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No. 49 - Apr 2013
- Editorial: Endings and Beginnings
- Anthony Woollard
- Modern Church and Liberal Theology
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Drop, drop, slow (crocodile) tears: thoughts on Holocaust Memorial Day
- Mary Roe
- Book review: Real Scientists, Real Faith edited by Prof R J Berry
- Peter Ashwell
- Honest to God in Cambridge
- Rosalind Lund
No. 48 - Jan 2013
- Editorial: Honest to God, honest to the world
- Anthony Woollard
- On not being a conservative Christian
- Stephen Parsons
- Equality and Justice?
- Tim Belben
- We need women bishops
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Book review: Gunilla Norris, Simple Ways towards the Sacred
- Alan Wolfe
- Book review: Francis Spufford, Unapologetic
- David Driscoll
- Book review: John Simmonds, Walk the Jesus Walk
- Tim Laundon
- Book review: Jonathan Clatworthy, Making Sense of Faith in God
- Gillian Straine
No. 47 - Oct 2012
- Editorial: In the midst of Death we are in Life
- Anthony Woollard
- 2012: Thoughts on a conference that was and that might have been
- David Storey
- Thank God for Rain (Grrr)
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Bishops in Communion
- Desmond Tillyer
- God's Women Bishops
- Audrey Bryant
- Book review: Jonathan Clatworthy, Making Sense of Faith in God
- Jeyan Anketell
- Book review: Adrian Thatcher, Making Sense of Sex
- Jane Fraser, Centre for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality (CSCS)
- Book review: Adrian Alker, Christmas: Ancient Meanings, Modern Faith
- Franklin Lee
- Letters to the Editor
- Merryn Hellier, Graham Hellier
No. 46 - Jul 2012
- Editorial: Does Difference make a Difference?
- Anthony Woollard
- Same-Sex Marriage: A Framework for Analysis
- David Simon
- Beyond the Covenant Vote
- Stephen Parsons
- A new Archbishop and an old or new Covenant?
- Nicholas Henderson
- A Layperson's View of the Covenant
- Alan Wolfe
- A Correspondence on Creeds (continued)
- Patrick Lewin, Anthony Hannay and Helen Oppenheimer
- Changing the Church
- Dave Marshall
- Book Reviews: Miroslav Volf, A Public Faith - How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good and Allah - A Christian Response
- Graham Hellier
No. 45 - Apr 2012
- Editorial
- Anthony Woollard
- Collegiality and Conciliarity and their implications for the Covenant
- Jean Mayland
- A Correspondence on Creeds
- David Storey, Anthony Woollard and Jonathan Clatworthy
- Apologetics Without Apology
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Book Review: Melvyn Bragg, THE BOOK OF BOOKS: The Radical Impact of the King James Bible
- Alan Wolfe
No. 44 - Jan 2012
- Editorial: The End of the Dream?
- Anthony Woollard
- Jehovah's witness?
- Tim Belben
- Only One Way?
- Mary Roe
- The Economics of Good and Evil
- Richard Truss
- Scripture Twisters
- Averil Stedeford
- What would Jesus occupy?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Book Review: Stephen Cottrell, The Nail
- Alan Wolfe
- North West Region Conference on The Resurrection - 13 October 2011
- Dick Martin
No. 43 - Oct 2011
- Editorial: Now It Is Our Turn
- Anthony Woollard
- Donald Barnes - a tribute
- Sally Barnes
- Donald Barnes - a further tribute
- Claire Wilson
- Conference Afterword
- Adrian Thatcher
- Reactions to the 2011 conference
- Brenda Watson
- An Anthem for Modern Church
- Mary Roe
- Greenbelt 2011
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Book Review: Lorraine Cavanagh, Making Sense of God's Love
- Mary Roe
- Book Review: Helen-Ann Hartley, Making Sense of the Bible
- Alan Wolfe
- Notice of another new book
- Christmas: Ancient Meanings, Modern Faith by Adrian Alker
No. 42 - Jul 2011
- Editorial: Mind the Gap
- Anthony Woollard
- The illusion of orthodoxy
- Graham Hellier
- What are we to do about weddings?
- Jean Mayland
- Book Review: At Heaven's Gate - Reflections on Leading Worship
- Martin Gorick
- NW Region Conference Report - May 2011
- Joan Martin
- Liberals are not afraid of change
- Jonathan Clatworthy
No. 41 - Apr 2011
- Editorial: Of Making Many Books There Is No End
- Anthony Woollard
- What is the Anglican Covenant for?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- SCM News
- Hilary Topp
- The Centre for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality (CSCS)
- Anthony Woollard
- Book review: Touching the Sacred
- Tim Stead
- Letters to the Editor
- Brenda Watson, Jane Rolfe, Jonathan Clatworthy
No. 40 - Jan 2011
- Editorial: Counting the Members, Members who Count
- Anthony Woollard
- A Problem with Physics?
- Peter Mills
- Graffiti is My Religion: Evangelizing Evanescence in Belfast, N Ireland
- Mary Taylor
- What do Christians believe about God?
- Margaret Bradnum
- Letter to the Editor
- Graham Hellier
- ...and one to the Church of England Newspaper
- Mary Roe
- NW Region conference report: The Gospel Infancy Narratives
- Richard Martin
- Open believing
- Jonathan Clatworthy
No. 39 - Oct 2010
- Editorial: The Power of Symbols
- Anthony Woollard
- What's Wrong With Creationism?
- Mary Taylor
- "This is my Blood"
- Graham Hellier
- Shifting Paradigms: Theology and Economics in the 21st Century
- Two views of the annual conference by Alan Wolfe and David Storey
- Modern Church at Greenbelt
- Christine Alker with song lyrics by Tim Stead and Julian Pugsley
- Liberal Faith and Positive Values
- NW Regional Group conference report by Liz Poynton
No. 38 - Jul 2010
- Editorial: To Thine Own Self Be True, or, Things New And Old
- Anthony Woollard
- General Synod matters
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- The doctrine of the Trinity and interfaith dialogue
- Jeyan Anketell
- Priests, sacrifices and modern economics
- Jonathan Clatworthy
No. 37 - Apr 2010
- Editorial: Religion and politics
- Anthony Woollard
- Wandering in the Wilderness
- Jean Mayland
- Identity and truth
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Joint Publications Project
- Christine Alker
- Tributes to Simon Tebbutt
- Rosalind Lund
No. 36 - Jan 2010
- Editorial
- Anthony Woollard
- Simon Tebbutt: In memoriam
- Richard Truss, Nicholas Henderson, Peter Mills
- The Anglican Church In North America
- Paul Bagshaw
- Book review - Mark Rees, Dear Sir or Madam: A Journey from Female to Male
- Mark Dalby
- Book review - Katharine Jefferts Schori, The Gospel in the Global Village
- Anthony Woollard
- Assisted Dying - NW region conference report
- David Taylor
- Is it modern to be modern?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
No. 35 - Oct 2009
- Editorial: Liberalism in Process
- Anthony Woollard
- Gift and gratitude
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Remembering Mary
- Alan Sheard
- Lambeth Conference 2008 - a young person's perspective
- Rob Wilcock
- Faith in a Darwinian World - NW region conference report
- David Taylor
- The Windsor process would have blocked abolition
- Gillian Cooke
No. 34 - Jul 2009
- Editorial: Wicked Texts and the Lure of Puritanism
- Anthony Woollard
- Divine Glory - and facing the wrong way
- Tim Belben
- Positive liberal believing
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- The Green Rebellion in Iran
- Jean Mayland
No. 33 - Apr 2009
- Editorial: Religio rediviva
- Anthony Woollard
- Natural theology and the state of the world
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Women Bishops and the February Synod
- Marilyn McCord Adams
- Fear Not: A Message for Easter from a Researcher on Anglican Schism
- Peter Foley
- The Student Christian Movement is 120!
- Matt Gardner
No. 32 - Jan 2009
- Editorial: Back to Basics
- Anthony Woollard
- The God of natural processes
- Tim Belben
- Yes we can!
- Adrian Alker
- House of Lords maiden speech: the economic impact of immigration
- John Saxbee
- Cosying up to Kaspar
- Jean Mayland
- Liberalism when its liberal
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Liberal anglicans defend diversity
- Mary Taylor
No. 31 - Oct 2008
- Editorial: Until the Harvest
- Anthony Woollard
- Once more with feeling
- David Driscoll
- Parsifal on Ice
- Mary Taylor
- A Savage Text
- Adrian Thatcher
- General Synod of the Church of England - July 2008
- a report by Tim Hind
- General Synod - Update on women bishops
- Jean Mayland
- Lambeth Conference: talking shop or legislator?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Report on NW region day conference
- Richard Martin
No. 30 - Jul 2008
- Editorial: Do we speak the same language?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Do we speak the same language? A response
- Jean Kerr
- Are we speaking to each other, or just shouting?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- The Covenant will not do
- Paul Bagshaw
- When will they get it?
- Jean Mayland
- 'Fresh Expressions' - but of what?
- Anthony Woollard
- Reflections from the Silk Route
- Jean Mayland
- Revelation - extracts from an email discussion
- Paul Smith, David Morling, Paul Bagshaw
No. 29 - Apr 2008
- Editorial: What do we expect of church leaders?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Recollections of confirmation
- Mary Roe
- The Bug with a Propeller up its Bum
- John MacDonald Smith
- Travelling from Chalcedon to Córdoba
- Graham Hellier
- God's pilgrim people
- Savitri Hensman
- Learning for a Living - Why Clergy Education Matters
- Lorraine Cavanagh
- Reflections From A Train
- David Marshall
- Seeing Christ in Human Rights
- Donn Mitchell
- To Lambeth in the Summertime
- A poem by Audrey Theodosia Bryant
No. 28 - Jan 2008
- Editorial: What needs to be freshly expressed?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Climate and Church in Malawi
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- A View from the Pew
- Joan Dorrell
- Climate change: A vision of a low carbon future
- Michael Bayley
- Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ
- Nick Jowett
- Creation and Darwin's evolutionary theory
- David Taylor
- The Pity and the Wonder - Part 6
- Patrick Lewin
No. 27 - Oct 2007
- Editorial: Natural theology, the Bible and the church
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- The Revd Canon Chris Bard
- David Driscoll
- The Authority of the Bible
- David Taylor
- Intercessory Prayer - a Google of ideas
- Extracts from an online discussion
- Lake Malawi still has no bishop
- Events continue to astonish
- Gone for Good? A Day Conference on Church Leaving
- Karin Lyle
- The Pity and the Wonder - Part 5
- Patrick Lewin
- John Paul I - A suitable case for Hercule Poirot?
- John Mackrell
- The Very Revd Alan Webster
- Jean Mayland
- Violence: a Stubborn Pandemic - Reflections on the 2007 MCU Conference
- Alan Race
- Letter: This year's conference
- Judith Pritchard
No. 26 - Jul 2007
- Editorial: Good religion, good science
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Conscientious objection
- Mary Roe
- Response to the Draft Anglican Covenant
- Summary of the arguments
- Bouncing the Covenant through the Anglican Communion
- Paul Bagshaw
- MCU and the Covenant
- Comment
- Thou shalt (not) tamper with the text!
- Graham Hellier
- Fighting Fundamentalism
- Extracts from Douglas Bartles-Smith's new book
- Scholarship and Fierce Sincerity
- Calum Gilmour
- Science And Religion - Avoiding The Conflict
- John Quenby
- The Pity and the Wonder - Part 4
- Patrick Lewin
- Letter: Reply to the Meanings of Certainty
- Brenda Watson
- Letter: Reply to Faith at School
- Elizabeth Ashton
- Two Poems
- Audrey Theodosia Bryant
No. 25 - Apr 2007
- Editorial: Religious Exceptions
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- A Hopeful Future for English Evangelicalism
- Simon Butler
- Abbé Pierre
- Richard Darlington
- Mr and Mrs Jesus and their son
- Frances Eccleston, Anthony Woollard, David Storey
- Gay Adoption
- John Mackrell
- Authority - a personal view
- Richard Martin
- The Pity and the Wonder - Part 3
- Patrick Lewin
- A Plea for the Deluded
- John MacDonald Smith
- What price unity?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
No. 24 - Jan 2007
- Editorial: Who wants to be evangelized?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Leading an Embattled Church?
- John Saxbee
- Faith at School
- Mary Roe
- Inclusive, Confident, Faithful: A Response to Rowan Williams
- Steven Shakespeare and Hugh Rayment-Pickard
- The Media and the Archbishop
- Richard Hall
- Covenant - or Ultimatum?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- The Pity and the Wonder - Part 2
- Patrick Lewin
- Letter: The Meanings of Certainty
- Lewis Stretch
- Reflections on NW region day conference
- Barbara Wollaston
No. 23 - Oct 2006
- Editorial: The dangers of certainty
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- 'Reclothed in our rightful mind?'
- Graham Blyth
- Communion - First or Last?
- Richard Bending
- The Story Behind My 'Conversion'
- David Ananda Hart
- Afterthoughts
- Graham Hellier
- Benedict XVI: The metaphysical pope and the historical church
- John Mackrell
- The Pity and the Wonder - Part 1
- Patrick Lewin
- A People-Centred Church
- Richard Martin
No. 22 - Jul 2006
- Editorial: A Two-tier Anglicanism?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Don't erect walls of exclusion
- Paul Colton
- Women bishops and gays? That's the Church for me!
- Jean Mayland
- St Marks Centre for Radical Christianity
- Adrian Alker
- Learning from and Working with Other Faiths
- Marcus Braybrooke
- Free to Believe
- Martin Camroux
- The Disappearance of Science and Medicine
- Gillian Cooke
- SCM Friends and a new book
- Liam Purcell
- Not how we do it in the UK
- Jonathan Clatworthy
No. 21 - Apr 2006
- Editorial: The Resurrection: Help or Hindrance to Faith?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Theology in the Church
- George Pattison
- The Anglican Liberal Tradition
- Paul Badham
- Civil Partnerships: Fulcrum and the Bishop of Bangor
- Summary of a debate
- Dialogue and Difference
- Martyn Percy
- No TEA for me thank you
- Jean Mayland
No. 20 - Jan 2006
- Terminally Ill Bill
- Paul Badham
- The Challenge of Multi-Culturalism
- Anne Davison
- Reflections on The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- Jean Mayland
- Church Planting with Menaces
- Richard Truss
- Partnership and Promotion: the InclusiveChurch Campaign 2005
- Erica Wooff
- General Synod - the Next Five Years
- John Saxbee
- Beauty and Belief
- Jim Cotter
- O My God!
- David L Edwards
No. 19 - Oct 2005
- Editorial: On the popularity of religious leaders
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- The Bishops' Pastoral Statement
- David Taylor
- Religion and Science - Report on the MCU Annual Conference
- Helen Holmes
- The 2004 and 2005 conferences: a personal reflection
- Richard Hall
- Katrina: It's an ill wind...
- Patrick Lewin
- The Revd Professor W H C Frend
- Simon Tebbutt
No. 18 - Jul 2005
- Editorial: Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Benedict XVI: Curia Triumphans
- John Mackrell
- Liberal issues and liberal method
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Human Rights, the New Religion?
- Suzanne Long
- Scripture and Cyril
- William Frend
- Mary, Grace and Hope in Christ
- Mary Roe
- Where Have all the Voters gone?
- Donald Barnes
- An Extra-ordinary Service
- Mark Rees
- The land that lies between religious belief and non-belief
- David Fairhurst
No. 17 - Apr 2005
- Editorial: The tsunami and God
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- We too are Nature
- Laura Deacon
- Jerry Springer - the Operetta
- Betsy Grey
- New Developments in Religious Observance in Scottish Schools
- Pat Boyd
- A People of a Book? - no thanks!
- Jean Mayland
- Touché
- Richard Martin
- Thoughts on viewing the Hagar Qim Temple in Malta
- David Fairhurst
No. 16 - Jan 2005
- Editorial: A Time to Die?
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- The Rochester Report: another failure of prophetic imagination?
- Elizabeth Macfarlane
- Thoughts on the Gambling Bill
- Mary Roe
- The Windsor Report: A Guide
- Simon J Taylor
- Doh! 4 More Years of Dubya
- Patrick Lewin
- A Plea For Green Discipleship
- Brian Frost
No. 15 - Oct 2004
- '42' Tribunals?
- Paul Brett
- A Cause for Shame?
- Mark Rees
No. 14 - Jul 2004
- The Future of the Anglican Communion
- David L Edwards
- Was it worth the hype?
- Kevin Kelly
- For Me The Angels Sing
- David Taylor
No. 13 - Apr 2004
- Re-enacting Gay Marriage
- Roger Burg
- The Threat of the Headscarf
- Anne Davison
- 'Reading' cohabitation
- Duncan Dormor
No. 12 - Jan 2004
- Editorial: The Pleasures of Hell
- Jonathan Clatworthy
- Servetus and Colenso: Valiant for Truth
- John Bunyan
- What Makes a Vital Liberal Congregation?
- Martin Camroux
- Blessed are those who recognise that they may not always be right
- Richard Lewis