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“Mission, Race, and Empire: The Episcopal Church in Global Context” by Jennifer C. Snow
No full textReview of Jennifer C. Snow, Mission, Race, and Empire: The Episcopal Church in Global Context (New York: Oxford University Press, 2024), pp. viii + 360, ISBN 978-0197598948. £25.9
The Passing Time of Pastimes
Full text linkThis autoethnography explores stop motion animation, a traditional, time-intensive means of granting motion to inanimate objects and drawings by individually arranging each frame. Though it can, pragmatically, be replaced by modern technology, it remains a distinct medium with a unique capacity for expressing a certain existential, and material humor. In the author’s use of the medium the process melds with the practice of procrastination, engaging with the conjunction of the passive and the active, when work is unjustified by a ‘productive’ result, and rendered valuable only by the process itself
Conflict Absorption and the Paradox of State Power in Syria
Full text linkThe study of post-colonial Syrian statehood has been interested in the relational power of institutions and varied social forces in shaping state power. In this paper, I ask how the conflict represents a distinct period of state formation in which state power was oriented around conflict management. I make two interrelated arguments that address this question. First, the normalization and bureaucratization of the logic of war reveal patterns of conflict absorption that orient state power around protracted conflict and the punishment of state enemies. Conflict absorption created the conditions for the recruitment of new elite networks, reconfigurations of local power centers, and the institutionalization of enmity against state enemies. Second, the tension between regime claims of victory and Syria’s continued territorial fragmentation highlight the paradox of state power. The regime was simultaneously strong enough to control most of Syria’s territory but too weak to reincorporate larger areas that remained outside of its control. The regime’s collapse in December 2024 reveals both the limits of conflict management strategies and the myriad challenges future political authorities have in reconstituting state capacity
Anti-Eurocentric Eurocentrism? The pitfalls of a \u27shallow\u27 approach to epistemological revision
No full textThis essay by guest author Ben Brent investigates the subtle ways in which Eurocentrism can be reproduced in what otherwise appear to be anti-Eurocentric, decolonial theory. Distinguishing between “shallow” and “foundational” anti-Eurocentrism, the decentering approach pursued by some anti-Eurocentric authors is analysed in juxtaposition with the stronger position which forms the kernel of much decolonial theorising. A more “foundational” anti-Eurocentrism does, however, entail its own problems for global thought: namely, the reproduction and circulation of knowledge in a more pluriversal geopolitical context. Decoloniality is the only paradigm that offers a foundational break from Eurocentrism, opposed to a revisionism which rearticulates some of Eurocentrism’s core historical and ideological premises
Book Review: Wilson, C & Wilson R. (2025). University and You: Strengthening Your Skills and Developing Your Potential
No full textThis review presents the book University and You: Strengthening Your Skills and Developing Your Potential, which is a recent publication offering advice to students who may be new to the context of UK-based university study. This review introduces the layout and main foci of this book and offers an evaluation of its utility as a practical guidebook for students taking their first steps into UK higher education
Editorial: Suffering and Evil
Full text linkThis issue of Theology in Scotland examines theological perspectives on suffering and its relationship to evil and consider how Christian communities can respond both in meaningful and creative ways. The work in this issue engages directly with the lived realities of evil and suffering, without evading them or abstracting God\u27s presence within them. Instead, it reminds us that theology, whether shaped in churches, classrooms, or everyday life, can, at its best, offer meaningful insight in the face of relentless hardship. Just as past theologians wrestled with the brokenness of the world, we too must stay engaged with the pressing issues of our time. 
“The Courage to Speak: Sex, Sexuality and the Church” by Alasdair Black
No full textReview ofAlasdair Black, The Courage to Speak: Sex, Sexuality and the Church (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2025), pp. xi + 218, ISBN 978-1739484583. £13.0
“The Eclipse of Christianity: And Why It Matters” by Rupert Shortt
No full textReview ofRupert Shortt, The Eclipse of Christianity: And Why It Matters (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2024), pp. xii + 356, ISBN 978-1399802741. £12.9
“Pagan Religions in 5 Minutes” edited by Suzanne Owen and Angela Puca
No full textReview ofSuzanne Owen and Angela Puca, eds., Pagan Religions in 5 Minutes (Sheffield; Bristol, CT: Equinox, 2024), pp. xi + 224, ISBN 978-1800505254. £22.9