OCRPL, including its undergraduate wing The Shepherd’s Academy, is in grave danger. Will you help save the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life? Will you pray and act to preserve its vital ministry to train and equip Christian leaders from the Global South, especially those who are poor and marginalised? In February this year […]
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Book Review: Oden, Thomas C. How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2010 pp.203 The African Seedbed of Western Christianity Rarely does one come across a book that grips you like, HOW AFRICA SHAPED THE CHRISTIAN MIND REDISCOVERING THE AFRICAN SEEDBED OF WESTERN CHRISTIANITY. Reading
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Recent happenings at Nexcus, the International Board of Barnabas Aid, are deeply concerning. The Founders of Barnabas Aid were hurriedly removed from the International Board without notice. Furthermore, the Malaysia Board representative was also removed, and there is no transparency regarding the internal happenings inside the organization. Nic Ng, the Chairman of Barnabas Aid, Malaysia,
Menon, Paul Sudhakar, Seeking God, Seeking Moksha: The Teaching of Shri Krishna & Jesus Christ, Pippa Ran Books and Media, UK, 2020, 175pp. This is a short book which engages with two teachings that have and are presently influencing a significant population of the world – namely the followers of the teachings of the Lord
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Let’s be clear, we need spiritual heroes. Heroes have grit and they inspire. They model and lead. Most importantly they have a heart of sacrifice. No one has said it better than Aunt May in Spiderman 2: “We need a hero, courageous sacrificing people, setting examples for all of us… I believe there is a hero
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I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our
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Hedlund E Roger, Christianity Made in India: From Apostle Thomas to Mother Theresa (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017), 280pp. Did you know Christianity in India existed even much before the arrival of the Christian faith in much of Europe? The Christian faith has been prominent in India since the Christian Era. Despite what some continue to
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The everyday experience of Indian-Christians is that of a wholesome identity that is at once Indian and Christian. The history of the indigenisation of Indian Christian identity is largely unknown to most of us. India became free and independent on 15 Aug 1947. It was a forward step (to use Jawaharlal Nehru’s words) toward greater
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Book Review: Heidi A. Campbell and Stephen Garner’s Networked Theology: Negotiating Faith in Digital Culture. This book provides practical guidance on using technology effectively to foster spiritual development, strengthen communication and community building, and move the church closer to achieving its mission. Read More… Introduction Digital culture is shaping our everyday life. Heidi A. Campbell and Stephen Garner’s Networked
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Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, founder and International Director of Barnabas Aid, has received awards from three organisations in the Majority (that is, non-Western) world. “I am greatly honoured and greatly humbled to receive this recognition from organisations representing some of the marginalised communities of the non-Western world,” said Dr Sookhdeo. “I do not undertake my work
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