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“Character and Virtue in Global Theological Education: An Academic Epistolary Novel” by Marvin Oxenham
No full textReview ofMarvin Oxenham, Character and Virtue in Global Theological Education: An Academic Epistolary Novel (Carlisle: Langham Global Library, 2019), pp. 393, ISBN 978-783686971. £19.9
“SCM Studyguide to Theology in the Contemporary World” by Ben Pugh
No full textReview ofBen Pugh, SCM Studyguide to Theology in the Contemporary World (London: SCM Press, 2017), pp. xi + 207, ISBN 978-0334055747. £19.9
Adam Smith, Thomas Chalmers and the formation of a moral economy
Get PDFThis paper argues that the contemporary church needs to re-engage with the task of training individuals (both within the church and without) to become morally responsible members of commercial society. It examines practices of church involvement in the moral training of secular society advocated by Adam Smith and Thomas Chalmers in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Scotland as potential models for this
Discipleship In the Book of Revelation
Get PDFThis paper examines the terms and conditions of discipleship, which is fundamentally and unmistakably costly. Authentic disciples who faithfully follow the demands of Jesus as specified in the Gospel (Luke 14:27) and put loyalty to the one eternal God above the demands of the state will inevitably encounter opposition and conflict. They may even experience martyrdom; but for those whose uncompromising commitment to their Lord as not merely an “alternate reality” but the ultimate reality to whom all humanity is accountable, the promise is that faithfulness unto death will be rewarded with a crown of life (Rev 2:10)
“In Your Loving is Your Knowing: Elizabeth Templeton – Prophet of Our Times” edited by Peter Matheson and Alastair Hulbert
No full textReview ofPeter Matheson and Alastair Hulbert, eds., In Your Loving is Your Knowing: Elizabeth Templeton – Prophet of Our Times (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2019), pp. xxii + 257, ISBN 978-1780275635. £14.9
“Travels with a Stick: A Pilgrim’s Journey to Santiago de Compostela” by Richard Frazer
No full textReview ofRichard Frazer, Travels with a Stick: A Pilgrim’s Journey to Santiago de Compostela (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2019), pp. 208, ISBN 978-1780275680. £12.9
Justifying prison breaks as civil disobedience
Get PDFI argue that given the persistent injustice present within the Prison Industrial Complex in the United States, many incarcerated individuals would be justiοed in attempting to escape and that these prison breaks may qualify as acts of civil disobedience. After an introduction in section one, section two offers a critique of the classical liberal conception of civil disobedience envisioned by John Rawls. Contrary to Rawls, I argue that acts of civil disobedience can involve both violence and evasion of punishment, both of which are necessary components of prison breaks. In section three I outline the broad circumstances in which escape attempts would be justiοed, which are when individuals have either been incarcerated on unjust grounds (such as coercive plea bargains, draconian laws, or institutionalized discrimination) or when individuals are subject to inhumane conditions within prison (such as physical or sexual abuse, inadequate medical care, and overcrowding). Although this framework is formulated with the U.S. criminal justice system in mind, it is potentially applicable to other instances of incarceration if they’re similarly unjust such as prisons in other countries, migrant detention centers, or psychiatric wards. I then outline four requirements which must be met for these prison breaks to qualify as civil disobedience. First, escape must be attempted as a last resort. Second, violence and other law-breaking must be reasonable, meaning it is done with precision, discretion, and proportion. Third, escapees hold the burden of proving they have been subject to injustice. Fourth and οnally, the act of escape must contain other key components of civil disobedience such as persuasion, communication, and publicity, which will most likely be accomplished via coordination with non-incarcerated individuals. In section four I address the distinction between prison reform and abolition
Preface
No full textWe are pleased to present VOL 11, NO 1 Against All Odds, Intricate Dynamics of Syria’s Reconstruction. This issue of Syria Studies includes five articles; the first three of which were produced as part of a World bank (WB) initiative, while the last (State-led urban development in Syria and the prospects for effective post-conflict reconstruction by Nadine Almanasfi) is a separate study, though clearly pertinent to the content of this issue.
In mid-2018, the Centre for Syrian Studies at the University of St Andrews (CSS) was asked by the WB to contribute to an initiative entitled: Building for Peace: Reconstruction for Security, Sustainable Peace, and Equity in MENA. This issue of Syria Studies shares several of the background papers that were produced by members of the CSS team: (1) The weaponization of Syria’s reconstruction, a preliminary sketch by Omar Imady; (2) Geo-economics: Russia and Iran in Syria by Faysal Itani; and (3) The geopolitics of Syria’s reconstruction: a case of matryoshka by Erwin Van Veen. The CSS would like to acknowledge the support the WB provided which made these studies possible. It is important to emphasise that the information and views shared by the authors of these studies are their own and should not be regarded as representing the views of the WB or the CSS.
Finally, it should be noted that several additional studies produced under the WB initiative will be published in the forthcoming issue of Syria Studies
Ontological Dumpster Diving: A search for a four-dimensionalist account of a person
Get PDFThroughout the literature on personal identity, the term ‘fourdimensionalism’ is poorly understood. Indeed, Mark Johnston deploys the concept of ontological trash to show that there is no feasible four-dimensionalist account of a person as an object entirely within spacetime, but he does not consider how any particular theory of spacetime or four-dimensionalism comes to bear on personhood. In this paper I will explain this line of reasoning, clarify fourdimensionalism, and show that there is a feasible account of personhood available on four-dimensionalism. In the introduction, I explain the concept of ontological trash and its threat to personhood. In the first section, I explain the concept of time dilation and use it, in conjunction with ontological trash, to prove that a person’s life does not have an unqualiοed temporal duration. In the second section, I summarise Cody Gilmore’s analysis of four-dimensionalism and explain how it comes to bear on persistence. In the third section, I sketch a new way to escape ontological trash in light of four-dimensionalism. In the fourth section, I apply this response to personhood, arguing that persons exist fully within spacetime and can withstand almost any psychological change. In the conclusion, I reflect on avenues for future research
Fraser Prize essay 2018: views of the reading panel
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