Call for papers: synchroblog on Christian approaches to health care

There is to be a synchroblog on “Christian approaches to health care” on Monday 31 August 2009.
That is when various people write blog posts on the same general topic at the same time, and put links to the other posts, so you can surf through them and see several different views.
Update: The Synchroblog is now [...]

Clericalism and creatives

TallSkinnyKiwi, who was described by Dallas Morning News in a 1998 article as “Postmodern Apostle to the Cultural Creatives” has written an interesting blog post about clergy and Cultural Creatives, in which he raises issues of clericalism and ecclesiology. Tall Skinny Kiwi: The 1% Clergical Elite and the 10% Cultural Creative Leadership:
But back to the [...]

Lobbying is theft

A couple of weeks ago I commented about the ethical assumptions that seemed to lie behind a statement I found on another blog, that “universal healthcare is theft”. Now Liz Dyer has drawn my attention to this:
Daily Dose – Lobbyists Spend Millions to Influence Health Care:
Drugmakers, hospitals and insurers continued to pour millions of dollars [...]

Arthur or Martha?

The controversy over the sex of athlete Caster Semenya has revealed that her sex is not the only thing in doubt.
Some journalists have written as though what is in doubt is her gender. But from reported accounts from her parents her gender is fairly masculine. As a child she was a tom-boy, played with boys, [...]

Health, disease, theology and politics

A few days ago I wrote in a blog post about theological objections to a phrase I had read on someone’s blog — “universal health care is theft”. It sparked off one of the biggest exchanges of comments this blog has had, though many of the comments seemed to miss the point entirely. But the [...]

The reconciliation of opposites?

I read two different blog posts this morning, and was struck by the contrast between them.
In one Tom Smith writes about ubuntu:
The church is so often like a medical scheme that screens those out who will be taxing on comfort.  We become friends … to a point.  Yesterday I had a wonderful response to the [...]

Canadian Anglicans and self-determining ministry

Anglican Journal: Indigenous Anglicans urged to pursue their dream of self-determining ministry:A native Hawaiian from The Episcopal Church has strongly encouraged indigenous Anglicans gathered here to pursue their dream of building a self-determining indigenous Anglican church in Canada.
“For some the vision of a Promised Land can be so overwhelming, but I believe for many of [...]

Evangelism versus proselytism

A Roman Catholic bishop from Nigeria, Cardinal Francis Arinze, recently noted the difference between evangelism and proselytism – Evangelise don’t proselytise: Arinze – CathNews:
He stressed a difference between evangelisation and proselytism, saying that evangelisation refers to sharing the Christian faith, bringing the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ to people who freely and willingly [...]

Self-evident truths and moral turpitude

“We hold these truths to be self-evident…” so said the framers of the US Declaration of Independence. And some of their fellow countrymen seem even today to hold certain beliefs as self-evident truths.
Here’s one I came across the other day:

Universal healthcare is theft
from A conservative blog for peace
Now it could be argued that such a [...]

Look what’s emerging

This morning I wanted to have a look at the Emerging Africa blog to see what’s emerging in African Christianity, and what do I find but this.
Has someone found a way to hijack Amatomu, or has the blog been sold to the highest bidder?