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A new ecclesia founded on glebe
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The term ‘quahal’ (translated into English as ‘assembly’, ‘congregation’ or ‘company’) appears about one hundred times in the Old Testament, mostly in rather late strata. According to Gottwald it is ‘an instrument by which Israelites come together to reach collective decisions and to carry out ceremonial activities’. When the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek…
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The Christian attitude to nature
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Christian theologian Tim Gorringe argues that “To trash or seek to dominate this Creation is not simply unethical but is ‘the most horrid blasphemy’” In his recent blog “Fellow Creatures” Colin Tudge suggests that the traditional Christian attitude to the natural world is inadequate, not to say flawed. Christians, he says, take their lead from…