Links to other websites
We hope you find at least some of these sites interesting, exciting, provocative, thought-provoking, infuriating, life-enhancing. We aim to add more sites to the list as we become aware of them, so why not let us know of any others you think should be included?
Local organisations
Older Active People Coming together as a community to improve the quality of life for local older people. Membership of OAP is free to those people aged 55 plus, living in the Burley, Headingley and Kirkstall areas of Leeds.
Progressive Christianity
Turbulent Books ‘Turbulent Books makes the books of David Rhodes available to a popular audience. Full of stories brimming with laughter, and sometimes with pain, the books do not come from the comfort zone of the institutional Church but from the streets of our own towns and cities, where David Rhodes has worked alongside homeless people for a number of years.’
The Turning Magazine ‘The Turning is an online magazine that examines how spirituality can enrich modern life. Specifically, we’re interested in whether Christianity can be a path to compassion, or whether it has run out of steam, over-burdened by an addiction to power and self-righteous judgmentalism. We don’t claim to have the answers.’
The Center for Progressive Christianity
St Matthew-in-the-City Anglican Church in Auckland, New Zealand ‘We are passionate advocates for progressive Christianity. Our vicar, Ian Lawton, is a regular commentator in the New Zealand media on a wide variety of issues, including euthanasia, politics, prostitution, sexuality and as an alternative voice to fundamentalism. We have also hosted speaking events for Bishop John Spong on his 2001 New Zealand tour and will be doing so again in November 2003. We produce a free weekly e-Zine, called SMACA, which we describe as a forum for progressive Christianity, philosophy and social issues, as well as personal life and faith matters.’ You can subscribe to SMACA via the St Matthew’s website.
Jesus Radicals ‘Jesus Radicals is a source of discipleship for the church at large. We do not pretend to be anything more or less than a resource. However this resource is designed for Christians who know something is wrong with the church. It is a place for those who are tired of the power games that are being practiced in Jesus' name and those who do not accept the use of violence or lording it over others.’
A Global Witness An international progressive Anglican site, A Global Witness is a new online initiative to reclaim the Anglican vocation of doing ‘public theology’ through progressive analysis and commentary from around the world.
Every Voice Network (EVN) An online news and community site dedicated to connecting, supporting and uniting progressive Episcopalians — promoting a gospel of inclusive love
Passion, Peace and Pelicans Cathleen, Jonathan and Sonia Inkpin and Penny Jones discuss their concerns for peace and healing the earth, their passions for religious and political freedom, and exploring spirituality in the 21st century.
The Anglican Communion
GRAS (Group for the Rescinding of the Act of Synod — and the Ordaining of Women as Bishops in the Church of England)
Worship and prayer
World Community for Christian Meditation — an organisation recovering the ancient Christian practice of meditation as taught by the early church
Retreat houses, conference venues etc.
Holy Rood House, Thirsk Centre for Health and Pastoral Care
Campaigns for justice and peace
Future of Iraq Portal - an amazing site with links to many different groups, organisations, sources of news and information etc. Maintained by Christian peace activist Justin Alexander. You can read Justin’s interesting reflections on Karbala and Calvary (written after reading Ray’s lecture at Karbala University) on his blog at www.justinalexander.net/2004_04_01_archive.htm#108178392385951412.
Electronic Iraq Based firmly on humanitarian foundations, the Electronic Iraq online magazine offers News & Analysis, Opinion/Editorial, Iraq Diaries, International Law, Aid & Development, Fact Sheets, and Action & Activism. The Iraq Diaries section offers eyewitness reports from Iraq, and Electronic Iraq's intention is to publish diary accounts from on the ground during the hostilities.
www.eleventhhourstories.org/ Real stories of the nature of war
Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, and the local Yorkshire and Cleveland LGCM Group
Changing Attitude — working for gay and lesbian affirmation within the Church of England and the Anglican Communion
The European Forum of Lesbian and Gay Christian Groups — working for equality for lesbian and gay people within and through the Christian churches of Europe.
Soulforce — an American ‘interfaith movement committed to ending spiritual violence perpetuated by religious policies and teachings against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people.’ Soulforce uses nonviolent direct action.
Jubilee Research — the successor to the Jubilee 2000 debt cancellation campaign
Commitee to Defend Asylum Seekers
Campaigns for justice for tribal peoples worldwide
The Jubilee Group — sacramental socialists
Tikkun magazine — a Jewish critique of politics, culture and society. (Tikkun means ‘to heal and transform the world’.)
Theology
rejesus — a great website exploring the meaning of Jesus for today
Anno Domini: Jesus Through the Centuries
Bonhoeffer home page About the theologian who led Church resistance to the Nazis. Radical theologian Dorothee Sölle recently said he was ‘The one German theologian who will lead us into the third millennium’.
New Testament Gateway — an excellent resource on the study of the New Testament and other early Christian literature.
Anglo-Catholic Socialism — a site with many articles and documents from notable Anglo-Catholic Socialists, including F D Maurice, Stewart Headlam, Conrad Noel etc.
A Portrait of Jesus — from Galilean Jew to the face of God. An excellent user-friendly site outlining and making very accesible the work of historical Jesus scholar Marcus Borg.
Interesting but hard to classify!
Violence Resources — violence-related news, books and web resources
Other faiths and interfaith sites
Beliefnet: The source for spirituality, religion and morality
Jamyang Buddhist Centre, Leeds
Links to Christian—Muslim dialogue and interfaith dialogue internationally.
European Network of Buddhist—Christian Studies
A site devoted to the late Bede Griffiths, pioneer of Hindu—Christian dialogue