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One autism story, two autism theories, many autism gifts
Full text linkThis article reflects on how autism interacts with the Christian faith and the Church. From considerations of the lived experience of the author’s son, who has autism, tensions are noted between the two main theoretical stances which are commonly applied to autism and how this has a bearing on a ‘theology of autism’. Of these two stances, it is suggested that ‘Intense World’ theory is more useful because it treats autistic people with greater empathy; ironically, an aspect that an ‘impaired’ Theory of Mind suggests they lack. This has implications for how the Church can learn from and be enriched by neurodiverse people
"Autism and the Church: Bible, Theology, and Community" by Grant Macaskill
No full textReview ofGrant Macaskill, Autism and the Church: Bible, Theology, and Community (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019), pp. x + 236, ISBN: 978-1481311250
"Strong Female Character" by Fern Brady
No full textReview ofFern Brady, Strong Female Character (London: Brazen, 2023), pp. 288, ISBN 978-1914240447. £16.9
Starve or Surrender: Sanctions as a Siege Warfare Strategy in the Syrian Conflict
Full text linkEconomic sanctions increasingly represent the foreign policy tool of choice for governments and international organisations seeking to address some of the world\u27s most pressing political and security challenges. While framed as a peaceful tool of international governance, sanctions have the potential to be as lethal as conventional warfare with severe anguish and suffering for targeted population. Taking Syria as a case study and conceptualizing sanctions as a siege warfare, the article investigates the humanitarian harm that sanctions have imposed on Syrian civilians. The article demonstrates how sanctions have damaged the welfare of innocent civilians and undermined their access to food, water, and medical care. It also shows the limitation of humanitarian exemptions and argues that sanctions run contrary to their stated goals
Ten Minutes for the Proposition "God is"
Full text linkWhen we say ‘God exists’, we grapple with having our center outside ourselves. The proposition is not a theory about the universe which cancels our anxiety by securing for us a stable place in the cosmos. The proposition ‘God exists’ is a way of reconciling ourselves to a fundamental insecurity; we are always in the place of Othello. We must either depend on a word given to us, even in the absence of any external guarantee, or else we refuse this word and destroy ourselves
"Participation and Atonement: An Analytic and Constructive Account " by Oliver D. Crisp and "Total Atonement: Trinitarian Participation in the Reconciliation of Humanity and Creation" by W. Ross Hastings
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Oliver D. Crisp, Participation and Atonement: An Analytic and Constructive Account (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2022), pp. xi + 259, ISBN 978-0801049965. £19.99
W. Ross Hastings, Total Atonement: Trinitarian Participation in the Reconciliation of Humanity and Creation (London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), pp. 320, ISBN 978-1978702158. £35.0
Post-Brexit Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements: Problems and Solutions
Full text linkThe reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments is key for the globalised economy in which we live. Post-Brexit, there has been a significant change in the legal infrastructure that formerly allowed for the recognition and enforcement of judgments between the EU Member States with the removal of the United Kingdom from the Brussels regime. The article assesses the implications of the loss of the Brussels I Recast Regulation (BIRR) for the recognition and enforcement between Scottish and EU Member State courts and critically analyse the potential post-Brexit replacements for cooperation. To reach a conclusion, Part I compares the BIRR to the existing Scots law, Part II analyses whether the Lugano II Convention would have satisfactorily replaced the BIRR and Part III determines the potential of the Hague Conventions as a way forward. Reference is made to conventions and Regulations, case law, academic commentary and other reports on this area of law. The article concludes by proposing the best option going forward for the recognition and enforcement of judgments between the UK and EU as being a bespoke UK-EU treaty, with the 2019 Hague Convention providing a temporary solution
