A blog about my other blog . . . go figure
On the other blog I have - which is dedicated to the series of conversations I encourage at the church at which I am minister has had an interesting series of conments that are not unrelated to stuff I post here. So, the absence of a blog here (Susanna and I are still surrounded by boxes), this surrogate blog might be of interest to readers of this one.Ah, the new technology, what interesting things it cause us to do.
Other news just in. I've been asked to do some more teaching for the Woolf Institute with the Metropolitan Police and have also been asked to convene a group within the East of England Faiths Council to explore some of the underlying philosophical/theological questions that often get bypassed in the pressing rush to manage a great number of practical projects. This ties in with a project I have going to set up a secular institute in Cambridge which will look at the role of religion in the public space. This is a long term project - so don't hold your breath for immediate news - but I'm getting some interesting positive responses from various people in academia and government. So, we'll see . . .
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Some helpful advice on moving house that I received is to put up your favourite picture as soon as possible after moving in - then it feels more like home.
The key thing in the institute I'm trying to organise would be its desire to critique VERY strongly the theology and philosophy of any group that wishes to influence public policy. It seems to me that many religious views are deeply problematic and incoherent and do not contribute to the common good yet, in our present public culture the critical element is often lacking - hidden as it is behind a mistaken understanding of in what consists a genuine form of toleration and openness.