I’m at the official book launch for the second volume of this extraordinary book by Stuart Piggin and Robert Linder, and I can confirm that I’m quoted on page 545 in relation to freedom of religion. So definitely a book worth buying!
Peacemaking through preaching
By Rod Benson Good preaching positively unsettles us. It inspires wonder in God’s character and ways. It draws adoring worship from bruised, parched and self-absorbed souls. It encourages new thoughts. Good preaching is a light in the dark. It challenges the status quo, instills vision and prompts reform. It uncovers common ground and builds bridges. …
J.R.R. Tolkien on anarchism
Strangely, this quote is my blog’s most popular post: J.R.R. Tolkien on anarchism
Knowledge of the past
“Most of all, perhaps, we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need something to set against the present, to remind us that the basic assumptions have been quite different in different periods and that much which seems …
The moral case for sustainability
Broadcast on 2CH, Sunday 27 Jan 2013. A recent study has found that encouraging people to adopt ecologically sustainable behaviours based on the moral rather than economic case may be more effective. The Guardian newspaper reports that in an experiment conducted at a Dutch petrol station, researchers compared two messages aimed at persuading people to get …
