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Instead of offering a vision of dignity and justice, or even one of the mildest compassion, immigration has been turned into a pariah issue at the behest of politicians who have a vested interest in offering the public a distraction, writes Kelly Given ✍️

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"Haunting Questions of Liberation Theology" - Jione Havea ed.
"The Strategically Small Church" - Brandon J. O'Brien
"The Weak Church - Becoming an Imperfectly Perfect Community"- Peter Ahn
"God, AI and The End of History" - John C. Lennox

"Studying religion and disability" - Emily O. Gravett
"Being the People of God- Missional Ecclesiology for Uncertain Times" - Bradbury, Hamley, Smith
"How to do Christian Ethics - Living the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day" - Brock, Hamilton and Patterson

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📚Practical Theology journal is looking for book reviewers!📚

Interested? Contact our book reviews editor, Jayson Rhodes, at practicaltheologybookreviews@gmail.com.

Current books for review include:
"A Heavy Yoke" - Selina Stone
"Decolonizing Mission" - Harvey Kwiyani

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Patterns of war related trauma in Gaza during armed conflict: survey study of international healthcare workers Objective To systematically document the patterns of war related injuries in Gaza, Palestine. Design Survey study of international healthcare workers, August 2024 to February 2025. Setting Gaza, Pal...

www.bmj.com/content/390/... The injury patterns seen among Palestinian civilians in Gaza were “unusually severe”, with injuries suggesting the use of munitions designed for maximum tissue destruction.’

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Theology in Scotland Call for Contributions (Spring 2026 issue): Theology and Mental Health 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📓 Seeking contributions (articles, theological reflections, creative work) that explore intersections of theology and mental health
👉Full call + details here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...

Students from Gaza take up places at Scottish universities In August, St Andrews University called on the government to allow two of their students to undertake visa checks elsewhere.

Students from Gaza have arrived in Scotland to begin their studies after months of uncertainty.

@heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2548850...

This is genocide, of that there can be no doubt. Our governments must end their complicity in this murderous slaughter.

🚫 Stop funding Israel
❌ Stop arming Israel

Boycott. Divestment. Sanctions. Now!

Happening tonight!

Still time to register or join us at 6.30pm UK time on MS Teams, DM me for event link.

A Conversation with Theodor W. Adorno (Spiegel, 1969) SPIEGEL: Professor Adorno, two weeks ago, the world still seemed in order. . . ADORNO: Not to me.

A poster advertising the webinar. Text reads: "Why are women's symptoms so often dismissed, misdiagnosed, or disbelieved? This webinar explores the intersection of chronic illness, gender bias, and the credibility gap in healthcare. Drawing on research from her upcoming book, Dr Eilidh Galbraith examines how structural inequalities and medical misogyny shape diagnostic practices, clinical listening, and the ethics of care. Through shared lived experience with panelists Charli Clement, author of "All tangled up in autism and chronic illness," Natalie Busari, founder of "the Nerve of my MS" and Tanya Marlow, speaker and author of "Those who Wait" (2017), this session invites participants to reflect on what it means to be heard and to be believed in a system that too often fails those in pain."

"Incredible Women: Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Gender Bias"

📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams

📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests.

🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!

Books that Scare the Far-Right As book-banning becomes more prevalent, books on race, colonialism, gender politics and leftist politics are being removed from curriculums and public libraries.  The Indian government has banned 25 c...

"Books that scare the Far-Right"- a great reading list from @versobooks.bsky.social including banned, censored, or suppressed books from around the world 📚: www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/5...

‘It’s a monster’: How generative AI is forcing university professors to rethink learning As students turn to ChatGPT, educators warn that critical thinking, academic integrity and the future of the humanities are at stake

I spoke to the Irish Times for this very good and rounded piece on the real-world effects of C***GPT in the humanities classroom: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Thank you so much! Your fab book review was mentioned today in our board meeting ☺️

😂 as they should be haha!

Looking forward to curating future issues and supporting new and diverse voices in Scottish theology. I hope you'll support, share, and follow our work!

(I'm reliably informed that we'll have a @bsky.app presence v.soon...watch this space...)

If you’re not familiar with the journal yet, you might like to explore the archive (all free and open access!) It’s a wee treasure trove of scholarship on Scottish theology: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...

A wee bit of good news! I’ve recently become editor of "Theology in Scotland," a journal rooted in Scottish theology with a broad, inclusive scope 📝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You can learn more about the journal here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...

This is a disturbing development.

This inspiring 19-year-old refugee is already advising the Scottish Government CALLING Motaz Amer a high achiever would be quite the understatement ...

This is the first article in our series telling positive stories of refugees in Scotland.

Meet Motaz Amer. His family fled war in Yemen when he was 9. 10 years later he is advising the Scottish Government, supporting its refugee integration strategy.

www.thenational.scot/news/2540848...

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.

They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.

That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

Be a bridge with a voice
radiating with light
#AnasAlSharif #GazaGenocide #KeepTellingofGaza

Our summer sale continues - check out these and others on our website to enjoy reductions on theology across our lists

Cc @revdwillrm.bsky.social @jennstraw.bsky.social @evepoole.bsky.social @drkatiecross.bsky.social @karenod.bsky.social 📚

Thinking a lot about Barbara Brown Taylor's words (from "Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others"):

“The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbour, I will choose my neighbour...Jesus never commanded me to love my religion.”

Israel murdered five al-Jazeera journalists, including Anas Al-Sharif.

They did so because they're now liquidating Gaza City, and want to silence the remaining witnesses.

To Western journalists silent about the slaughter of your colleagues:

Their blood is on your hands, too.

Gaza: Nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed while seeking food, as UN warns airdrops are no solution Despite Israel’s 27 July announcement of daily military pauses in western Gaza “to improve humanitarian responses,” Israeli forces continued attacks along food convoy routes and near Gaza Humanitarian...

UN — “Since 27 May, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food; 859 in the vicinity of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites and 514 along the routes of food convoys”.

news.un.org/en/story/202...

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.

Definitely, and that silence feels loud doesn’t it? I’m doing some writing on hope as action, doing action imperfectly etc at the moment, and totally agree that theologians are well placed to be leading on this!