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Guest AuthorVultures around the Carcass? Judgment, Blame and Scapegoats
When I worked in Kenya in the 1980s, news circulated from Uganda of a disease which caused healthy young adults to lose weight rapidly and die. At first known as “slim”, it would become more formally...
Fergus KingPentecost: Acts 2:1-21 with John Flett
Rev Associate Professor John Flett joins us this week for a rich conversation about Pentecost and mission. We focus Acts 2:1-21 and John 20:19-23, drawing similarities and contrasts in the way the Spirit is portrayed in...
By the WellPostdigital Mediation of Transcendence
Art, Religious Excess, and the Postdigital A few years ago, I took my then-12-year-old son to an exhibit on the art of M.C. Escher. I was rather horrified when he immediately took my phone and began taking photos of the...
Eric TrozzoCOVID-19 and the Dilemma of Technology
In Psalm 135, the Psalmist writes: ‘The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not...
Robert DerrenbackerSemester 2 unit | Sex and the Bible
What does the Bible say about sex and sexuality? This course will help you think through the complex issues that are involved in answering that simple question. Working with different texts and approaches you will...
Pilgrim Theological CollegeInternational Student Emergency Relief Fund
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University of DivinityGetting to know the stranger: what theology can teach us
I’m convinced author and screenwriter Douglas Adams must have taken a theology course. In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy he writes, ‘There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the...
Scott KirklandLiving with new gratitude for the gift of life
The Revd Dr Colleen O’Reilly (Monday 18 May) Just when I thought I had the ageing thing nailed, the government intervened. I had been required to retire from parish ministry in 2019 because of my age, and I...
What Will We Take?
Like me, I am sure you have all noticed how much more silence there is in these days of isolation and being-at-home. For us city and town dwellers it is more marked than for rural folk. And, as we slowly emerge from...
Dorothy LeeIs isolation a feeling?
I am feeling isolated. Is this a state, or an emotion? Rather than getting into the semantics of language, I will ask another question: what does isolation feel like? Isolation feels like being stuck on the couch...
Carly OsbornDeadline extension for Research Grants Round 2
In response to continuing disruptions as a result of Covid-19, the Grants Panel has extended to 3 July the deadline for applications for Round 2 of the University of Divinity Research Grants. Please note that, due to...