July 29, 2018 by

Extract – The Place of Reason in Christian Ethics

The specification states “Christian ethics must be a combination of biblical teaching, Church teaching and human reason”. The specification omits to mention…

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July 29, 2018 by

Extract – The Commands of Christ

Under ‘Knowledge” the specification states “Jesus’ only command was to love and that human reason must decide how best to apply this”. However…

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July 27, 2018 by

Extract Revelation 20 & 21

Revelation 20:2-6 New King James Version (NKJV) 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound…

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July 11, 2018 by

Extract – Liberation Theology and a new view of man

source Joseph Laishley As Gutierrez puts it: Theology as critical reflection on historical praxis is a liberating theology…it does not stop with…

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July 5, 2018 by

Suggested Reading: Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith 1984

source The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a message of freedom and a force for liberation. In recent years, this essential…

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July 5, 2018 by

Extract – Evangelii Nuntiandi 1975

source Papal Encyclical Evangelii Nuntiando 1975 29. But evangelisation would not be complete if it did not take account of the…

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July 5, 2018 by

Extract Jon Sobrino and A Preferential Option for the Poor

source Thang Nhat Nguyen – A Preferential option for the poor in Jon Sobrino’s Theology As Gustavo Gutiérrez asserts, “theology must…

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July 5, 2018 by

Extract Hegel on Objectification and Alienation

source For Hegel, what all human beings have in common – what makes them human – is ‘mind’ (reason, thought). Moreover,…

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July 5, 2018 by

Extract: An Analysis of No Religion

source It is easy to imagine the rise of ‘no religion’ being driven by personal crises of faith in which adults…

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June 11, 2018 by

Extract: CS Lewis on Natural Theology

I was taught at school, when I had done a sum, to “prove my answer”. The proof or verification of my…

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