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26 Jan 2013

No one is meant to be excluded, churches' chief says

In the face of divisions in the church and the world, "no one has the right to exclude the other," says the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.
21 Jan 2013

The use of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Bible by Barack Obama

In a previous blog (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17832), I noted the significant coincidence of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States with the second inauguration of President Barack Obama ('Obama, MLK and the dream of a better world').
5 Dec 2012

The Bristol Christian Union women speaker ban was unbiblical

Update: Bristol University Christian Union performs U-turn on female speakers http://tinyurl.com/cojwb8j
27 Oct 2012

Using and misusing St Paul: wisdom, gender and sexuality
13 Jul 2012

Bible museum planned for Washington DC

A large-scale Bible museum will open in Washington DC within four years, Adelle M. Banks of the Religion News Service reports.
1 May 2012

Approaching the Bible with an open heart

The Voice, a new translation of the Bible, has sparked an impassioned but not always very well-informed debate about the nature of the text, observes Savi Hensman. But skilful understanding and interpretation invite open-heartedness, not close-mindedness, she suggests.
12 Feb 2012

Psalm-inspired Japanese environmentalist wins UN award

The Japanese environmentalist who said a biblical psalm inspired his campaign linking forest and ocean has received a top UN award.
8 Jan 2012

Japanese environmentalist inspired by Hebrew Psalm

Japanese environmentalist Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, who is up for a "Forest Hero" award from the United Nations, has been inspired by an ancient biblical text.
5 Jan 2012

Occupy and reading the Bible after Christendom

"What would Jesus do?” Questions being asked by the Occupy movement are a symptom of an even wider movement to read the Bible in news ways, as the alliance of church and state breaks up, says New Testament specialist Lloyd Pietersen. He suggest three interpretative moves that have to be made to re-connection with biblical texts today.
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.

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