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Reclaiming social justice from toxic identity politics

March 17, 2025March 7, 2025

Jon Kuhrt writes: Last week I was at Kings Cross station in London waiting for a train when a middle-aged man called Martin approached me begging for cash. I explained that I did not give money but would be happy to buy him something to eat and drink. Martin accepted this offer and as we …

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Ian Paul

Ian Paul

Theologian, author, speaker

Associate Senior Research Fellow, Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology; Associate Minister, St Nic's, Nottingham; Managing Editor, Grove Books; member of General Synod and Archbishops' Council. Mac user; chocoholic. Tweets at @psephizo

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What is Sex For? A Pastoral Theology of Our Sexed Bodies

What is Sex For? A Pastoral Theology of Our Sexed Bodies

Revelation (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)

Revelation (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)

The Practice of Evangelical Spirituality

The Practice of Evangelical Spirituality

Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World

Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World: The 'Now' and 'Not Yet' of Eschatology

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