Modern Believing 2012
Vol 53:1 January 2012 - Editor: Adrian Thatcher
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- The Literal Sense of Scripture: A Hermeneutical Disaster
- Adrian Thatcher
- Contextual Bible Study: Characteristics and Challenges
- Susannah Cornwall
- The Bible and the Novel: Apocalyptic Reading
- Alison Milbank
- The New Atheism: Reflections of a Biblical Scholar
- John Barton
- 'God's Ex-Wife: what price monotheism?'
- A 'discussion' with Prof. Francesca Stavrakopolou
- The Control of Life and Death: Widening the Field
- Averil Stedeford
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Vol 53:2 April 2012 - Editor: Adrian Thatcher
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- Bible and Film: Suffering and Special Effects
- Gerard Loughlin
- William Blake and King James Bible
- Christopher Rowland
- 'Promising much, delivering little': Ministry Development Review and its secular critics
- Justin Lewis-Anthony
- Instead of the Anglican Covenant
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- The Death and Resurrection of the Bible in Church and Society
- Ray Vincent
- 'Good as New' - A Different Approach to Translation
- John Henson
- O Books: an Invitation to Publish
- John Hunt
- Moving On
- Averil Stedeford
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Vol 53:3 July 2012 - Editor: Adrian Thatcher
- Modern Church statement for the C of E Sexuality Working Group
- Susannah Cornwall, Elaine Graham, Adrian Thatcher
- John Hick - Champion of Liberal Religious Thought
- Alan Race
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Theologian for Our Time
- Richard Truss
- Changing Perceptions of Churchmanship
- Kelvin J. Randall
- Hastings Rashdall's Doctrine of Atonement
- Margaret J. Rayner
- The Finger of God
- Tim Belben
- On Being Disabled
- Michael N. Marsh
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Vol 53:4 October 2012 - Editor: Adrian Thatcher
Patriotism - Special Edition in association with Lincoln Theological Institute at the University of Manchester
- The Value of Limited Loyalty: Christianity, the Nation, and Territorial Boundaries
- Nigel Biggar
- Patriotism, Nationhood and Neighbourhood
- Stephen Backhouse
- Being the Enemy Within: Re-asserting Black 'Otherness' as a Riposte to the Homogeneous Construct of Whiteness
- Anthony G. Reddie
- Patriotism Good - Nationalism Bad? The News from Scotland
- Doug Gay
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Modern Believing editorial October 2012
Introduction by Peter Manley Scott
from Modern Believing Vol 53:4
Patriotism
As I write, Danny Boyle's opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics - titled Isles of Wonder - is receiving plaudits from around the world. Its soundtrack is the best selling album on iTunes in several European countries, and no. 5 in USA. It is not clear whether the opening ceremony contained a strong narrative. Certainly, however, it was a creative effort to celebrate 'Britishness' over the last 300 years. Perhaps a lack of a strong narrative indicates how elusive 'Britishness' is. Nor were religious themes absent: 'Jerusalem' and 'Abide with Me' featured prominently.
Modern Believing editorial July 2012
by Adrian Thatcher
from Modern Believing Vol 53:3
This edition
Regular readers of Modern Believing will recognise familiar names in this edition, devoted to a miscellany of contributions. One article, commemorating the late John Hick, was commissioned. Alan Race, its author, guest edited the edition of Modern Believing devoted to the centenary of the World Mission Conference at Edinburgh in 2010 [51.3].
Modern Believing editorial April 2012
by Adrian Thatcher
from Modern Believing Vol 53:2
This edition
The six articles in this edition are arranged in three couplets. The first couplet consists of two major papers from the Modern Church conference last July. How is our Bible reading able to be enhanced by the deep engagement of the imagination? Gerard Loughlin and Christopher Rowland help to answer that question in their articles on 'The Bible and Film' and on 'William Blake and the King James Bible'. The second couplet consists of critical commentaries on a pair of dubious ecclesiastical ventures. Justin Lewis-Anthony demolishes 'Ministry Development Review', exercising wit and wisdom in equal measure. His essay reminded me of Stephen Pattison's devastating critique of managerialism, The Faith of the Managers: When Management becomes Religion (Cassell, 1997). Jonathan Clatworthy continues a run of articles against the proposed Anglican Covenant, taking up and refuting the Thatcherite tactic of claiming 'There Is No Alternative' ('TINA', she used to be called, as readers will remember). There is an alternative to the Covenant, and it can be read here.
Modern Believing editorial January 2012
by Adrian Thatcher
from Modern Believing Vol 53:1
New Editor
I am pleased and honoured to have been invited by the Standing Committee of Modern Church to become the new editor of Modern Believing. My first task is to convey the thanks of all readers of the Journal to my predecessor, Prof. Paul Badham. Paul has served the Journal well. His breadth of theological knowledge and interest, and his wise counsels and judgements, will be missed. He will continue to be a book reviewer and peer-reviewer for the Journal, and a member of Modern Church. I have edited books before, but never a journal. It is a daunting task. So I ask readers to be patient with their new Editor. There is also a new Editorial Assistant, Mrs. Caroline Major, and we both need to learn a lot more about our new jobs and grow into our respective roles.