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Category Archives: Ethics
What Pastors Could Learn From Jordan Peterson
Last night, along with a few online friends, I watched this debate on the meaning of life between William Lane Craig, Rebecca Goldstein, and Jordan Peterson, hosted by Wycliffe College. While watching it, and reflecting upon Peterson’s work more generally … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Experience, Culture, Ethics, Society, The Church, Theological
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As One Having Authority
I’ve just posted over on Political Theology Today, discussing the authority with which Jesus spoke and arguing that we need to communicate this authority today: The authoritative word still retains considerable power in our day and age, even though we … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christian Experience, Ethics, Guest Post, Mark, NT, Politics, Scripture, Society, Theological
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Jordan Peterson and Powerful Men
Jordan Peterson’s interview with Cathy Newman on Channel 4 has understandably and deservedly been receiving a lot of attention over the last couple of days. A great many people have expressed their admiration for Peterson’s calm and clarity and, much … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Sex and Sexuality
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Podcast: Equality
Our first podcast of 2018 is on the entirely uncontroversial subject of equality as a Christian value. One of our listeners requested that we devote a show to the topic and, being the reckless fools that we are, we agreed … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Ethics, Philosophy, Podcasts, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological
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Weightless Words on the World Wide Web
Guy Debord, writing in the 1960s, analysed the supplanting of the active and directly lived life of society by the ‘spectacle’, with which members of society passively identify and which they consume. Debord made clear that the spectacle—the mediation of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, On the web, Politics, Society, The Blogosphere
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Schrödinger’s Cat Person
“Cat Person”, a short story from the New Yorker, recently achieved viral status. Within it, Kristen Roupenian tells the tale of a brief yet ill-fated ‘relationship’ between Margot, a twenty-year-old college student and the story’s protagonist, and Robert, a man … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society
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Video: Do We Need an Ecumenical Council on Homosexuality?
My latest Davenant Institute video has just been published. Within it, Brad Belschner and I discuss the question of whether the Church should set up an ecumenical council on the question of homosexuality.
Posted in Church History, Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, Theological
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No, Black Women Didn’t Save Evangelicalism
Freddie deBoer describes a particular sort of unhealthy progressive politics as the ‘politics of deference’: I have personally taken to thinking of a particular kind of misguided progressive political engagement as the politics of deference — that is, the political theory that suggests … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Politics, Society
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Social Media and Subsidiarity
A video of a crying young boy describing his experiences of bullying in school has gone viral over the last day or so, being shared by many millions of people. Dozens of celebrities have responded, and have received glowing press … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, On the web, Society
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Ethical Reflection Upon Violence in American Football
My friend Tony Reinke invited me, along with a number of others, to give some brief thoughts on this issue. Considering what is coming to light regarding the long-term effects of collisions in the game upon the brains of its … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Guest Post
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