When church is like an ABC documentary

Life

When surveyed about what should be on television, most people say they want more documentaries. The ABC has certainly complied with this wish, giving us documentaries on every conceivable (and inconceivable) subject. We have wandered the art world of Europe, the reproductive cycle of the ant, the history of dance, and the wonders of the cosmos. We have delved into the history of war and the history of love, the history of science, even the history of Christianity.

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Herman who?

Life

‘Hermeneutics’ is a word to impress your friends with—a word to be used with crushing effect in Christian debate (“cannot accept that on hermeneutical grounds”)—a very modern word. ‘Hermeneutics’ is at the centre of a controversy that is sweeping through theological colleges and seminaries throughout the western world, and is filtering into the congregational life of many churches.

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