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Christian Journal – 1995/2 – Africa

Christian Journal – 1995/2 – Africa

Articles
John Pobee: Daring to dream a new heaven and a new earth in Africa
Jeremy Pemberton: Bound for the Word of God
Julienne Munyaneza: Miracles do still happen
Denise Ackerman: Witness in South Africa
J A Azumah: Islam and Christianity in Africa
George Bebawi: Witness in Egypt
Carol Bebawi: Dialogue in Egypt
Jennifer Chiwela: The effect of Structural Adjustment Programmes on women in Zambia
 
Poetry
Makerere School of Fine Art: Garbage Birds
Margaret Connor: Gordon’s Garden Tomb
Margaret McAllister: Fruit harvest
Dinah Köjö: I saw No One
 
Liturgy for the Healing of the Nations in Africa. Devised by Janet Hodgson
Book reviews
‘Faces of Jesus in Africa’ ed Robert J Schreiter
‘The interpretation of the New Testament, 1861-1986. Stephen Neill & Tom Wright.

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Christian Journal – 1995/3 – The Rhythm of the Seasons

Christian Journal – 1995/3 – The Rhythm of the Seasons

Articles
David Adam: The Rhythm of the Seasons
Ronald Blythe: A Sacred Calendar
Hugh Monefiore: Gaia
Anthony Russell: The Church of England in the Contemporary Countryside
Terry Miller: Rural Reality
Patrick J Riley: A glance at what is happening at Glastonbury
William Denning: God’s dream
Tim Gorringe: Reflection
 
Poetry
Geoff Smith: Prayer Walk
Bernard Saint: Touch
Margaret Cooke: Destinations
 
Liturgy Celebration of the Abundance of Creation. Jane Horton & Mary Robins
Film review Priest
Book review ‘Celebrating Women’ ed Hannah Ward, Jennifer Wild, Janet Morley.

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Christian Journal – 1991/4 – Taking the Risk

Christian Journal – 1991/4 – Taking the Risk

Articles

Virginia Hoffman: Base Communities

Peter Price: UK and beyond

Margaret Walsh: Hope Community

Timothy Biles: Journey. A window on the Sudan

Ianthe Pratt: God talk and the community

Poetry

Prabhu S Guptara: Autumn

Marjorie Idle: The Murraymint

Liturgy on the theme of Listening

Book review

‘The Church in the midst of creation’ by Vincent J Donovan.

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Christian Journal – 1995/4 – The New Economics

Christian Journal – 1995/4 – The New Economics

Articles
Bill Peters: Jubilee 2000
Ulrich Duchrow: Alternatives to the capitalist world market
Alison Barrett: Shared Interest
Paul Mills: An interest-free financial system
Economic correspondent: LETS create a new economy
Ashok Khosla: The kiss of death?
Julia Powell: Fairtrade
C Myers: The Kingdom of God, redistributive justice and ‘The Great Economy’
 
Poetry
A J Lewis: Harvest Medley
Jean Barker: Spirit of Lindisfarne
Nigel Gower: To every stone its story
 
Jubilee Liturgy compiled by Kate Partridge
Book reviews ‘The Psychology of Religious Knowing’ Fraser Watts & Mark Williams
‘Bad Samaritans’ by Paul Vallely.

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Christian Journal – 1992/1 – All Change in Europe

Christian Journal – 1992/1 – All Change in Europe

Articles

Charles Elliott: Ideals and Idols

Hugh Wybrew: The Orthodox Churches in Eastern Europe

Stephen Platten: Spirituality and Europe. A Christian dreaming

Irina Ratushinskaya: A Problem of Two Cities

Mary Garnet: Inner Room

Poetry

Jack Clemo: Sortridge Manor

John Butterfield: Euro-nightmare

Prabhu S Guptara: On seeing my first snowfall

Liturgy from ‘Women Included’

Book reviews

‘Women Included’ by the St Hilda Community

‘Patterns and examples. Quaker attitudes and European opportunities’ by Geoffrey Hubbard Swarthmore

Film review

‘Prospero’s Books’ by Peter Greenaway

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Christian Journal – 1996/1 – Interfaith

Christian Journal – 1996/1 – Interfaith

Articles
Clinton Bennett: Christians, Compromise and Interfaith dialogue
Caroline MacKenzie: Rama and Sugriva, and the Woman with the Found Coin
Catriona forbes: The Well. Bottomless Love
Nadir Dinshaw: … after loving God
Anne Davison: Multi-faith life in Newham
William Steele: Bradford, a city of many faiths
Martha Dart: Quakers and Hindus
Jacqueline Tabick: The Jewish concept of God
Sashi Bala: The Sikh understanding of God
Ataullah Siddiqui: God in Islam
Janet Lees: God is a quilt maker
Kenneth Cragg: Interfaith and Biblical Concern
 
Poetry
Paul Seabrook: Nunc Dimitis
 
Liturgy Prayers from different faith traditions, compiled by Kate Partridge
Book reviews ‘The People of God’ by Alwyn Marriage
‘One faith? Non-realism & the world of Faiths’ David Hart
‘Religion, Law and Society: A Christian-Muslim Discussion’ ed Tarek Mitri
‘Ultimate Visions. Reflections on the Religions we choose’ ed Martin Forward.

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Christian Journal – 1992/2 – Nationalism and Nationality

Christian Journal – 1992/2 – Nationalism and Nationality

Articles
John Davies: Nationalism
Clare Amos: Jerusalem and Emmaus
Bruce Kent: Building a Global Village
Patrick Thomas: Keeping house in a cloud of witnesses
Brian Brown: Old Nationalism for New
Bede Smith: Remembering 1492, on the underside of history
Sandra Pollerman: Storytelling and Stories
Nadir Dinshaw: The land we love the most
 
Poetry
Ku Song: Midday Prayer
Ku Song:  rice field
Joan Smith: Good Friday – How Steak Gorge
Elaine Miller: The Memory of Myrrh
Margaret N Newton: Old Altar Candles
Chuck Lathrop: Come and have breakfast
Kenneth C Steven: My you
 
Liturgy from ‘Bread for Tomorrow’
 
Book reviews
‘The voices of the victims’ ed Leonardo Boff & Virgil Elizondo
‘Barbed Lines’ ed Debjanis Chatterjee & Rashida Islam
‘Paradise News’ by David Lodge

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Christian Journal – 1996/2 – Priesthood

Christian Journal – 1996/2 – Priesthood

Articles
Chris Peck: deluded servants?
Janet Wootton: The Priesthood of all believers
David Thompson: Lay Presidency at the Eucharist
Christine Farrington: Priesthood in post-denominational China
Michael Roberts: Priesthood
Ian Fraser: Papermill Priest
Maggi Dawn: Diary of an Ordinand
David Barlow: moving out
Antoni Pospieszalski: A personal view of priesthood
Sr Annaliese: A response to the challenge of ‘The People of God’
 
Poetry
Jeremy Young: The Image and the Man
Jeremy Young: Surprised by angels
Geoff Smith: Prayer Walk
 
Liturgy I am the Resurrection. Compiled by Alwyn Marriage
Book reviews
‘The Candles are still Burning’ ed Mary Grey, Andrée Heaton & Danny Sullivan
‘Angel and me’ by Sara Maitland
Cassette review ‘Peace till the moon fails’ St Michael’s Convent, Ham Common.

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Christian Journal – 1992/3 – The Celtic Fringe

Christian Journal – 1992/3 – The Celtic Fringe

Articles
Esther de Waal: Celtic Christianity
Sean O Duinn: Celtic Spirituality
Dafydd Elis Thomas: Re-emergence of Welsh Wales
Bob Holman: Away from the Highlands and Islands tourist route
Sally Hastings: Ireland at the Crossroads
John Bell: Post mortem
 
Poetry
R S Thomas: Afallon
R S Thomas: Retired
Davie Webster: Iona Mo Chridhe
Mary Sheepshanks: Transmission from Iona
 
Liturgy from Carmina Gadelica
 
Book reviews
‘George MacLeod’ by Ronald Ferguson
‘Sent by the Lord’ ed John Bell
‘A wide open heart’ compiled by Nadir Dinshaw.

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Christian Journal – 1996/3 – Dance

Christian Journal – 1996/3 – Dance

Articles
Lynn Frances: Sacred Circle Dance. A means of renewal
Kate Gregg-King: Robert Cohan’s Stabat Mater
Ella Jane Barker: Humour in Dance
Sarah Adams: Moving against the grain
Sarah Dawson: Enabled, not disabled
Alwyn Marriage: the Tripudium
Annie Elkins: T’ai-Chi Ch’uan
Elizabeth Learner: The importance of dance in the rave culture
Francis Barboza, SVD: Religion and dance in India
Alwyn Marriage: Dancing into Church
 
Poetry
Simon Overton: Una hora
Cara Mary, SSC: Raspberry
 
Liturgy The Dance of the Holy Trinity. Una Kroll
Book review ‘Reaffirming the Church of England’ by Hugh Montefiore.

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Christian Journal – 1992/4 – Youth Church

Christian Journal – 1992/4 – Youth Church

Articles
Carmel Heaney: Old Truths/ New Lies
Nikki Arthy: Come join the dance for justice
Brian Phillips: Taizé
Maggie Smith: L’Arche
Carol Holliday: College House
Alison Gelder: Student Cross
Claire Wilton: New Roots, Hull
Gregory Briffa: The Youth Church
Patrick Clarke: At the edge
Stephen Verney: I AM
 
Poetry
Marshall Coombs: Early Autumn Sunlight
Robin Shirley: Quaker Apples
Geoffrey Daniel: The Diary of Anne Frank
Jack Clemo: Voyages
 
Liturgy  Hymn ‘We reach out hungry hands’ by Jeremy Davies
Reviews
Book of photography ‘Pillars of the Church’ by Jane Bown
Video ‘Barriers or Bridges’ by the Columban Fathers
CD ‘Meditation in sound’ Virgin Classics.

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Christian Journal – 1996/4 – Water

Christian Journal – 1996/4 – Water

Articles
Brian Clarke: Water – under pressure
Simon Barrow: Water. Gift or Commodity?
Richard Fernandez: Meter madness
Ray Heslop: Thirsty cities and the sanitary crisis
John Gould: Harvesting the rain
Success stories: Pumps in Nepal; Pits in Ethiopia
Ama Annan: Water and Conflict in the Nile Basin
Stephen Verney: Rivers flowing through the desert
 
Poetry
Mike Perks: Granny is an Icon
Margaret Connor: Meeting place
 
Liturgy Water of Life, compiled by Michaela Morris
Reviews ‘Retrieving Fundamental Theology’ by Geoffrey O’Collins SJ
‘Human Rites’ ed Hannah Ward and Jennifer Wild
‘The Cured Arno’ by Jack Clemo.

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