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"A revolutionary age is an age of action; ours is the age of advertisement and publicity." -- Soren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855.
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Religion is rarely out of the news. But how much of it is simply "bad faith" for humanity and the planet? Simon Barrow reflects theologically on current events (and cultural blips) from an engaged Christian perspective. FaithInSociety seeks a conversation between reason and hope, shaped by the subversive memory of the Gospel. (c) SB 2003-12.
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- Simon Barrow
- A writer, commentator, theologian and educator, I am co-director of Ekklesia, the think-tank and news service concerned with religion and public life from a radical, post-Christendom perspective. I also work as a trainer, facilitator and consultant with church and community initiatives, as well as continuing to publish for a wide variety of audiences - from general to academic. Football and music are my balancing passions. From 1996-2005 I worked for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), the official ecumenical body.
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- DOWN TO EARTH"The world is overcome not through de...
- TAKE HEART"Courage is not the absence of despair; ...
- RELATION NOT OBJECTIFICATION(This one was prompted...
- THE PATH TOWARDS HOPE?There are a number of intere...
- DARING TO DISSENTA bit more on England and St Geor...
- THE LONDON NON-CONNECTIONWatching BBC TV's Questio...
- THE MARKET MENTALITY"Quite apart from the problems...
- TAKING OFFENCE RIGHTLY"To be human is to be in con...
- CONFRONTING PAPAL BULL?Today in 2005 Cardinal Jose...
- PERFECTLY RESTRAINED“People ask me how I got to be...
- CRY ENGLAND AND ST GEORGE?It's that time of year a...
- REAL TIME OBSERVATION"A revolutionary age is an ag...
- TURKISH DELIGHT?The stand-off between hard-line re...
- RADICAL EX-BISHOP TOPS THE POLLLike the thousands ...
- A FLICKERING LIGHT"Even in the darkest of times we...
- A BIT OF A TWITTERER?Twittering politically. Simon...
- THIS YEAR'S MODELIt's not every issue that Jesus a...
- CONSTITUTIONALLY UNWELL?Power to which people, exa...
- UNTIL WE HAVE FACESMy latest 'thinking aloud' piec...
- THE NAKED TRUTH"In order to swim you must take off...
- THE CONSTANT GARNERER"What is constant [in the rel...
- A TOUGH KIND OF LOVE"Sometimes it's easier to feel...
- RITUAL, MEANING AND MEMORIESThere's a good 'Face t...
- THE UNFAMILIAR NAMEThe dove descending breaks the ...
- A VICTORY FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICETremendous news tod...
- THE COST OF POLITICAL WITNESSToday, my late father...
- FINDING THE RIGHT WAY OF SPEAKINGIn my latest Ward...
- BLAIR'S SUPERPOWER THEOLOGYFrom my latest article ...
- OPENING UP PARLIAMENTThe recent row over 'free vot...
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- John H. Yoder
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2 comments:
Wow so what does that make our age - this is really frightening!
I suppose it's the age of reality TV and what the French call le zapping
He also said:
"In the magnificent cathedral the honorable and Right Reverend Geheime-General-Ober-Hof-Pradikant, the elect favorite of the fashionable world, appears before an elect company and preaches with emotion upon the text he himself elected: “God has chosen the base things of this world, and the things that are despised” – and nobody laughs."
What a top bloke.
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