Sight-Seeing: The raw beauty and difficulty of forgiveness
In the first of a two part article, NILS VON KALM looks at the concept of forgiveness…
‘Nationalism is anathema to Christian faith’ – US theologians sign letter
RNS A letter signed by nearly 30 leading theologians in the liberal Catholic journal Commonweal forcefully rejects any link between nationalism and Christianity and asserts that such a connection can “threaten the integrity of Christian faith”. The letter, published Monday, is signed by leading Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox theologians and public intellectuals. They include Cornel West, […]
New eight part series on Jesus to air in US in lead-up to Easter
The story of Jesus Christ is being explored in an eight episode series airing on the US TV channel HISTORY in the lead-up to Easter. Jesus: His Life is told from the perspective of different Biblical figures, including his parents Mary and Joseph, John the Baptist, the High Priest Caiaphas, Jesus’ betrayer Judas Iscariot, Pontius Pilate, […]
BOOKS: A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION OF GLOBALISATION AND RELIGION
DARREN CRONSHAW reads Miroslav Volf’s Flourishing…
THE INTERVIEW: MIROSLAV VOLF AND THE THEOLOGY OF JOY
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to US-based theologian Miroslav Volf about joy, how it’s different from happiness and what the Bible says about it…