Category - biblical scholarship

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17 May 2010

Faiths encouraged to work together for compassion in a divided world

Muslims, Christians and people of other faiths should work together to show God's compassion in a world of destitution and injustice, an Islamic and a Christian scholar have declared.
16 Mar 2007

A larger vision of 'family'

Many commentators, both religious and secular, assume that a narrow definition of family is readily mandated by the biblical texts. They're wrong.
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