Faith groups should practise responses to disasters, says Grenfell fire report
Faith groups should practise their responses to disasters like London’s Grenfell Tower fire, according to a new report released this week. The report, written by Amy Plender of UK-based thinktank Theos, looked at what role faith communities played in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in London last June. At least 70 people were killed […]
PUBLIC LIFE: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES
Nick Spencer, director of research at the Theos Christian think tank in the UK, is giving the Richard Johnson lectures in Australia later this month under the title of ‘Where did I come from?: Christianity, secularism and the individual’. He speaks with DAVID ADAMS…
Think tank calls for “careful reappraisal” of how the Bible is used when it comes to mental health and an analysis of UK’s “burgeoning exorcism scene”
There is a need for a “careful reappraisal” of how the Bible is used when it comes to mental health issues, according to a report from UK-based Christian think tank Theos. The Christianity and mental health: theology, activities, potential report, published last week, also calls for an analysis of what is described as the “burgeoning exorcism scene” […]