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Editorial:
Faith in the Future? From
the director: Finding ourselves in the City Traveller,
the road is made by walking it The
Word made Flesh: A Sign and Foretaste in Limerick Comment:
The Architecture of Faith The
Word made Flesh: Down and Out in Dublin The
Word made Flesh: Cork Methodist Church, Ardfallen The
Word made Flesh: Reflections from the Maiden City Cathedral
Quarters: Interviews with Rev Dr Houston McKelvey and Very Rev Hugh
Kennedy Review:
Journey Towards Holiness Economics
and the economy: what are they for? Bible
Study: Beyond Silver Coins Reflection:
The 'F' word Review:
Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainable Living Difficult
Conversations: Looking for God in the City... |
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IN THIS ISSUE we look at faith in an urban landscape. ‘The churches must think of the city as the default position from which we consider the future of faith’, says Martin Johnstone, Associate Secretary in the Church of Scotland’s Ministries Council and offers some signposts for the road ahead. Michael Whitley looks at the architecture of faith. Concluding the series “The Word Made Flesh” we look at ministry in four very different settings in Ireland: Laurence Graham, Methodist minister in Cork, Peter McVerry, a Jesuit priest working among homeless boys in Dublin, Peter McDowell, minister of the Presbyterian/Methodist congregation in Limerick and Pat Storey of St Augustine’s Church on Derry’s walls. In the interview, Houston McKelvey and Hugh Kennedy, the Administrators of Belfast’s two cathedrals, talk about their roles as overseers of these landmark buildings and their vision for a changing city. ‘What is the economy for?’ asks Tony Weekes. And beyond silver coins, the Bible Study on the Good Samaritan returns to two questions at the heart of Scripture, which have also been foundational to the work of ECONI and the Centre for Contemporary Christianity in Ireland: ‘who is my neighbour’ and ‘what does the Lord require?’ We round off with reviews of three books to challenge and encourage and the last in the series of Difficult Conversations, entitled ‘Looking for God in the City’ and an invitation to reflect upon the cityscape, from a different angle… Anna Rankin EDITORIAL GROUP – David Porter Director/Centre for Contemporary Christianity; Derek Poole Programme Director/Centre for Contemporary Christianity; Lynda Gould Programme Director/Centre for Contemporary Christianity; Anna Rankin(Editor) Resources Co-ordinator/Centre for Contemporary Christianity; Very Rev Martin Magill St Oliver Plunkett Parish, Belfast; Rev Mercia Malcolm Carnmoney Parish Church; Rev Dr Allen Sleith Regent Street Presbyterian Church, Newtownards; Rev Janet Unsworth Edgehill Theological College All correspondence should be sent to the address below. Permission to print any original article should be sought from the editor. We welcome the submission of unsolicited articles, but do not guarantee publication. Manuscripts cannot be returned. Opinions expressed in the magazine are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Centre for Contemporary Christianity in Ireland. Centre for Contemporary Christianity in Ireland Ltd. is a registered company (NI 37038) and a charity registered with the Inland Revenue – number XR8080/I. A member of Evangelical Alliance. Editor
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