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My approach to research and teaching
Patrick Sookhdeo’s Research Method
During the recent Stellenbosch DPhil research and methodologies seminar, Professor Patrick Sookhdeo presented a paper on his research methodologies. This paper outlines his approach to research, information, and teaching, and then focuses on two key stages of research: locating and testing the source of information, and then analysing the information.
Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden
The ethically neutral space of altruism and fundraising
Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden on Tuesday June 18, the Governing Body of Murray Edwards College Cambridge met to consider the findings of the Charity Commission into allegations of misconduct by Oxfam’s staff involved in its humanitarian response in Haiti 2011. The College’s President, Dame Barbara Stocking, was Chief Executive of Oxfam in 2011.
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Heads of African Christian Institutions study Islam
More than seventy heads of university theology faculties, principals of theological colleges and directors of national Christian fellowships from twenty countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa met for the nineteenth annual conference of the Network for African Congregational Theology (NetACT) at St Paul’s University Limuru, Kenya, from July 1-5.
African Christian Leadership, Realities, Opportunities and Impact: Eds Robert J Priest and Kirimi Barine
This book, with fifteen contributors, has a clear and openly stated purpose – to assist those investing funds in education and training of leaders for Africa’s churches to know the most fruitful projects in which to place the funds from their foundations and churches.
Bible has ‘no place for
left and right’,
economics conference is told
‘Left’ and ‘right’ political and economic categories cannot be applied to the bible’s economic understanding, and are of little use in addressing society. So concluded a seminar in Campion Hall Oxford on January 16th where biblical scholars and professionals in law and business examined “The Social and Economic Teaching of the Hebrew Scriptures”.
The wounds still bleed after Kandhamal
Sister M. is how we identify her. Ten years after she was gang-raped at the start of the targeted violence against Christian Tribals and Dalits in the Kandhamal district of the state of Orissa, the Catholic Nun of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Mary is still called to court to give evidence, and perhaps identify another man the police have arrested.
GOSPEL MUSIC & MORAL FORMATION
The powerful soul singer will undoubtedly go down in music history. Influenced and inspired by gospel music, Franklin grew up in church. Her father was the minister at New Bethel Baptist Church and this was where Franklin found her God-given gift of singing. This was very important to Franklin so even as she began to develop as an artist, she maintained her gospel roots and influence and never forgot her faith.
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