Brontes' "Eternal Powers"
The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…
Is Christianity a Body-Hating Worldview?
Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion[1] is probably the most well known, or notorious, of the populist atheist manifestos that have…
The Way
'El Camino de Santiago' or 'the Way of St. James' spans 800km across France and Spain. With its destination believed to be the burial place…
Getting Out of My Head - the Problem of Introspection
Many people today describe that they are 'living inside their own head'. This describes a state of disconnection from reality outside of…
Lady Gaga
I'm not sure exactly what makes someone a phenomenon, but anyone who has managed to win 62 music awards in two years and has produced a…
What is Spiritual?
Most people are comfortable with the idea that "spiritual = supernatural". The supernatural is invisible. Does this mean that when we…
Power Against People: A Christian Critique of the State
The following is an extract from Philip Vander Elst's full paper of the same title. The whole paper can be downloaded from the link on the…
Thinking Christianly About Politics
A politician, a surgeon, an electrical engineer and an anaesthetist once entered into a discussion about which of them represented the…
Avatar
The statistics are every bit as mind-boggling as the spectacle. A reported budget of $280,000,000 makes James Cameron’s Avatar one of…