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12 Apr 2007

The power of life versus the power of death

Both the Easter story and recent political dramas in the Middle East highlight deep questions about power, says Colin Morris. They show that the power of life is about persuasion.
7 Apr 2007

The Passover message of radical freedom

Giles Fraser says that Christianity should recapture the liberating core of its message - in partnership with its Jewish friends
28 Mar 2007

From apology...to moral action on slavery

Following the Westminster Abbey protests Pearl Duncan, who found the records of her slave ancestors in the archives of the Church of England, looks at moving beyond apology
20 Mar 2007

How the Bible was used to justify slavery

Giles Fraser reflects on John Newton’s painful conversion from uncritical theology
16 Mar 2007

Wrestling biblically with the changing shape of family

New Testament scholar Deirdre Good explains why simplistic appeals to scripture distort its meaning, and why for the Gospel family is built on magnanimity not exclusion
15 Mar 2007

What has happened to the Free Churches?

Keith Clements argues that the Free Churches need to work rigorously for a genuinely ecumenical movement – not one dominated by established Anglican and Catholic interests
12 Mar 2007

Putting Genesis into reverse

Colin Morris looks at how we are undoing the world process evoked in the biblical creation story
9 Mar 2007

Giving fundamentalism a secular boost

Giles Fraser laments the unlikely alliance between some vociferous atheists and religious fundamentalism
9 Mar 2007

Being a cautious mystic

Johan Maurer asks what we mean by spiritual experience and mysticism
7 Mar 2007

Stop colluding with bullying

Deirdre Good and Julian Sheffield urge Episcopalians to embrace grace not fear

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