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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...

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Occupy 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...

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Japanese 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...

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Psalm-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...

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Approaching 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...

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Bible 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,...

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Using 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...

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The Bristol Christian Union women speaker ban was unbiblical

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The use of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Bible by Barack Obama

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No 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...

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Church 'issues' are about people, not abstract ideas

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Worship, 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,...

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US 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...

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Bible-reading notes for questioning Christians

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Misreading the parable of the talents

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Democracy, 'ekklesia' and the church: a movement for change

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First 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...

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Did 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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Sexuality and difference explored at Open Church conference

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At every birth, a royal baby

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