The Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics
Events
KLICE is one of three organisations sponsoring a widely-endorsed evangelical appreciation of Pope Benedict XVI’s latest encyclical letter on global economic development. KLICE Director Jonathan Chaplin was a member of the drafting committee. The statement, entitled ‘Doing the Truth in Love: An evangelical call for response to Caritas in Veritate’ is available here. The statement appears in the September/October issue of Books and Culture and also at First Things. A press release is available here. The two other sponsoring organisations are Cardus (Canada) and the Center for Public Justice (USA). UK signatories include Andrew Hartropp (KLICE Advisory Council member), Elaine Storkey (Tearfund), Michael Schluter (Relationships Foundation International), Peter Heslam (Transforming Business) and Joel Edwards (Micah Challenge International).
Research
KLICE grantee
Following a year of research at London School of Theology, Katherine Hogg is now based at Leeds University working on reconciliation and conflict resolution under the supervision of Alistair McFadyen. She works part-time for Christian Aid as Volunteer Development Officer for South and West Yorkshire. In January 2009 she participated in a conference on ‘Interdisciplinarity in Theology and Religion: How to tie knots that will hold' at Durham University.
KLICE Research Seminar on Peacebuilding
Peacemaking, justice and conflict-resolution was the theme of the KLICE Reseach Seminar held in January 2009. Peter Dixon, Chief Executive of Concordis International opened with an overview of the peacebuilding methodology of Concordis. Other papers presented were:
- Katherine Hogg (Leeds), ‘Enemies at Peace: Images of God, dynamic relationality and peacebuilding in F. LeRon Shults and John Lederach’.
- Bethan Willis (Exeter), ‘Miroslav Volf and the injustice of justice’.
- Roger Abbot (Wales), ‘Compensation or Confession: A Paradigm for Justice and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Major Incidents’.
The Seminars are for KLICE grantees and other invitees working in relevant areas of Christian ethics.
Publications
Recommended recent publications:
- Vinoth Ramachandra, Subverting Global Myths: Theology and Public Issues Shaping Our World (SPCK 2008).
- Marijke Hoek & Justin Thacker, eds., Micah's Challenge: The Church's Responsibility to the Global Poor (Paternoster 2008).
- Bob Goudzwaard et al, Hope in Troubled Times: A New Vision for Confronting Global Crises (Baker 2007).
Look for articles on global ethics in:
Political Theology
Studies in Christian Ethics
International Journal of Public Theology
Journal of Religious Ethics
Links
Lapidomedia: Religious Literacy in World Affairs
Concordis International
1. Director's commentaries on the Coalition and the Conservative Party
2. Summer 2010 Newsletter
3. Latest issues of Ethics in Brief
4. Director's commentary on McFarlane v Relate case
5. KLICE contributes to 'Studies in Christian Ethics' issue
6. Director's article on role of institutions, in 'The Other Journal'
7. Review article on God and Government
8. Director's Guardian postings
