Sofia #89

edited by Dinah Livingstone

Sofia is the magazine of the Sea of Faith Network (UK) and is published quarterly. It is free to all members of the UK network but non-members can also subscribe to the magazine. Further details HERE. Click on thumbnail of front and back pages for larger image.

Sofia #89 September 2008—In the Making

Front Cover Image: Brigid, Celtic goddess of poetry, fire, smithing and fertility, also St Brigid/Bride, traditionally Mary’s midwife at the birth of Jesus, the Word.

Back cover image: Mount Etna, the Roman god Vulcan’s forge, where, among other things, he made Achilles’ shield.

Editorial — In the Making

Articles

Carpe Diem by Ken Smith
Matter All the Way Up and Spirit All the Way Down by David Paterson
From Creation to Recreation by George Pattison
The Meaning of the West by Don Cupitt
Creativity by Patrick Sandford (This is an audio podcast - 41 mins long / 14 Mb. You will need RealPlayer, iTunes or similar software to listen to this on-line talk)

Poetry

Prayer by George Herbert
The Over-Reachers by Anne Ashworth
A Bunch of Honesty by Anne Ashworth

Reviews

Essay: Michael Morton reviews The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton
Ethics: Tim Jackson reviews A Moral Climate — The Ethics of Global Warming by Michael Northcott
Ancient World: John Seargeant reviews Eternal Questions by Sylvia Moody
Religion: John Nurser reviews The Religious Crisis of the 1960s by Hugh McLeod
Museum: Cicely Herbert visits the Chelsea Army Museum and Royal Army Pensioners’ Hospital
Poetry: Kathleen McPhilemy reviews Antarctica by Dilys Wood

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