Essay: How do Russia’s reasons for war stack up? An expert on ‘just war’ explains
In an article first published on The Conversation, political science professor VALERIE MORKEVICIUS explores the idea of a “just war”…
Essay: Ancient Christian thinkers made a case for reparations that has striking relevance today
DAVID LINCICUM, associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame in the US, looks, in an article first published on The Conversation, at what ancient Christian scholars said about the idea of reparations for those held in slavery…
ESSAY: KANYE, FLAME, AND AUGUSTINE – HIP-HOP AND THE CONVERSION NARRATIVE
In an article first published in ‘Sightings’, a publication of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School, A TREVOR SUTTON looks at how hip-hop is reaching new generations with conversion narratives…
THE INTERVIEW: JAMES KA SMITH, US THEOLOGIAN, ON ST AUGUSTINE
ROXANNE STONE, writing for Religion News Service, speaks with theologian James KA Smith about his latest book, ‘On the Road With Saint Augustine’, and the relevance of the 4th century bishop’s voice in today’s world…
ESSAY: SCIENCE, FACTS AND TRUTH MATTER MOST WHEN LIVES ARE AT STAKE
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the importance of facts in making decisions…
THE BIG PICTURE: ‘PUT YOUR MIND AT REST…’
See OUTREACH MEDIA’s November poster…
BOOKS: RECLAIMING THE CENTRALITY OF PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
DAVID ADAMS reads Timothy Keller’s book on how to work to a richer prayer life…
CASTING THE NET: ENGLAND’S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
DAVID ADAMS finds a website that delves deep into England’s Christian past…
SIGHT-SEEING: WORDS ARE THE INCARNATION OF THOUGHT – ON THE TRINITY
BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, writes how the realisation that words are the “incarnation of thought” helped him to better understand the Trinity…