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In a similar vein to the University of Nottingham's Period Table of Videos, Brady Haran, in conjunction with our Department of Theology and Religious Studies, is now producing a series on the Bible dubbed Bibledex. There will be books on all 66 books of the Bible, and as the website states, they "are by no means comprehensive - rather they're a curious assortment of academic insights into what is probably the most famous collection of books in history." Each video consists of different insights from the different perspectives offered from the staff and postgraduates in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. The first three videos are now up, on Genesis, the Song of Songs, and 1 Corinthians. The remaining videos will be released periodically.

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Adrian Pabst's latest piece in the Guardian: "Pakistan must confront Wahhabism: As the Saudi-financed Wahhabi Islam supplants the tolerant indigenous Sufi Islam, its violent creed is inspiring terrorism."

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Adrian Pabst, a Leverhulme research fellow at the University of Nottingham in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and a research fellow at the Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies, has published another piece in The Guardian entitled "Kirill is not the Kremlin's man: Patriarch Kirill isn't doing Russia's bidding in Ukraine. What he wants is a unified, independent Orthodox church."

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Adrian Pabst, a Leverhulme research fellow at the University of Nottingham in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and a research fellow at the Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies, has published a piece in The Guardian entitled "Pope Benedict's call for a civil economy: Instead of defending civil society in its current configuration, Benedict calls for a new, more radical settlement."

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Alex Andrews, a PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, has published a piece in The Guardian entitled "Praying for a revolution in economics: Greenspan's crisis of faith exposes the scientific veneer of economics for what it is, revealing what amounts to a religion."

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The latest issue of Modern Theology has two articles of note in regard to the work of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy.

First is an essay by Todd S. Mei entitled "Economy of the Gift: Rethinking the Role of Land Enclosure in Political Economy" which interacts with the work of both Philip Goodchild and John Milbank.

Second is a review essay by Adriaan Peperzak entitled "Phenomenology--Metaphysics--Theology" wherein he reviews the Centre's two conference volumes published thus far, Phenomenology and Transcendence and Belief and Metaphysics.

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In the latest issue (vol. 96) of the Mars Hill Audio Journal, there is an interview with John Betz, author of After Englightenment: The Post-Secular Vision of J. G. Hamann (Illuminations). Ken Myers talks with Betz about his recent book regarding the life and thought of J. G. Hamann.

Click here for the interview with John Betz (subscription required or issues can be purchased individually in cassette, CD, or MP3 download).

More information on After Enlightenment can be found here. [Google book preview.]

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Lazarus-style comeback: A revival of interest in theology is evident in academic and political debate, and John Milbank and the radical orthodoxy movement are spreading the news, writes Melanie Newman

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A Contemporary Platonic-Christianity?- On Radical Orthodoxy: An Extended Review of the 'The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition and Universalism' conference, Rome, Italy, September 1-4, 2008 by Jones Irwin. (HTML link, PDF link) Published in Minerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy Vol. 12 2008.

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Ruth Gledhill has written an article in the Times Online which mentions the Centre and Radical Orthodoxy.

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