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Democracy: An Introduction

We tend to understand democracy as a system in which ‘the people’ are allowed to vote to elect their government, but voting is only useful in a certain kind of society. So what else is needed? Democracy can be seen as a goal, but it can only be a to

Money, The Financial System and Human Welfare

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Executive Summary
Money is something we all need and cannot do without; it is a necessary part of modern society. The bald truth of it is that the financial system that governs how money works is generally a product of h

Three Kinds of Knowledge

We want to feel certain, we want to be confident that we know the truth, but we need to remember that reality is big and complicated. In order to act, we have to make judgements about what is true and what is false, but even as we make those judgeme

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is not intelligent, but it is changing the world.

Economic Reform

There is general agreement that the current economic system is broken - but there is no agreement on how we ought to fix it.

Money, Value and Wealth

Money has financial value, but so too do many other things.

Financial Services

The modern world requires an efficient and reliable financial system. We need to be able to pay for things – to move money around, both within nation states and between them. And we need a way to provide capital to people who want to start or grow a

Money - An Overview

Almost every issue and challenge we face is tied up with money - who has it, and how they (we!) choose to spend it.

Christianity: Theories of the Atonement

Atonement is the name we give to an action which repairs a relationships which has been fractured by wrongdoing, so that the relationship is restored. In Christian theology, the fractured relationship is between God and the human race, and this rela

Christianity: Introducing God's Kingdom

God’s Kingdom is vital. From a theological perspective, there can be nothing better or more important than God’s will being done. However, on this point at least, our theology is simply confirming our own common sense: it is surely obvious that socie

Christianity: The Gospel Message 'Missing' Details

I do my best, when the opportunity arises, to present the Christian gospel in a way which is appropriate to the person and the situation, and which is faithful to the Biblical message. I believe it is more Biblical and more complete than most of the

Personality

It seems clear to me that we need a study of 'comparative personality', in much the same way that we study comparative religion.

Identity and Perspective

Each tribe we belong to affects how we see the world, our perspective on the world.

Computing and IT

Computing, along with all other aspects of Information Technology, is frequently considered to be one of the major challenges we face - but the power it gives to people means that it must also be one of the answers.

Identity - who are we?

A short essay seeking to highlight the issues around the area of identity, identity politics and to ask questions intended to help debate and discussion around this sensitive subject.

Christianity: The Basics

In the early Church, a Christian was someone who gave their primary allegiance to Jesus of Nazareth, a human being in whom God was present, who God raised from the dead, and who is Lord of God's coming Kingdom of justice, peace and love.

The Alternative to Capitalism

Many people argue today that there is no alternative to capitalism: much of the last century can be seen as a conflict between capitalism and communism, and capitalism won. History is no longer going anywhere (or seen to be going anywhere) because w

12 Lessons - Fixing Britain with Louise Casey

12 Lessons - Fixing Britain - with Louise Casey.pdf

The Problem with our 1.5 Degree Target

It seems very likely that people will be assuring us that we can still hit the 1.5 degree target, years after we have sailed right past it.

What Controls the World?

You can stop worrying about the danger of Artificial Intelligence taking over the world: it has already happened. The world is run by organizations - businesses, multi-national corporations - which operate according to their own systems and logic.

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