Doing Righteousness

Even before my daughter was born, one of my favorite things to do was to come home at the end of the day and read her a Bible story. Now I will admit...
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African Ph.D.s and Ministerial Education

Lately independent Adventist media has been abuzz with stories of a church leader in the Southern African and Indian Ocean Division office whose...
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Viewpoint: Church Claim for State...

A number of religious organizations have
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Artisanal Spirituality: Creating Space...

Occasionally, I listen to a podcast called “Homebrewed Christianity” hosted by a handful of PhDs in Theology and Religion who also happen to be...
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The Dilemma of European Multiculturalism

In a Europe struggling with the rise of Islamophobia, torn by debates about the refuge flood and on edge over religious, ethnic and cultural disputes...
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Faith or Fractions

I couldn’t be the only one investing in the relationship. But I did try hard. I called and she would cut the conversation short. I’d ask her to hang...
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Why Pray?

Every now and again I become fascinated with what feel to me to be the elements of religious experience that are taken for granted. When these moods...
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Toward an Integrated Adventist Bioethics

In my initial Spectrum Column I asserted that there is no Seventh-day Adventist ethic. But there are certainly Seventh-day Adventist ethicists and,...
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“Fuocoammare” – Narrating Europe's...

Jury president Meryl Streep gave the 2016 Golden Bear award to the Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi for his documentary film 'Fuocoammare' (Fire at...
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Tightrope Walkers

The supposed existence of reverse racism aside (a concept whose legitimacy I don't want to spend time debating in this article), it is undeniable...
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