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Bananas, Elves, Trolls, Vikings, and Hidden People: An Ethnography of Icelandic Folklore and Their Impact on the Icelandic Identity
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Connecting people to change lives
Get PDFThis paper sets out to explore the opportunities, challenges and dilemmas that arise when the church is willing to enter into partnership with a variety of secular institutions and agencies to help fulfil its mission. Can the church be faithful to the gospel and work alongside partners who don’t share its faith? Will secular money and values dilute the gospel message? What is more important – living out the gospel or speaking out the gospel
Còmhraidhean: Doing local theology in Argyll
Get PDFCòmhraidhean (Gaelic for conversations) was the name chosen by a network of people based in Argyll for the series of meetings they established to help them better engage theologically with their own contemporary context. Their common concern was a commitment to the Christian faith and an awareness that many today have no place for traditional understandings of faith in God or Christian discipleship. The central questions became: how could this disconnect be overcome, and how could a renewed connection be formed between the contemporary world and the realities to which Christian faith bears witness? The themes for their còmhraidhean were: identifying culture and context; faith and friendship; faith in community; faith and the environment; the referenda on Scottish Independence and Brexit; believing in business; faith and national identity; Argyll’s Spiritual Landscape; and faith and the visual arts
