As the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill went through Parliament, Channel 4 aired a documentary about “the rising influence of Christian fundamentalism in the UK”, which I watched with very mixed feelings. The documentary was very selective and frustratingly one-sided. It failed to properly define fundamentalism: the way it portrayed it seemed to be Young […]
A group of American Evangelical Christians have published An Evangelical Manifesto, which makes excellent reading. It seeks to express what it means to be Evangelical, rescuing it from both conservative fundamentalism and liberal revisionism. I’ve often wondered whether the word “evangelical” has gone the way of “fundamentalist”, with the popular derogatory meaning of “right-wing bigot” […]
UCCF: The Christian Unions has launched Theology Network, its new theology website, aiming to provide high-quality theological resources in the same way that Bethinking provides apologetics resources. Naturally there’s a fair bit of overlap, and a lot of the content was already available from Bethinking and websites like the European Leadership Forum Resources site and […]
Gordon Brown ruled out an early General Election today, ending weeks of speculation. But this game of political chicken, designed to unsettled the Conservative party, has backfired on the Prime Minister, with this decision now seeming like a climbdown. A November election was never a likely prospect, and only the ephemeral highs of mid-conference polls […]
My good friend and Cardiff University’s friendly neighbourhood demagogue Swithun has started a blog, The Eclectic Rambler. He can be a bit wordy, but I’m sure it will prove to be interesting because Swithun both has real conviction about what he believes, and opinions on just about everything. While I often disagree with him, it’s […]
Here’s one of my most recent Gair Rhydd articles: The Whole World in His handsCaleb Woodbridge argues that the mixing of politics and faith, when executed correctly, is essential is a real difference is to be made in the world. Religion and politics – two topics never to discuss in polite company. And while to […]
Well, according to the site Who Should You Vote For, based on my answers to questions on various policies… Labour -42 Conservative -9 Liberal Democrat 25 UK Independence Party 17 Green 26 You should vote: GreenThe Green Party, which is of course strong on environmental issues, takes a strong position on welfare issues, but was […]
