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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Too Long; Didn’t Read
About a couple of weeks ago, Matt Lee Anderson posted a 5,000 word piece over on Mere Orthodoxy, ‘The Distortions of Progressive Christians: How Religious Liberty is in Danger’. It was a characteristically thoughtful post: Matt carefully and methodically constructed … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, On the web, The Blogosphere
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Open Mic Thread 35
The open mic thread is where you have the floor and can raise or discuss issues of your choice. There is no such thing as off-topic here. The comments of this thread are free for you to: Discuss things that you … Continue reading
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The Need for Practical Reason in the Abortion Debates
A guest post of mine has just been published on Political Theoology Today (for a change, it is not in the Politics of Scripture series). Theoretical reason concerning the good can often advance with a determined sureness of deductive steps … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, In the News, Politics, Society
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Podcast: After Obergefell
The latest Mere Fidelity podcast has just gone online. This week, the full cast are back to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage. Among other things, we discuss the differences between US and UK responses to the legalization … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, In the News, Podcasts, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society
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Beyond the Abortion Wars
The subject of abortion has been an extremely live one over the last few weeks, as the public has been shocked by a series of secretly recorded videos that have challenged both the legality and the morality of the practices … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Podcasts, Society
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Open Mic Thread 34
The open mic thread is where you have the floor and can raise or discuss issues of your choice. There is no such thing as off-topic here. The comments of this thread are free for you to: Discuss things that you … Continue reading
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A Date for the Diary
I am sure that many of you remember last year’s stimulating Future of Protestantism conversation (I gave some detailed reflections on it here). If you do, I am sure you will be excited to discover that, this year, the Torrey … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Culture, The Church, Theological
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How the Internet Has Brought Us Too Close Together (and the Wisdom of Trolls)
A couple of days ago, Scot McKnight posted on the subject of ‘crowdpounding’ and ‘crowdaffirming’, remarking upon the treatment of both Ellen Pao (Reddit’s Former CEO) and Julie Rodgers. McKnight traces these phenomena back to the underlying dynamic of ‘groupthink’: … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, On the web, The Blogosphere
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Holiday in Marseilles
I’ve just returned from a thoroughly enjoyable and very memorable week with my brother and sister-in-law in Marseilles. The following are some pictures of my visit (I might add some video of swimming in the Calanques and of the fireworks … Continue reading
Posted in My Doings, Photos, What I'm Doing
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Open Mic Thread 33
The open mic thread is where you have the floor and can raise or discuss issues of your choice. There is no such thing as off-topic here. The comments of this thread are free for you to: Discuss things that you … Continue reading
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Alastair's Adversaria 