From the CASE seminar, Creation, redemption and Lord of the Rings. Best read after the first two papers, available in Case #4.

Lord of the Rings devotees gathered recently at New College to explore a theological perspective on Tolkien’s trilogy and the recent film treatments. Three papers were presented—two of them are printed here; the third paper, by Dr Kirsten Birkett, is available in the subscriber-only Associate Access section of the CASE

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Can theology help economists do their work? Should it? Paul Oslington looks at the question from biblical and historical standpoints.

Over the past century explicit discussion of theology has all but disappeared from economic discourse, while economics has been largely ignored by theologians. This paper argues that this separation is neither desirable nor possible, and calls for a theological economics. The argument is in two parts—a primary

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Professor Edwin Judge examines the two sources of Western culture—the classical world and the Bible. He argues that the Bible has made the greater impact.

The cliché that we are now in a ‘post-Christian’ age is superficial. It no doubt allows for the fact that church-going is no longer a matter of convention, and that it is no longer the fashion to cite the Bible as a public authority (which, insofar as it was only window-dressing, we are better

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Philosophy Professor Bruce Langtry explores whether it makes sense to talk about human beings and God as both ‘personal’ in the same way—at least in some senses.

In this paper I approach the nature of God from a purely theoretical direction. Mydiscipline is philosophy rather than theology, and I will not be concerned with thespiritual and practical implications of our thinking about God. These matters are ofcourse important, but I believe that it

Rethinking euthanasia and our care for the dying.

I welcome this opportunity to share my thoughts relating to the Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill. I agree with Mr Cohen when he says that terminally ill individuals should be able to die in dignity and with comfort. However, I do not think this bill is the way to achieve it.

Today I would like to explain why I do not support a change in the law to allow euthanasia. I will do this in two stages:

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Why should we care for animals—and how far does our duty of care go? Megan Best compares Singer’s utilitarianism with the Christian view of human responsibility.

What is it which morally distinguishes humans from animals? Some writers, those with what I will call ‘animal equality’ views, feel that their arguments are so strong that they put the onus on those with opposing positions to prove why animals should not receive moral status equal to

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A review of Life of Pi by Yann Martel and Dirt Music by Tim Winton.

The Booker Prize for literature is not usually accompanied by theological proclamations, but 2002 was different. The Booker is given each year to what is judged as the best work of contemporary fiction by a writer from the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. In 2002, it was won by Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel, a previously obscure writer who begins his novel with an

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The French novelist-philosopher Albert Camus is known for his atheism and his philosophy of the absurd. But just before his death at the age of 47, had he discovered the God who makes sense of it all? Greg Clarke investigates.

Camus did not like being called an existentialist. Despite his objection, Camus’s name, along with his contemporary Jean-Paul Sartre, is closely associated with the movement whose view of life is readily summarized in the

Peter Singer’s ethical framework certainly demands a response from Christians. Andrew Cameron examines a book that attempts to do just that.

Imagine a world where it is wrong to kill mice, but acceptable to not want children.

In this world, there are no butchers’ shops, fish markets or hamburgers.There are no beef cattle or battery hens, and restaurants are basically vegan. Sports shooting and fishing are illegal, for shooters and fishermen are

Is there a Christian worldview? Greg Clarke’s editorial from a recent Case magazine.

Is there such a thing as a Christian worldview? Does the gospel of Christ so profoundly shape a person’s thinking that he develops something so intellectually coherent that it can fairly be called a philosophy, or a metaphysical system? Or is this a misunderstanding of what it means to call Christ your ‘lord and saviour’? non-religious conception of life. They

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