Research Associate Peter King introduces a new study guide for churches which invites us to reflect on the many ways in which violence manifests itself in our world.
Israel, Hamas, and Theological Responsibility
The recent atrocities perpetrated by Hamas and Israel have rightly provoked theological reflection in many places. But great caution and wisdom is needed in order to avoid fueling the conflict further. Helen Paynter reflects on Israel, Hamas, and Theological Responsibility.
The Lure of Violence
In this post guest blogger Christine Redwood uses Judges 3 as a way in to asking ourselves the question: Is Violence Ever OK?
“The things that make for peace”. A reflection for Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday sermon, based on Mal 3:1-5; Luke 19:35-45, by the director of the CSBV, Helen Paynter.
Making Peace in a Violent & Fragmented World
Research Associate Peter King invites us to consider how the recent Declaration on the “Russian World” Teaching of the Russian Orthodox Church might speak to our own context.
Signs of Contradiction
Shouldn’t a revolution … differ vastly, in action and feeling, from the forces it seeks to dismantle ? Kathleen Alcott, America Was Hard To Find (Harper Collins, Ecco, 2019), p. 227 Today is the 77th anniversary of the failed July