by Orlando Reade, Jonathan Cape (London, 2024), Hbk, 230pages, £22.00. Reviewed by David Rhodes My relationship with Milton's Paradise Lost is quite recent; I first read it six years ago and have done so a couple of times since. At first it was a challenge but it's...
City Walls I walk with ease through the streets of JerusalemI go lightly through her gates and along her wallsFor I am not seen here as a stranger Though I come from a distant land While they who are shunned Stand with centuries behind them And nothing in their hands...
In the June issue I mentioned that David Chapman, our Editor, had been reading Dylan Thomas's poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night". Pam Wilkinson has written in to say, "I'm a big fan of DT but I have problems with that poem!" I do too: in the poem, Dylan...
Past articles in this series: Part 1 Part 2 I have been arguing that a major part of Mark's project included writing something to sustain Judaism in the context of Roman brutality and, at the same time, to try to avoid the charge of sedition with its almost certain...
Amos prophesied in the middle of the 8th century BCE. A hundred and fifty years before him, according to the Hebrew Bible, the death of Solomon had precipitated the division of Israel into a northern kingdom and a southern kingdom known as Judah. Judah's capital was...
In the previous issue of Sofia I outlined the course of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life, dwelling in particular on his years of resistance to the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s. In this article I focus on his theology, which still has the power to inspire and intrigue, 80...
In the midst of winter I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. Albert Camus, Return to Tipassa On a rain-soaked evening in 1983, somewhere between Valencia and the Straits of Gibraltar, I found myself hunched inside a concrete drainage pipe. The bike I had...
By Prof. Dr Beth Singler, Assistant Professor in Digital Religion(s), University of Zurich As an anthropologist, I am expected to reflect on my own approach to the field in which I study, to seek to understand what I bring with me into the research I am doing, what...
By Louisa Jane Smith In recent years, the educational landscape has seen a significant shift towards academic rigour. This includes the implementation of structured activities, such as 'do now' tasks that aim to maximize learning time and establish a clear framework...
By Denise Cush, Dave Francis, Philippa Hulme & Michael J. Reiss Since its inception, in 1989, the Sea of Faith Network has been proactive in launching several educational projects and programmes. Notably, in 2013, Solarity¹ provided online resources and detailed...