STETS Blog Contributor Archive

Engaging with Lent

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

As Ash Wednesday approaches (22 February) we think again of how to use this coming season of Lent. Too often it’s reduced to ‘giving something up’, which can become a fruitless exercise or a source of guilt-inducing frustration. The answer really More …

A political vision for Christmas

Monday, December 5th, 2011

The current economic changes in Europe and America and related civil unrest reveal more than a lack of political vision, they reveal a lack of theological and ecclesial engagement with political ideology. The classical liberalism of 17th and 18th century More …

Public Theology

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Rowan Williams used the opportunity as Guest Editor of New Statesman to question the direction of the government. His justification was that ‘it seems worth encouraging the present government to clarify what it is aiming for in two or three More …

What is Christian Apologetics

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

A STETS weekend leads me again to this question, what is apologetics? Apologetics is often thought of as offering a defence of Christian beliefs. Apologists might argue that the natural world demonstrates such design that there must be a Divine Designer, More …