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Around the World – In 80 Faiths
It seems the TV channels are competing to pack the airwaves with religion lately. Perhaps its related to the upwelling of militant atheism and cooky creationists; maybe its something else. But over the past few weeks Rev. Pete Owen Jones’ series on various faith traditions and their rituals has been on BBC. You can watch [...]
Christianity A History On Channel 4
Over the past few weeks Channel 4 has offered a series they call “Christianity A History” where different personalities from different perspectives explore a particular element of Christian history. The series began with Howard Jacobson’s look at “Jesus the Jew”. Michael Portillo’s installment examines the interplay between the church and the Roman empire. Robert Beckford [...]
Archaeology, History of the Bible
This NOVA program on biblical archaeology and history is rather interesting – you can watch what appears to be the whole program in convenient segments here. Tweet
Spread The Love
Last week, I think it was, I posted about encouraging other OC/IC ISM scholars and talented others to publish more – to make our voices available and heard not only within our community, but also within a wider audience. I’d like to take this moment to draw your attention to the work of a close [...]
You Might Enjoy . . .
Recently I’ve been enjoying the Guardian’s Comment Is Free: Belief section which can only be found online. Tweet
Following The Thread: Publishing Within
Here then, is the link to the “publishing arm” of our friends at the ICCC in Philadelphia – at present they’ve produced a couple of prayerbooks and their own collection of canons. Tweet
What Does It Mean To Be A Christian?
I came across this vid over at Emergent Village and it started me thinking again about what it means to belive, why we believe, and how we express and share that conviction in the little things – daily life. Interestingly enough, this vid is also closely tied in with yesterday’s post on helping the poor [...]
Sin & Repentance
I’m a fan of PBS’s Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – this week they had a really thoughtful interview exploring sin and repentance – well worth watching (or reading). Here’s the link. Tweet
Migne PG Online
I’m a big fan of the Internet Archive – it’s where we store the interviews for the Indie Voices Archive, it is also where I store my other vids too. The Internet Archive is great for another reason – there are loads of 19th and early 20th century theology resources there, available free to all. [...]
Being Reasonable
With the recent flood of media attention on the emerging “Fundamentalist Atheism”, and the renewed debate between faith and reason this recent New Scientist segment exploring the pros, cons, and pitfalls of reason is rather timely. Contributors include the Abp. of Canterbury, Noam Chomsky, and the artist Keith Tyson. Tweet
Life, Links & Das Elefant
It’s always nice to come across useful resources online. I thought I’d share these couple with you by way of saying: “I’m still here, and Oh, check these out . . . “Religion News Service – their tagline is that they are a secular news service dedicated to unbiased reporting of religious news. As many [...]
Extreme Pilgrim: Into the Desert
The third and final insatllment of Pete Owen-Jones’ series on spirituality is really rather good. Indeed it seems to me that while all three were interesting they got better as the series progressed. The show aired this past Friday – you can still view it by clicking here for the next few days at least. [...]
Conversion: A Bit of Reading
You may remember earlier posts here about conversion. I’ve long found it unsettling how the wider OC/IC community does not often encourage, or talk about converting from X to and OC/IC identity. What is interesting is that in a number of the interviews I’ve conducted for the Indie Voices Archive this topic has been raised [...]
Extreme Pilgrim: The Hindu Experience
Last Friday’s episode of Extreme Pilgrim (which you can view by clicking here – for the next few days at least) was far better than the first. The Rev. Pete Owen Jones became a sadhu for a few weeks. The first portion of the show is the rather chaotic process of getting connected to the [...]
Extreme Pilgrim Series – Hmmm Interesting
The BBC is now airing a new series by the Anglican Vicar Pete Owen Jones – I’ve enjoyed his earlier series and looked forward to seeing this one. Extreme Pilgrim is a three part exploration of the disjunction between lived spirituality and the life we lead in modern Western society. What is more he makes [...]
All Is Not Lost – Welcome 2008
No, I’ve not abandoned you! A belated Nativity post will appear soon; a timely Theophany post is also coming. Also my community is participating in this year’s Clergy Letter Project by producing a video exploring issues of science and religion (that won’t appear until the second week of February). So, “What did baby Jesus bring [...]
Lets Talk about . . . .
Dinosaurs! Yes, you read it right, dinosaurs. According to the recently opened Creation Museum (your tithe money well spent!) There were dinos on Noah’s Ark! But ya gotta read about it in John Spalding’s review . . .erm . . .”edit” . . .of Zondervan’s Beginner’s Bible – I laughed until I cried – and [...]
Great Post!
Rev. Tom has a great post over on his blog Sacredos In Aeternum – go check it out. Tweet
Fab Music!
I’m not generally one to recommend music – but during our recent trip to Paris we happened into a music shop and discovered the work of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, directed by Paul Hillier. My interest was in their Eastern Christian chant – a particular passion of mine. The shop assistant (we think noticing [...]