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February 16, 2022
Published by joe on February 16, 2022
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Martyn Percy: Embrace the “Tutufication” of the Church of England Part 3

We are incredibly grateful to the Very Revd Prof Martyn Percy for this series of reflections, which will be added to in the lead up to […]
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February 11, 2022
Rembrandt, The Woman Taken in Adultery, 1644
Published by Jonathan Clatworthy on February 11, 2022
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Girard, Jesus and the defence of the scapegoat

In my last post I described the story about the second century healer Apollonius of Tyana, and how René Girard analysed it as a scapegoating process. […]
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February 9, 2022
Published by joe on February 9, 2022
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Martyn Percy: Embrace the “Tutufication” of the Church of England Part 2

We are incredibly grateful to the Very Revd Prof Martyn Percy for this series of reflections, which will be added to in the lead up to […]
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February 8, 2022
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Published by joe on February 8, 2022
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Phil Groves: LLF, the Anglican Communion and Institutional racism

The Church of England is making concrete steps to move from lamenting historic and present racism to acting to ensure change happens. It is not going […]
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February 2, 2022
Published by joe on February 2, 2022
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Martyn Percy: Twenty-Tutu (2022) is the Year for Leaving Oz Behind – Embrace the “Tutufication” of the Church of England

We are incredibly grateful to the Very Revd Prof Martyn Percy for this series of reflections, which will be added to in the lead up to […]
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January 30, 2022
William Holman Hunt, The Scapegoat, 1854
Published by Jonathan Clatworthy on January 30, 2022
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Girard, Johnson and how we love to hate scapegoats

British public opinion continues to be obsessed with the Prime Minister’s partying during Covid lockdowns. Critics have pointed out that more important things are going on. […]
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January 20, 2022
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Published by joe on January 20, 2022
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Watch Back: Canon Dr Alan Race – ‘Does it matter if Jesus did not think he was divine?’

Thanks to all who joined us for a fascinating final lecture of our Christ and Controversy lecture series.  
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January 18, 2022
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Published by joe on January 18, 2022
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Anthony Woollard: How serious is sin?

Here follows a fabulous paper written by Anthony Woollard, editor of Signs of the Times, which was discussed at the meeting of the Modern Church Forum […]
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January 15, 2022
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Published by Jonathan Clatworthy on January 15, 2022
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What did Jesus actually do?

This is a summary of what Jesus was up to between his baptism by John and his final journey into Jerusalem. It was my sermon for […]
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