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A late Gnostic document addressing the problems of the corrupt rulers, something faced by the early Christian church. With discussion of the "Norea", the archetype of Eve and Helen, and Zoe and Pistus Sophia. From the Gnostic book of... more
The warnings of the book of Hebrews are among the most debated passages in regard to interpretation and application. The exact verses vary, depending on which interpreter one references, but are generally seen to be in this range: 2:1-4;... more
For decades, some Christians have been leaving traditional church settings. Not all see themselves as leaving Christianity, but are instead choosing different expressions of their faith. Many different people report many different... more
Disgusted with ISIS, some Kurds turned away from Islam following the fall of Mosul in 2014. Many became atheists, while others sought comfort in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism, according to converts, was the “original” religion of the... more
This paper sets out the reasons for my resignation as Licensed Lay Reader after 15 years in ministry in two diocese in the UK. It is intended as a contribution to the debate about whether and, if so, the Emergent Church Movement is an... more
Written within a decade of the 1497 general conversion of the Jews in Portugal, Anrique da Mota’s Farce of the Tailor appears, at first glance, to be an overt satire deriding a New Christian: Mota uses the common dramatic form of the mock... more
Conversion to Islam is a subject that has attracted a great deal of attention in the media, but has produced very little in the way of reliable quantitative analysis. There is also growing interest in conversion away from Islam, but there... more