Dialing 911 on 9/11
In the immediate wake of the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001, a number of Christian theological ethicists questioned whether a “war on terrorism” was the most effective, let alone ethical,...
View Article9/11 and the Question of Religion
The attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon threw the debates over the definition of “religion” into a stir. Though religion was obviously a central factor in the events...
View ArticleEvil and the Spirit of the Multitude
While I would not want to deny the political importance of forms, I would add to this analysis the importance of the kinds of spirit or inner drive (desire) which may be astir in them. An essential...
View ArticleFragments: Reflections in a Shattered Screen
By Tina Beattie Fragments. That’s all we have. Books have been written, justifications have been offered, blame has been distributed and redistributed, enquiries have been held, heroes have been...
View Article9/11 – 100 Years On
By Hugh Goddard It will be very interesting, in 100 years time, to see whether 2001 has entered the list of significant anniversaries in the long history of conflict between Christians and Muslims.Source
View ArticleSeptember Morning — Julie Craig
Early on a sunny September morning, my son, then fourteen years old, knocked on my bedroom door and asked, “Mom? Did somebody bomb the World Trade Center?” Rousing from my sleep I replied, “Yes, but...
View ArticleA Power Hungry Politician and a Vulnerable God—The Politics of Matthew 2:13-23
The account of the slaughter of the innocents rests like a deeply unsettling shadow upon the Christmas story, with its themes of God's peace and presence. Yet, in reflecting upon this account, we may...
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