... On this, she argues, ‘the problem is that the texts do not support the claim’. She offers alternative readings of scenes such as the ... that ‘prompt us to see the world otherwise’ and question our presuppositions, and that challenge us to respond. This leads to a ...
... Mbeki was removed from the highest office in the country. “Our country deserves better” he said, adding, “I am deeply disturbed that ... Inkatha Freedom Party. This does not mean that Zuma's support base is only among the Zulus. The power-brokers mentioned above are ...
... unjust treatment meted out against Jews by those in power in our country.’ Arthur Seyss-Inquart [1] retaliated by ordering the ... which is the whole of humankind. Some of those who support Brexit do so because they believe that leaving the EU will enable the ...
... in education and medicine. Instead: “Today we carry out our mission in a hostile and conservative Islamic milieu that is increasingly ... more searching questions about how to step up efforts to support the faithful there. In his reports about the disturbances in Pir ...
... here. You see, at once American soldiers are killing our people in Afghanistan and Iraq in their war against Islam. And then you ... foreign money. Various NGOs are falling over themselves to support efforts to make videos against child labour, to raise awareness about ...
... the notion that as Christians we choose to display ashes on our foreheads that day as a sign of hope, must seem quite contradictory to some ... ) Although there has been some support for Nalliah’s stance, many of Australia’s Christians have been ... Beth R Crisp is Associate Professor of Social Work at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia and was recently a visiting ...
... eventually discovers Logue. But her role is always one of support. She never seeks to control or overshadow her husband, but through her ... yet so unlike anything we know, and it takes no effort of our own to suspend disbelief and imagine we are watching the King himself. ...
... to describe the 1st Century world of Jesus were made to support uncritical supersessionist or replacement theologies. In the wake of ... answer is given in terms of human sin, the original sin of our first parents and the ‘vices and crimes which people have committed from ...
... to the reader from the title of the gospel (1:1). But our congratulations turn sour when we find Jesus using a new name for Peter; no ... (9:2-8). Peter also failed at Gethsemane when Jesus sought support from him and his companions. Jesus complained, ‘Simon, are you ...
... is that what has been revealed is a gift to us. It is not of our making. What we believe is not something that we have somehow managed to ... but would not allow him to offer them moral and pastoral support. What today is taken for granted was seen then as a radical reform. In ...
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