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 belief. I first joined the SOF...
I have been an SOF member for over a dozen years. My first encounter with SOF was an episode of the BBC's spiritual affairs programme Heart of the Matter (written and presented by Joan Bakewell) back in the mid-90s. I was not only fascinated by the idea of 'Christian...
I have never considered myself capable of writing more than short articles, but last year an old friend informed me that she wanted to write a book about her experiences working as a medium and clairvoyant here in the UK and also in many other countries. Of course all...
The first Don Cupitt book I bought was The Leap of Reason. I was completing a PGCE course at Emmanuel College, and was captivated by the Dean who handed out sermon notes before preaching. It was 1976 and I devoured the book in one sitting on the day of publication. In...
In the March edition, I discussed the idea of 'race' and how the idea was created and developed in the context of slavery and Enlightenment thinking. Now I'll take a look at the stories we tell, and how these stories justify white supremacy. I'm particularly...
There you are: lurking in plain sight not even at the bottom of my garden; the birds and squirrels know you and at night the fox will seek your shelter, dodge the moon. Shaggy, disregarded, a briar rose climbs through you and little cabbage whites, my brother once...
You can measure a person's spiritual health, by how much they share their personal wealth. What goes for persons, goes for countries too; whether wealth gets divided or just belongs to a few.
In the New Testament there are three divine descents, each of which is a vision of a fair and just society on Earth: Jesus the divine Word come down to Earth to announce the imminent reign of God, which is good news for the poor and hungry; Paul's vision of a new...
A review of A Liberation for the Earth: climate, race and Cross by A.M. Ranawana. SCM Press (Norwich 2022) 256 pages. £25. Anupama Ranawana is a Catholic theologian. Climate Change is the great issue facing humankind. My background is Christianity, so I hoped we might...
A review of In search of Julian of Norwich by Sheila Upton. Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd (London 2019). Pbk. 94 pages. £8.95. Many readers will first have encountered Julian of Norwich through the famous lines which precede the closure of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets:...