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Celebrating the feasts of St Monica and St Augustine

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Celebrating the feasts of St Monica and St Augustine

On Wednesday and Thursday this week we celebrate two great Saints, St. Monica and her son St. Augustine. Monica is a great example of Christian motherhood. In fact she is the patron of all married […]

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A ‘just war theory’ or a ‘theory of peace’? St Augustine’s real contribution to the debate

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A ‘just war theory’ or a ‘theory of peace’? St Augustine’s real contribution to the debate

Most books will tell you that Augustine was the first Christian just war theorist. This is misleading, for two reasons. Firstly, he was far from the first Christian to accept that a war might be […]

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What kind of loyalty do we owe to political authority?

Filed in Ethics by on September 24, 2013 0 Comments
What kind of loyalty do we owe to political authority?

If you haven’t seen the picture of Manu Tuilagi giving ‘bunny ears’ to David Cameron you’re not spending enough time online. Was it a puerile gesture? Certainly. But it was pretty hilarious too, in my […]

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