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  1. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Excursions into Ecclesianarchy (opens the original)

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    The second part of this article addresses the ecclesial focus that supplies the link between the historico-political traditions of Christian anarchism and the post-modern expressions of church. I will analyse the concept of ‘ecclesianarchy’ under five headings that represent deconstructive church as found in the literature in terms of the intentional or, in one case, socio-culturally enforced undermining and reversal of inherited models, together with a final example of a reconstructive proposal

  2. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    Why Church Must Be Impossible (opens the original)

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    The Queen remarked, ‘Now I’ll give you something to believe. I’m just one hundred and one, five months and a day.’‘I can’t believe that!’ said Alice.‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said in a pitying tone. ‘Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.’Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying’, she said: ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice’, said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half an ho

  3. Issue · Aug 27, 2026

    Reading the ‘Spiritual Classics’ (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 26, 2026

    David Martin: Reflections on Sociology and Theology (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 21, 2026

    Revisited: Jonny Baker and Cathy Ross, The Pioneer Gift: Explorations in mission (opens the original)

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