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  • 10 Dec 2011
    Fruitful love: beyond the civil and legal in partnerships

    An emotionally and sexually intimate partnership is, for many people, a school of love, writes Savi Hensman. This is not as romantic as it might sound: fearfulness, selfishness, rivalry and other negative traits may surface, and hard work may be needed to overcome these. Yet this can be a path to spiritual growth, which may manifest itself in small ways or through acts of heroic altruism. Such relationships, whether between opposite-sex or same-sex partners, can help to bring forth good fruit.

  • 9 Nov 2011
    Jesus and the term 'Abba'

    How extraordinary it is that so many interpreters cling to "Abba" as indicating Jesus' unique relationship to God as "Daddy", using mysterious language from which - upon closer examination - the gospel writers seek to escape, says Deirdre Good, dispelling some common biblical misunderstandings.

  • 17 Sep 2011
    Argentinians hold a 'month of the Bible'

    In Argentina, as in many Latin American countries, September is a month to celebrate the Bible. Churches coordinate lectures, workshops and conferences for youth.

  • 22 Jun 2011
    Pilgrimage Day 6: Walking home to a different Christ

    I am currently on a pilgrimage of repentance for my former homophobia, walking from Birmingham to London between 16 June and 1 July. For more details and updates, please see: http://repenting.wordpress.com/

  • 8 Apr 2011
    Is a 'secular bible' good enough?

    It is not the non-theistic philosophy that is dismaying in Grayling’s new 'secular bible', says Maggi dawn. It’s the sheer failure of imagination of someone who will dismiss the real Bible as mumbo jumbo, while putting their own uninspiring prose out there as an alternative.

  • 6 Apr 2011
    Francesca’s buried biblical treasures

    BBC 2’s series, 'The Bible’s Buried Secrets', offers intriguing thoughts, but perhaps not as controversial as some of the promotional material would have it, says Alison Jasper. The world of biblical scholarship is broad and hospitable to different interpretations. And arguably, it is the essentially unanswerable but fertile questions that remain the Bible’s real buried treasure.

  • 9 Mar 2011
    International Women's Day call to read the Bible 'through a gender lens'

    Global commemorations of International Women's Day have included a public call for reading the Bible "through a gender lens".

  • 8 Dec 2010
    Asian challenge to distorted biblical readings that cost the earth

    Asian Christian leaders have challenged a distorted interpretation of the Genesis story about God telling humans to "subdue" the earth.

  • 25 Oct 2010
    Thinking theologically: Bible, tradition, reason and experience
  • 10 Sep 2010
    Harvey Cox on getting to grips with the Bible

    Eminent theologian and long-time Harvard Divinity School professor Harvey Cox will give the Massachusetts Bible Society's 2010 Harrell F. Beck Lecture Series entitled "Coming to Grips with the Bible".