The Olive Branch - 2022

Meeting at the Olive cafe:  Richard Lawrence, Sharon Ross Ensor and Alistair McBride

December, 2022

https://seeds.libsyn.com/justice-joe-williams

Sharon Ross Ensor introduces the podcast:

The Karakia, 'Whakataka te Hau', Judge Joseph Williams


Transcript of the podcast talk from Judge Joseph Williams


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November, 2022

'The prayers, tears and joys of Don Cupitt: Non-realist, post-Christian spirituality under scrutiny'

Biernot, D & Lombaard, C., 2018, The prayers, tears and joys of Don Cupitt: Non-realist, post-Christian spirituality under scrutiny', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 74 (3),
a4971.htts://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v7413.4971



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October 2022

Neil Darragh, Doing Theology Ourselves, Accent Publications

Alistair McBride introduces Chapter One

A free copy of this book can be found at Accent
https://www.accentpublications.co.nz/product/doing-theology-ourselves/

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October, 2022
Chartwell Co-operating Church Land Story, by Seddon Polglase and Brian Ensor

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September, 2022
'Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity'
WCC booklet for the 11th General Assembly, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 2022


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September, 2022

Thomas Moore, Introduction - The Planet in the Window, A Religion of One's Own, 2014.

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August, 2022

Awhi Mai, Awhi Atu - Women in Creation Care Editor - Silvia Purdie. Philip Garside Publishing Ltd (2022),  Wellington, New Zealand, 

Sharon Ensor introduces this fine book, focussing on the contribution from one of the thirty authors - Absolutely Abundant:  Jill McDonald. It's informative and inspirational.

This chapter is a 'taster'.  The book can be purchased from Silvia Purdie, at silvia.purdie@gmail.com
Highly recommended.

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July, 2022

Conspiracy Theories as part of history: The role of societal crisis situations 
Jan-Willem van Prooijen & Karen M Douglas (2017)


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July, 2022

Introduction to Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast
Philip P. Arnold & Sandra Bigtree

Alistair McBride introduces the podcast.  Script and link below.

https://podcast.doctrineofdiscovery.org/

https://podcast.doctrineofdiscovery.org/episodes/episode-0/


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June, 2022


Ethics - It's About the People, Ashley Bloomfield, a chapter in Human Good, ed. Jd Nodder, 2021, pp.9-15

Sharon Ross Ensor introduces this chapter in an interview with Richard Lawrence

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May, 2022

'The Story I tell Myself', last chapter of Richard Holloways', Stories We Tell Ourselves, Canongate, 249pp, 2020

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May, 2022

My Emerging Theology,  Byron Rangiwai 

Richard Lawrence (Introduction), with Alistair McBride

'My Emerging Theology', Te Kaharoa, vol. 11, 2018, ISSN 1178-6035, pp. 338-365, by Byron Rangiwai

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April, 2022

Squid Game for our Souls - A Battle to the Death between an Atheist and a Christian, David Farrier (PDF below)
Emphasis on the section - Religion is Good by Frank Ritchie

Sharon Ross Ensor (Introduction), with Richard Lawrence, PDF article pp. 8ff.

The Olive Branch:  a group of three people - Sharon Ross Ensor,  Alistair McBride and Richard Lawrence - who meet monthly in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton, at a cafe called Olive, taking turns to choose an article, book chapter, or some such, usually on theology or current events, for discussion over coffee.

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March, 2022

A Declaration on the 'Russian World' (RUSSKII MIR) Teaching - Orthodox theologians

Alistair McBride (Comment), with Richard Lawrence


A Declaration on the 'Russian World' (RUSSKII MIR) Teaching - Orthodox theologians (PDF below)

A background statement on the Declaration - link
https://mailchi.mp/8199f7740b4c/ocsc-spring-updates-14172292?e=8f8689449a

Next Year in Kyiv - When it comes to Russian Orthodoxy, Kyiv is essentially Jerusalem - Diana Butler Bass (PDF below)


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February- March, 2022 


The COVID-19 dilemma:  how to maintain physical distance without sacrificing pastoral closeness

Dr Daniel Nuzum

Richard Lawrence (Comment), with Sharon Ross Ensor

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