Jun 9, 2006 | Uncategorized
(Dr. David Diewert is a sessional lecturer at Regent College in Vancouver, BC as is involved in various community initiatives.) 1. How do you define "justice"? I think of justice in social / political / economic terms, rather than as something particular to...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
“1 Now the whole earth had one language and few words. 2 And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
This contribution originated as a lecture in November, 2003 and is excerpted from the forthcoming book by Greg Wright, Peter Jackson in Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema’s The Lord of the Rings. (Hollywood Jesus Books, August 2004, ISBN 0-9759577-0-8)In the...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
A curious thing began to happen to me some time ago. It is my habit to read through the newspaper most days. I found that increasingly articles about injustice began to really bother me. I was getting angrier than I ever had before. I was beginning to feel very strong...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
In the west, we spend a lot of time trying to make ourselves not feel alive. Let me try to explain: We cry if our hamburgers don’t come with the right toppings and our coffee isn’t served at the ideal temperature with the perfect amount of caffeine. We...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
First published in the Journal of Ecumenical Studies. Vol. 39, No. 1-2 (Winter-Spring, 2002). Dr. Volf is the Director of the Center for Faith and Culture, Yale Divinity School INTRODUCTION: SPEAKING IN A CHRISTIAN VOICE I consider it an honor and a privilege to...
