A list of annotated web links covering environmental ethics, government sustainable development programmes, practical green living advice and online shopping for ethical goods, with no argument.
Outline for the 2003 Sea of Faith conference on radical theology as social criticism, contrasting conservative fundamentalist protest with liberal and radical religious movements for reform in a globalised world.
Text of the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions Declaration of a Global Ethic, which sets out shared commitments to non-violence, justice, truthfulness and equal partnership across faiths.
Short notices of new books, including essays on myth, David Boulton’s Real Like the Daisies on radical Quakerism and non-realism, a book on Jesus and sexuality, and Alexander Waugh’s God: The Biography.
Philip Pullman’s views in his own words: stories teach more than philosophy, His Dark Materials rewrites the Fall as freedom, and the physical world has primacy. He describes his mystical-like moments of connection.
Questionnaire asking readers to rate the magazine’s style, content and balance of humanist and Christian material, plus their backgrounds and possible contributions. It opens with the continuation of Pullman material.
Report of the ‘I’m Talking About Jerusalem’ conference on prophecy and pragmatism, with talks by Christine Allen, Leslie Griffiths and Tony Benn. It also notes a Downing Street peace vigil.
Satirical ‘leaked’ assessments of biblical figures as applicants for the magazine editor’s job, with jokes about Adam, Moses, Jesus, Judas and others and nods to Steering Committee politics.
Paul looks forward to editing “a magazine for people who have things to celebrate together, things to say to each other on the issue of human creativity and theology, who can dream dreams there”. Welcome,...
Press reactions to the Network’s anthology Time and Tide: Methodist Recorder, Church Times and Catholic Tablet reviews range from sympathetic to critical. The text ends with the start of the next review.
