Aug 23, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart
The National Post (Saturday August 19 2006) carried a full page advertisement, sponsored by Christians United for Israel, calling for a ‘National Day of Prayer for Israel and the Peace of Jerusalem’. A short read of the advertisement makes it quite clear that the...
Jul 13, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart
Introduction George Marsden has suggested that the growth, vision and ideals of the Evangelical movement in the USA after WW II makes it, in many important and significant ways, a informal denomination (‘The Evangelical Denomination’ in Evangelicalism in Modern...
Jun 29, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart
I have, in the last few essays, highlighted two obstinate and pressing facts. First, there is a growing interest in spirituality, contemplation and the mystical in our broader culture, but spirituality is often seen as opposed to the repressive nature of religion....
Jun 29, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart
"May They One as We Are One"Jesus Christian theology, at its deepest and best, is contemplative theology. Contemplative theology threads together, in an intricate and subtle way, life in Christ, life in the church and life in the world. Unity and integration...
Jun 22, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND: How Desolate and Forbidding Heights were Transformed into Experiences of Indomitable Spirit by Robert Macfarlane (New York: Pantheon Books, 2003) – Review by Ron Dart O the mind, mind has mountains – Gerard Manley Hopkins...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart
I lift up my eyes to the hills.Psalm 121:1 Mountains and hills, snow robed peaks and knife edged turrets have a way of drawing the spirit and soul to the heights. There are rock jocks, of course, that merely turn to the high regions to bag yet another peak, to...
