Paul Hazelden's Articles (109)

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Prison

People argue about the purpose of prison (punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence...)

It is clear that prisons are validly described as 'univsersities of crime' - being sent to prison increases the probability of the individual being sent back to pris

American Evangelicalism

Introduction

For a long time, British evangelical Christians have been expressing disquiet about aspects of American evangelicalism.  There have always been theologicial differences between the two groups, but the main difference is that British evan

Kinds of Freedom

Discussions about freedom often identify two distinct kinds of freedom, often described as 'freedom from' and 'freedom to'; some people identify a third kind of freedom, which can be described as 'freedom to be' - freedom to be yourself, freedom to b

Freedom

Freedom is a subject people have talked and argued about for a very long time. The aim of these articles is not to end the arguments, but to provide a possible framework within which we can have clear and constructive discussions about freedom, unde

Money

There is something that everybody certainly believes in, uses most days, and yet it is purely an artifact of reasoning and is nothing more than an abstraction. It appears in the core of every business and appears within every transaction. It determ

Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a country with several longstanding problems; in the past half century, interventions by other nations have failed to address these problems, and sometimes made them worse.

World Affairs

Links to pieces about world affairs, currently written from a UK perspective, as that is where our current members are based.

Kinetic Energy

The flywheel is a piece of old technology, used to store and move energy, which appears in a surprising number of places.

What the Bible Says

We wish to start by recognizing that we do not yet completely understand the Bible, and by recognizing that there is a large amount of material available to help us come to a better, more complete and more accurate understanding of it, based on evide

Morality: An Introduction

Morality is a large and difficult subject, so we are not going to attempt to summarize it here: the aim of this article is to set out an overview of the subject, and describe the territory in a way which will help us to talk usefully about morality w

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