Discerning the light: a sympathetic sceptic on faith
Former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway widens his focus to the world’s religions in a new book exploring the history of faith.
Theology
Seventeen horizons
There is nothing here that I haven’t photographed many times, and shared on this blog and elsewhere. But this week I had the opportunity to view the Sea of Galilee from a different perspective – from the middle of the lake itself during a brief boat trip.
The Battle for Home: The Memoir of a Syrian Architect
The Battle for Home: The Memoir of a Syrian Architect by Marwa al-Sabouni is a profound, understated meditation on architecture’s capacity both to civilise and destroy, written while the author witnessed first-hand the destruction of her native city of Homs.
Submission: a scepticism beyond scepticism
Michel Houellebecq’s Submission carries an explosive political charge, even by the standards of France’s most controversial novelist.