Category Archives: ethics
[Book Review] Reasoning Together: A Conversation About Homosexualiy / by Ted Grimsrud and Mark Thiessen Nation
Reasoning Together brings two Mennonite theologians, Ted Grimsrud and Mark Thiessen Nation, into dialogue on an issue they disagree over – homosexuality. For Nation, the Bible’s witness on the issue is clear: homosexual acts are sinful; sex should only occur … Continue reading
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[film review #1] Dead Calm: Hospitality and the Stranger
Philip Noyce’s 1989 Dead Calm is a classic thriller set-up superbly executed, without achieving anything beyond its genre confines. In the initial scenes, a young mother, Rae (Nicole Kidman), crashes her car, killing her toddler. Her husband John (Sam Neill), … Continue reading
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Peter Singer
I’m yet to read Peter Singer, but an interview with him in Saturday’s Australian magazine caught my attention. He writes: Some things that many people consider unknowable I believe we do already understand quite well – for example, that the … Continue reading
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For The Bible Tells Me So: A Review
I watched the documentary For The Bible Tells Me So a couple of weeks ago. It had me crying in one point, as a woman describes how her lesbian daughter committed suicide. The woman had followed the advice of Dr … Continue reading
Filed under DVD, ethics, fundamentalism
