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.

Climate Change: No Place To Hide

It's a reasonable assumption that one major barrier preventing faster and more effective response to climate change is this: the elite believe that they will be able to hide from the worst effects. They think they will be able to retreat to a gated

Leaping into Faith?

[Back to Reason, Science and Faith]

1. Introduction

The idea of a "leap of faith" is unfairly defined by Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_of_faith) as:

In philosophy, a leap of faith is the act of believing in or accepting something not

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, by Ha-Joon Chang (Penguin, 2011). This is utterly brilliant. It does what it says on the tin: it tells

Climate Change: Why Deny It?

Climate Change: Why do some people not believe in it?

In our Zoom meeting on 21^st September we discussed the dangers of climate change and possible solutions, and it was interesting and important but much like a million other such discussions. The m

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