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The Nicodemist
Casper Denck has a first class degree in Theology and a Masters with distinction in Religion and Politics where his research centred on religion and...
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Gay Marriage is like slavery
The Nicodemist ― Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s senior Catholic cleric has been in the spotlight over a letter he wrote to the Sunday Telegraph criticising the Government’s plans to legalise same-sex marriage. In it he compares the prospect of... (more)
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Posted on Mar 5th, 2012
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Andrew Lansley: Parliamentary Pugilist
The Nicodemist ― It had been billed as the main event, bigger even than the all British bout of Hayes vs Chisora. I am talking, of course, of the battle of the Health and Social Care Bill in the House of Commons last Tuesday. There was a sense of eager anticipation... (more)
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Posted on Mar 4th, 2012
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Islam, Burning Korans, and Twitter
The Nicodemist ― This post began life as a tweet. To be specific, this tweet: Just an idea: rather than killing people over the burning of the Koran, how about spending your time reading and studying it? To which I received a few comments from @thejoeturner who is a... (more)
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Posted on Feb 28th, 2012
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The truth behind the four gospels
The Nicodemist ― HT to Exploring our Matrix for this excellent reconstruction (more)
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Posted on Feb 28th, 2012
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Hauerwas and the Death of War
The Nicodemist ― I have a short piece up on Stanley Hauerwas’ ‘name it and claim it’ theology of peace here. I think having read more of the book in question I am a little harsh but still think there’s an issue of the assumed impeccability of... (more)
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Posted on Feb 28th, 2012
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Mormonism’s Faustian Pact
The Nicodemist ― Article first published as Mormonism’s Faustian Pact on Blogcritics. The Devil is a good capitalist. Well, that’s the way the story goes anyhow. Ever open to increasing his market penetration in the world the Lord of Darkness was scouting... (more)
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Posted on Feb 24th, 2012
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Can a Christian be a Socialist?
The Nicodemist ― Can a Socialist be a Christian? That is the question asked by E Belfort Bax in his 1884 essay Unscientific Socialism. I confess I have not read a great deal of work on the subject so what you will not find here is a reasoned conclusion based on... (more)
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Posted on Feb 19th, 2012
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Shameless self-promotion
The Nicodemist ― Two ‘must read’ links. Well, maybe not must read but two links nonetheless: Article: The Whitney Houston I Never Knew – an article I wrote on celebrity deaths for blogcritics. Kindle book: Educating the Amish – an essay I&... (more)
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Posted on Feb 17th, 2012
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On Abu Quatada
The Nicodemist ― Abu Quatada has been in the news a lot recently, most recently because it looks as though he will be freed from the indefinite immigration detention that had been imposed upon him, following a successful application for bail. The relevant judgement... (more)
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Posted on Feb 11th, 2012
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The Debt Delusion
The Nicodemist ― Mehdi Hasan, Summer of Unrest: The Debt Delusion, Random, (2011). Kindle ebook. The Debt Delusion is a short read, but it is a compelling one. Hasan’s aim is less to advance an economic argument than to question the perceived inevitability of... (more)
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Posted on Feb 6th, 2012
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Hostage in Iraq
The Nicodemist ― Norman Kember, Hostage in Iraq, DLT, 2007. In 2005 Norman Kember, a retired university professor, travelled to Baghdad and joined up with three other individuals: James Loney, Tom Fox and Harmet Singh Sooden as part of a Christian Peacemakers Team... (more)
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Posted on Feb 5th, 2012
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Povertyporn
The Nicodemist ― Having porn in the title of a post is probably an open invitation for spammers so for the sake of clarification I would be grateful if would be subhumans could consider the following disclaimers: If there are beautiful blondes, whether Russian or not... (more)
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Posted on Feb 5th, 2012
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The Bishops March on Westminster
The Nicodemist ― Last Monday the British public were treated to a rare sight – Liberal Democrats voting for something other budget cuts that will have a disproportionate affect on the lower paid and unemployed of the nation. Led by the former leader Paddy... (more)
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Posted on Jan 29th, 2012
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Mennonite Muppies
The Nicodemist ― Book Review: From Martyr to Muppy: A Historical Introduction to Cultural Assimilation Processes of a Religious Minority in the Netherlands – the Mennonites, Amsterdam University Press, (1994). (UK Link) In its earliest manifestations at least... (more)
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Posted on Jan 28th, 2012
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The Time of the Angels
The Nicodemist ― Don Cupitt in his After God: The Future of Religion (which I have to say is an interesting book) summarises much of the book’s thesis in one quote: the historic function of the entire supernatural world of religion was to represent to us the... (more)
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Posted on Jan 23rd, 2012
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