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Charles Sherlock on the progress being made towards a reformation of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
Andrew Hamilton SJ reflects on the rights, wrongs and theological difficulties involved in re-instituting the Latin Mass.
In the years ahead Faith and Order will address potentially church-dividing issues relating to biblical interpretation, theological anthropology, religious pluralism, mutual recognition of baptism, and other aspects of ecclesiology. The FIFA World Cup is an intrusion of the carnivalesque into ‘realpolitik.’ Richard Treloar muses on the intersection of these
Technology has changed human relationships, argues Rufus Black.
Once a model nation state—Hugh Laracy considers Tonga’s future.
John Paul II’s world was the post-Reformation Church, seen from a Polish perspective. Benedict XVI is rooted in the Catholic Church before the Reformation, reflecting the subjects of his academic dissertations - Bonaventure and Augustine - who were masters in the exploration of symbols.
The three metre long red wooden pole is an instrument of humiliation for convicted criminals that is chillingly reminiscent of the Chinese Red Army. It has made its appearance, not under Maoist inspiration, but because of the absence of a functioning state legal system.
Football teams, empires and prime ministers rise and fall but, it is said, God’s word abides forever. True, but the books of scripture themselves also rise and fall in popularity.
Michael Magnusson and Caravaggio.
Italy, Caravaggio and Catholicism.
Alan Nichols reviews Muriel Porter’sThe New Puritans: The Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church.
Austin Cooper reviews Joanna Denny’s Anne Boleyn.