Radical Orthodoxy - The God of Israel

This is the third in a series of lectures for Cardiff Adult Christian Education Centre, given by the Ven. David S Lee, former Archdeacon of Llandaff. It explores the variety of images and portrayals of God in the Jewish scriptures.

You can download the pdf of the text here

What is evangelisation?

A long essay from Enzo Bianchi, founder of the Ecumenical Benedictine community of Bose in the Piedmont, Northern Italy. He analyses the social and cultural characteristics of post-modern secular society, and from a strong post Vatican II traditional description of the nature and purpose of evangelisation, proceeds to explore how it needs to be practiced in post-modern secular culture.
The English version of a French translation of the original Italian, you can download here

Radical Orthodoxy - The Lych Gate

This is the second in a series of lectures for Cardiff Adult Christian Education Centre, given by the Ven. David S Lee, former Archdeacon of Llandaff. It charts the spread of secularity over the past two centuries.

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Spirituality evolving

A paper on 21st Century Spirituality from Tom Arthur, Minister of City United Reformed Church Cardiff.

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Radical Orthodoxy - Believing in Industry

This is the first in a series of lectures for Cardiff Adult Christian Education Centre, given by the Ven. David S Lee, former Archdeacon of Llandaff. It examines the mind-set of people in the context of modern industrial life, in which there is no room for God, or conventional piety in the everyday discourse of the work-place. A case study in contemporary secularity.

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God wants our freedom

Here's an interview with venerable and veteran French Jesuit theologian Joseph Moingt, 92 and still challenging Vatican conservatism.

There's an English translation here

the original French version was published on the La Croix website

Urbanisation - a view from Lambeth Palace

Here's an article originally published in the Church of England Newspaper, September 2005 in which Rowan Williams speaks about urbanisation and the challenges this poses for Christian mission and spirituality.

You can read an edited version here