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Richard Davis.
I'm a public theologian doing a PhD in political theology at the University of Edinburgh. I'm also keen on tramping or hill walking. Contact Me


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    Archive for February, 2008

    WordPress a CMS?

    Friday, February 22nd, 2008

    Here are some links to pages that discuss using WordPress to manage websites beyond the simple blog, makes sense to me and I might try it out on a web project soon.
    http://bavatuesdays.com/a-wordpress-website-with-static-front-page/
    http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2006/12/your_static_web_site_on_steroi.html

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    Conferences in Politics and Theology

    Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

    There are two conferences coming up which look exciting:
    The 2008 Conference on the Bible and Justice
    http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/bibs/bibleandjustice
    29 May – 1 June, 2008
    University of Sheffield
    The 2008 Conference on Bible and Justice will bring together scholars from around the world to explore how the ancient texts of the Bible can play an active role in addressing twenty-first century [...]

    A view of NZ religion

    Monday, February 11th, 2008

    Here is a posting from http://blog.prayers.org/?p=655 about NZ’s state of religion a prayer requests for Feb:

    4 – 6 Pacific: New Zealand is a secular society; people see the church and Christianity as irrelevant. More and more people claim to be of ‘no religion’ and churches are rapidly shrinking and losing their young people. Churches need [...]