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Available from Isaac Publishing Hated without a Reason: The Remarkable story of Christian persecution over the centuries Patrick Sookhdeo, Isaac Publications, April 2019. 272pp £10.00 In his interim report on the persecution of Christians, commissioned by the Foreign Office (CEN report February 8th) and published on May 3rd, the Bishop of Truro likened the current persecution
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Available from Barnabas Fund Meditations and Prayers This book of 98 meditations and prayers is intended to help the reader encounter God and His love in a variety of situations, whether joyful praise or sorrow, loneliness, rejection, despair or even imminent death.
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Available from Isaac Publishing Spirituality, Structures, Society and Sects A detailed study of the practices, family life, social structures, spirituality and sects of Muslims today. Including extensive quotations from Islamic sources, the book is especially suitable for those seeking an in-depth understanding of Islam, and covers the range from conservative and political Islam to folk Islam
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Available from Grove Books Limited Over the last 6 months our Co-Dean of Graduate Programmes, Canon Dr Chris Sugden edited the following 28 page booklet which was published last week. It has been reviewed by a leading palliative care doctor. COVID-19 Where is God in all this? Greg Forster, Caris Grimes, James Haslam, Michael Langrish, John Pilling
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The article explores how a biblically informed concept of shalom could provide for a thicker theological and conceptual framework for Christian praxis in the Namibian post-apartheid context. It serves as a tentative dialogue starter of how Christians can participate in the social ordering of society, especially in redressing deep levels of social injustice. The author
For the December public lecture by Zoom of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life, Rev Dr Peniel Rajkumar, the Progamme Executive for Inter-Religious Dialogue and Co-operation of the World Council of Churches began by quoting the late Lamin Sanneh: “For all of us pluralism can be a rock of stumbling. For God it
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Over 100 faculty and students of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life joined in their first online annual get together on Thursday July 15 for two and a half hours. Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, the executive director of OCRPL welcomed the doctoral, masters and bachelors students and encouraged them, at whatever stage they completed
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Ministry and Leadership in a Christian Community under Persecution – Archbishop Ben Kwashi Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life Public Lecture given by zoom Friday July 29th at 12 noon GMT I have had a journey with ill-health since 1975 when my kidneys gave way. Shortly after that my house was burnt. With Andrew Boyd I have
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