reject, and revise theories of every sort, especially political theories. For this reason it is...
View ArticleJaana Hallamaa
Ei kukaan saa yksin mitään aikaan. Vain paha on yleensä nopeaa, ja silloin se vaikuttaa välittömään reagointiin, välittömään muutokseen. Hyvähän on yleensä hidasta, koska hyvä rakentaa jotakin...
View ArticleCredo
Credo – uskon siihen, että: Taivas ja Maa on täynnä Jumalan kirkkautta. Hänen luomakuntansa avautuu kuin sateenkaaren värit kirkkaasta valosta. Rauhan liiton merkki on monivärinen. – Mekin kaikki...
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Honoring Franz Jägerstätter
Franz Jägerstätter, who was killed for refusing to fight for the Nazis, will be beatified on Friday, October 26. There are at least 2 Worcester-area events honoring him on that day. At 1pm at Anna...
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