|
Table of Contents - Issue 49 |
Issue 49
Peter Jackson's "The Fellowship of the Ring" Celebrating Easter as a Family The Other Side of Christmas Kenosis Christians and the Internet |
|||
|
||||
| Theologian Stephen May considers Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson's treatment of it. How true has Jackson been to Tolkien's intent, and to what extent is Tolkien's Christian substructure left intact? | ||||
|
Violence in The Lord of the Rings Nicola Hoggard Creegan Today there is a tendency to glorify violence and justify it if it is perpetrated by the 'righteous and Christian West'. But now more than ever, says Nicola Hoggard Creegan, we have to insist that violence is not the Christian answer. |
 |
|||
 |
||||
|
Crime,
Crucifixion Chris Marshall |
Chris Marshall addresses criminal justice concerns by reminding us of the criminalisation of Jesus and the forgotten art of lament. | |||
|
What is Restorative Justice? |
 |
|||
|
Restorative Justice: A Christian Approach to Conflict Resolution Fred McElrea Restorative Justice has a definite New Testament flavour - Judge Fred McElrea recommends it as a Christian approach to conflict resolution.. |
||||
|
Inside the Prisons Kim Workman |
||||
|
The Other Side of Christmas Adrienne Thompson |
||||
|
A Family Celebration of Easter Andrea Candy Easter is less pressured than Christmas, so there is more time to dwell on the story and draw meaning from it. Andrea Candy shares some of her family's Easter customs. |
 |
|||
|
Positively
Negative |
||||
| Unwrapping
the Gift Sheila Pritchard |
||||
| Jerome
Stuart Lange |
||||
| 77
Habits of Highly Ineffective Christians Chris Fabry |
||||
|
Kenosis |
||||
|
The State of the
BBC |
||||
| Christians
and the Internet Michael Hanson |
||||
|
Salt
and Light |
||||
| Letters | ||||
| Mike Smiler | ||||
| Book Reviews | ||||
| Music Reviews | ||||
| Reality Crosswords | ||||
|
||||
