Unknowing God: Towards a Post-Abusive Theology by Nicholas Peter Harvey and Linda Woodhead. Cascade Books, Wipf and Stock (Eugene OR, 2022). Pbk. 215 pages. £15.99. Unknowing God conveys the decades of life experience, wisdom and...
Experimenting with Religion: the New Science of Belief by Jonathan Jong. Oxford University Press (Oxford 2023). Hbk. 159 pages. Why do people believe in gods, souls and rituals? The answers are trivial to some: either...
Edward Nickell speaks for himself about his journey from militant atheism in Northern Ireland to engagement with the SOF Network, arguing that the ‘inessentials’ of religious ritual and tradition carry a meaning that transcends literal...
Darton Longman and Todd (London, 2022). Hbk. 224 pages. £16.99. Note: Reflecting the book, ‘queer’ is used as a blanket term for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI). Queer Holiness is a timely...
Edward Nickell reviews New Horizons: The Celebration of Oneness based on the Eucharist by Jon Robinson. Libertas Publishing, 2020. Pamphlet. 26 pages. £6.
Edward Nickell says Christianity needs to rediscover a concept of structural sin. Many of the seemingly intractable problems we face as a society today, such as climate change, inequality, poverty and systemic racism, aren’t the...
I first read Debt when I was starting university in 2011. The timing of the book’s publication couldn’t have been more apposite. The Coalition government was swinging the axe on benefits and public services, the...
Canongate (Edinburgh 2020). Hbk. 212 pages. £16.99. ‘Stories we tell ourselves’ is an enjoyable exploration of the ‘mystery of our existence and the suffering that accompanies it.’ This book moves lightly through weighty topics, always...
