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In this edited version of an article first published by Second Spring, Edward Hadas, Fellow of Blackfriars Hall in Oxford and member of the Las Casas Institute, offers his take […]


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COVID-19, Christianity and human dignity

by John Loughlin

1 May 2020

Professor John Loughlin, Fellow of Blackfriars Hall in Oxford and member of the Las Casas Institute, reflects on what our current crisis reveals about our attitudes to human dignity. The […]


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William Temple Scholar Val Barron offers a frank report on those who are going hungry as a result of the current crisis, and introduces some of the work that is […]


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Associate Research Fellow Tim Howles reflects on our desire for a coronavirus vaccine, and draws on the work of Isabelle Stengers to suggest what this might highlight about the wider […]


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In this uncertain time, Associate Research Fellow Greg Smith discusses the existential risks we currently face and wonders whether there is anything we can learn from the biblical notion of […]


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This week’s blog comes from Dr Karen Lord, a member of our William Temple Ethical Futures network. Dr Lord is an award-winning author whose writing focusses on possible futures and […]


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Tina Hearn, Associate Research Fellow at the William Temple Foundation, proposes that policies for the coronavirus crisis should embody the concept of ‘response-ability’. The coronavirus outbreak has already been deeply […]


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My organism knows so much more than I do

by Jeff Leonardi

13 Mar 2020

Jeff Leonardi, a person-centred counsellor and a member of our Ethical Futures Network, offers a preview of his recently published book ‘Spirituality and Well-being’ and makes the case for an […]


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It’s not simply Facebook’s fault

by John Henry

21 Feb 2020

In this week’s extended blog John Henry, an ordinand at Ripon College Cuddesdon, argues that we must take some of the responsibility for how our data is used. My Facebook […]


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As climate breakdown starts to bite, it can be easy to slip into a culture of blame and denial. But, as Tim Middleton argues, a theological perspective can help us […]


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