As we enter the last few days of Advent, those with good memories may recall that this time last year my four-month-old daughter was starring in our church’s immersive Nativity scene, and I was led to reflect on the enormity of Jesus’s sacrifice in taking on the absolute powerlessness of Read more
A guest post by Mark Gilbert In the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), two upstanding men, pillars of their community, cross the road to avoid a wounded man. In contrast, a hated outsider stops, takes pity on him, tends his wounds and pays for a hotel room. It’s Read more
What are universities for? There may be more answers to this question than there are academics in a typical philosophy department. And surely we do need different answers according to who asks the question. The challenge to justify the existence and importance of my academic activities has confronted me increasingly Read more
T.S. Eliot’s poetry can give us not only aesthetic pleasure or academic challenge, but real pathways towards shaping ourselves and our lives.
“If it is to be governed essentially by the ground motive of the Christian religion, a scientific practice of economics should not be limited to the field of so-called economic policy. It needs to start with a reformation of the foundations of economic theory itself.”[1] So said Herman Dooyeweerd in Read more
A guest post by Prof. Paulo Ribeiro Pride and jealousy are both complex emotions, but they differ in their motivations and manifestations. Pride typically arises from a sense of satisfaction or fulfillment in one’s own accomplishments. It often involves feelings of conviction, self-worth, and self-respect based on personal achievements. Pride Read more
This year, I’ve been doing my research at a noted respository of medieval manuscripts – the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. This location has affected my research practice in lots of ways. While I was in Canada last year, I relied completely on digitised or photographed manuscripts, as Read more
This is the text of a sermon I preached at our university chapel recently (with slight modifications for context). What do Moses and Daniel have in common? Reading the account of the birth and upbringing of Moses in Exodus chapter 2 recently made me see a connection with the life Read more
I’d like to share a great blog post by Adam Mastroianni at Experimental History. Entitled “There are no statistics in the Kingdom of God“, it naturally caught my attention, and held it even once I realised that it wasn’t seeking an authentic Christian perspective. No stats in the Kingdom of Read more
I’ve recently been trying to learn more poetry off by heart. We were required to do this once or twice during my undergrad degree, by a wonderful postgraduate tutor who introduced us to a huge range of modern poets, many of whom I still think about and read often. I Read more