by Sean Reilly | Feb 10, 2008
Funnily enough, I declined the opportunity to attend the inaugural Temple Festival lecture given by Dr Rowan Williams on 7 February. I figured that I could read his talk online, and that it wouldn’t be that exciting an event. What do I know? By mid-afternoon the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 1, 2008
In a provocative short article in the International Herald Tribune newspaper, Phillip Blond, who has long been associated with the Cambridge-originated group of scholars exploring a post-modern ‘radical orthodoxy’ school of Christian thought and practice, argues that...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 14, 2008
Although prayer is certainly at the heart of Christian life, praying together is not an easy exercise for different churches throughout the world. Even today, common prayers are exceptional events rather than part of the daily life of the churches. But at least once a...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 25, 2007
Romans 1.1-7; Psalm 80.1-8, 18-20; Matthew 1.18 – 25. “Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place this way… to fulfil what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: ‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’, which...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 13, 2007
Recently, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, a noted theologian and philosopher in his own right, gave a lecture at Swansea University entitled ‘How to Misunderstand Religion’. He was responding in particular to the writings of Richard Dawkins, arguing...
