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Category Archives: Society
Healing, wholeness and being accepted
How Jesus healed Continue reading
Myths, facts and values
How rhetoric can distract attention from the real issues Continue reading
Amoral or differently moral?
Wealth and the ultra-rich: moral, immoral or amoral? Continue reading
On responding to tragedy
A reflection on Jesus’ response to some tragedies Continue reading
Mass shootings: how to respond?
How can we help, or at least avoid making things worse? Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Society
Tagged gunman, New Zealand shooting, poverty
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Are we civilised? Should we be?
On the meaning and desirability of civilisation Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Society
Tagged Civilisation, courtesy, Norbert Elias, progress, Steven Pinker, violence
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Why do we make each other so ill by polluting the air?
How we learned to accept poor air quality Continue reading
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Air quality, industry, pollution
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Fake news, democracy and the real world
How fake news undermines democracy and the common good Continue reading
Would you fancy crossing the Channel in one of those boats?
Moral values and our attitudes to migrants Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Ethics, God, Society, Theology
Tagged Bishop of Dover, bitterness, hatred, Immigration, media, Migrants, poverty, secularism, Trevor Willmott
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The meaning of the Magnificat
The Magnificat as Luke’s Christian programme Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Economics, Ethics, God, Politics, Society, Theology
Tagged childbirth, equality, gospel, Human rights, Luke, Magnificat, Mary, poverty, power, sanctity of life, status, wealth
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