Study Bibles: A Brief Guide for the Perplexed

by | Dec 16, 2024 | Pulse

Pulse 16 December 2024 The past two decades have witnessed the proliferation of study Bibles in the market. A cursory search on Amazon would yield a plethora of different study Bibles such as The Woman’s Study Bible, The Courage for Life Study Bible for Men, the...

The Far Right’s Two Christianities

by | Dec 2, 2024 | Pulse

Pulse 02 December 2024 In July 2011, my wife, Serene, and I were in Norway to visit an old friend, a retired philosophy professor, who lives in Stavanger, and to spend some time in Oslo, the country’s capital. In the afternoon of 22 July, as we were just stepping out...

What’s Wrong with the Religious Far-Right?

by | Nov 18, 2024 | Pulse

Pulse 18 November 2024 On September 2, 2024, CNN reported that Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era. Indeed, across Europe there has been an unprecedented ascendency of far-right...

A ‘Barmen Declaration’ for American Evangelicals?

by | Oct 21, 2024 | Pulse

Pulse 21 October 2024 Even a casual observer of US politics in the run-up to the election in November would be struck by how contentious and polarised the country has become. There is the eternal clash between the right and the left on wide range of issues including...

What is Progressive Evangelicalism?

by | Oct 14, 2024 | Pulse

Pulse 14 October 2024 One of the most interesting developments in the current intense race for the White House by former President Donald Trump and vice-President Kamala Harris is the emergence of a group called ‘Evangelicals for Harris’. Speaking to Fox News, one of...