Here is a brief list of resources for those exploring Christianity and anarchism. This is by not means a complete list – just an old list I stumbled across on my hard drive. Send me more items if you know of any. […]
MP Sue Bradford is promoting a bill that would lower the voting age from 18 to 16. I’m fairly neutral on the bill but think that many of the objections to lowering the voting don’t stand up in my opinion. Let’s look […]
Recent reads include: The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State Anarchism: A Beginner’s Guide (Oneworld Beginners’ Guides) Anarchism is an average introduction to the ideology of anarchism. It main strength is also its main weakness – the weaving together […]
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Does Plunket allow student male nurses to do placements with them, or do they ban them, and only accept female ones? If they have such a policy, as I’ve heard on the grapevine, then they should live up to their values, and […]
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In 2001 the State Department published an issue of Issues of Democracy on “RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS A HUMAN RIGHT“. That issue is not listed on their website, but does exist, for those looking for it.
I finished two short books in the last few days. Body Politics by John Howard Yoder is a brief, yet powerful study of five practices (he’d like to call them all sacraments) that the church has which have political import: baptism, Eucharist, […]
Today I discovered that the International Journal of Public Theology started publication earlier this year. The first issue is available online for free. The chair of the editorial board, and writer of the first article, is Rev Dr Will Storrar, formerly of […]