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12 Apr 2007

An optimism too far for Palestine-Israel?

Peace and justice means more than political expediency, argues Timothy Seidel - and behind the fashionable rhetoric of 'two states' for Palestine/Israel lie some highly dubious agendas.
12 Apr 2007

Targets, markets and a vision of health

We need to ask deeper questions about the 'punishment and reward' theology of targets, markets and excellence that has come to dominate health policy, suggests Savi Hensman.
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.
07 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
09 Mar 2007

Giving fundamentalism a secular boost

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

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24 May 2013

Assessing the Kirk's report on theologies of land in the context of Israel/Palestine

At a meeting of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly, on 23 May 2013, a report from the Church and Society Council on theology of land in the context of Israel/Palestine was discussed. Called The inheritance of Abraham? A report on the ‘promised land’, it has the potential to raise considerable awareness of these issues in congregations and groups, says regional analyst Dr Michael Marten. He examines the background, context, issues and controversies surrounding the report, adopted by the Kirk on 23 May 2013.
23 May 2013

Does the Kirk need to be constitutionally enshrined?

The 2013 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has voted for what is effectively “establishment by the back door” in any new constitutional arrangements for an independent Scotland, says lawyer and commentator Carla J Roth. She questions whether this is helpful or appropriate either for the church or for the nation.