Class and evangelicalism in Britain
Introduction There’s a famous TV comedy sketch first broadcast on ‘The Frost Report’ in 1966. John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, conveniently of three different heights, represent the upper,…
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Living virtuously with AI chatbots
Introducing AI chatbots AI chatbots,((For a full list of AI chatbots and the categories of their use, see: <https://originality.ai/blog/ai-chatbot-list>.)) such as ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, are based on Large Language…
The Old Testament prophets and human flourishing
Introduction In the modern world it is very easy to drift through a shallow version of life, experiencing fleeting pleasures, concerned only with the surface. Social media is designed to…
Abuse within evangelical churches and organisations: Addressing the vulnerabilities
‘There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be … unholy, … without self-control, brutal, … lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God … Have nothing…
Dark spiritual encounters and hidden dangers: The enduring wisdom of classical theology
Introduction G. K. Chesterton, creator of the Father Brown stories and author of Orthodoxy, came within a few steps of becoming a worshipper, not of God, but the devil. In…
A Christian response to chronic pain
What is chronic pain? As anyone who has quickly let go of a saucepan that is too hot to handle knows, acute pain can be useful. Indeed, the absence of…
The ethic of innocence: lessons from early nineteenth-century Christian moral reformers
Introduction Momentous cultural shifts took place during early nineteenth-century Britain (circa 1790 to 1840). Attitudes to public morality were transformed and Christian moral reformers were at the forefront of these…
Pastoral care for the common good: How the Church can respond better in the next pandemic
Introduction In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new edition of The Tyranny of Merit: What’s become of the common good? (2021) was published. Its author, Michael Sandel, a…
The loneliness of the digitally connected
The paradox of loneliness in a digital age Ours is perhaps the most socially connected generation in history. We live in an age when people can communicate almost instantaneously by…
Reimagining church buildings
As Christians, our approach to church buildings speaks volumes about our engagement with the world and those around us.