Fruitful love: beyond the civil and legal in partnerships
An emotionally and sexually intimate partnership is, for many people, a school of love, writes Savitri Hensman. This is not as romantic as it might sound: fearfulness, selfishness, rivalry and other...
View ArticleOccupy and reading the Bible after Christendom
"What would Jesus do?” Questions being asked by the Occupy movement are a symptom of an even wider movement to read the Bible in news ways, as the alliance of church and state breaks up, says New...
View ArticleJapanese environmentalist inspired by Hebrew Psalm
Japanese environmentalist Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, who is up for a "Forest Hero" award from the United Nations, has been inspired by an ancient biblical text.Japanese environmentalist Shigeatsu...
View ArticlePsalm-inspired Japanese environmentalist wins UN award
The Japanese environmentalist who said a biblical psalm inspired his campaign linking forest and ocean has received a top UN award.The Japanese environmentalist who said a biblical psalm inspired his...
View ArticleApproaching the Bible with an open heart
The Voice, a new translation of the Bible, has sparked an impassioned but not always very well-informed debate about the nature of the text, observes Savi Hensman. But skilful understanding and...
View ArticleBible museum planned for Washington DC
A large-scale Bible museum will open in Washington DC within four years, Adelle M. Banks of the Religion News Service reports.A large-scale Bible museum will open in Washington DC within four years,...
View ArticleUsing and misusing St Paul: wisdom, gender and sexuality
This article focuses primarily on the use and misuses of St Paul in fractious contemporary church debates about sexuality and gender. It can also be read in parallel with the growing body of...
View ArticleNo one is meant to be excluded, churches' chief says
In the face of divisions in the church and the world, "no one has the right to exclude the other," says the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.In the face of divisions in the church and...
View ArticleWorship, song and its impact on Christian imagination
In many churches today, hymns have been largely or wholly replaced by worship songs. Some of these are of high quality and accessible to a wider range of worshippers. However, says Savitri Hensman,...
View ArticleUS Congress members sent 'Poverty and Justice Bible'
US Christian leaders are united in a desire to remind Congress members that the moral obligation to the poor is far from over.The October 2013 government shutdown and fiscal crisis may have ended, but...
View ArticleFirst African scholar to translate Bible into Kikamba language
Professor John Mbiti, theologian and former director of the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has recently become the first African scholar to translate the entire...
View ArticleDid God make snails? Diversity in creation
Some Christians believe the Hebrew bible clearly rules out same-sex relationships and emphasises distinct roles based on sex at birth. Savi Hensman suggests this may be interpreted differently and...
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