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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