Category - trinity

The terrifying truth about God

Simon Barrow — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:14:41 +0100

Often Christians behave as if their central convictions about God has little practical bearing on the world and its problems, says Simon Barrow. On the contrary, being engaged by the Trinitarian mystery of God is central to facing up to the world's lesions with realism and hope.

New York church performs Passion Play on Twitter

staff writers — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:41:12 +0100

For Good Friday, a New York church has been circulating the story of the Passion, the biblical narrative leading up to Jesus' crucifixion, on the popular social networking site Twitter.

Seeing towards the heart of things

Simon Barrow — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:42:55 +0000

In a recent lecture given at the Royal Academy of Arts, reports Simon Barrow, the Archbishop of Canterbury explored aspects of how icons are examples of the way in which in which divine energy is present in material reality.

Resurrection is no Easter conjuring trick

Simon Barrow — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:09 +0000

The modern temptation is to dismiss resurrection as fantasy or reduce it to spiritualised sophistry, says Simon Barrow. The shape of the core Christian hope is both more substantial and more subtle than that.

Rethinking Christianity - by Keith Ward

Simon Barrow — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:55:14 +0100

In an era where a basic understanding of what Christianity is about cannot be taken for granted, Simon Barrow welcomes a new book by philosopher and theologian Keith Ward which clears some ground and opens up issues.