A guide to liberal faith: from a liberal
Most people are surprised when I tell them that I am a man of faith. Not because I’m some sort of deviant who left the rails of righteousness many years ago, but because I’ve always portrayed myself as a man…
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What Does Easter Mean?
It’s that time of year again, already! The darkness of winter is behind us and we’re all settling down to tuck into our favourite brands of chocolate, in front of whatever trash ITV has deemed worthy of being the “bank…
Would Jesus have been a Liberal Democrat?
A slightly strange title I’ll admit, but as a prelude to my Master’s dissertation “Is God a Lib Dem?” (if my title is accepted by the faculty powers-that-be), I thought I’d go back to my academic roots and spend a bit…
Setting the Record Straight on “Islamic” Extremism
As part of my school’s PSHCEE (that’s Personal Social Health Citizenship Economic Education) programme, year 7s and year 10s were treated to a day spent learning about different issues pertaining to diversity (year 7s) and work/business (year 10s). I initially…
God and the Big Bang
This essay was written as part of my Master’s degree and looks at the way in which God may be understood in a contemporary context, with relation to the Big Bang cosmological understanding of the origins of the universe. 1.0…