Simon Smart, director of the Centre for Public Christianity, reflects on the changing dynamic of the American religious right and how it is set to influence the presidential election, and beyond.
Category Archives: Spirituality
Paul’s Condemnation of Porneia: Sexual Immorality in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Kevin Giles responds to Alan Cadwallader’s chapter in the recent book on homosexuality ‘Five Uneasy Pieces’
Paul’s Condemnation of Porneia: Sexual Immorality in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Kevin Giles responds to Alan Cadwallader’s chapter in the recent book on homosexuality ‘Five Uneasy Pieces’
Latest edition of Crucible (4:1 April 2012) is on-line
Check out the peer-reviewed articles, ministry resources and book reviews free to view on-line at www.crucible.org.au.
Preece Interview on Faith, Reason, and the New Atheism
Peter Corney interviews Gordon Preece at St Hilary’s, Kew, on the relationship between faith and reason, science and religion, and the critiques of the New Atheists
David Lyon on Surveillance
How is the new world of surveillance changing our society and what might it mean for protecting the dignity of people, particularly the more vulnerable, in our midst?
Book Review – John W. Wilson, Christianity alongside Islam, Acorn Press, 2010
David O’Brien reviews John W. Wilson, Christianity alongside Islam (Brunswick, Victoria: Acorn Press, 2010)
Justifying Advocacy – Speaking Truth to Power
On Wednesday, 19 October 2011, Andrew Sloane of Morling College gave the 2011 John Saunders Annual Lecture, presenting a biblical and theological framework that justifies advocacy as a legitimate component of Christian involvement in the world, calling on ‘power’ to be used justly for the poor and disadvantaged.
A Double-Bind Upon the Copts: Dhimmitude in Action
Why would restoring a church have caused Muslims to be enraged? Why would church renovations be a topic for a Friday sermon in a mosque? Why would Egyptian military stand by and do nothing? Or run over protestors? Why was the attack denied and covered over by the media? The answers are theological: they involve Islamic political theology.
Who Wins? Two Books about Heaven and Hell
“Let’s you and him fight!” The old comic-book trope is good advice for bystanders as Mark Galli’s God Wins counters Rob Bell and his book Love Wins. The two are respected evangelical leaders, an editor and a pastor, who attract headlines and readerships as they debate “Heaven, Hell” and the “Good News.”