The road to Pax Americana
(The third in a series on Christian hope in an age of Pax Americana). IN THIS AND THE FOLLOWING TWO W E E K L Y W O R D S , my intention is to: · inquire how we…
Interdependence Day?
(The second of a series on Christian hope in an age of 'Pax Americana') Last week's W e e k l y W o r d obviously raised an issue close to people's hearts, judging by the widespread response. But…
Americans are from Mars
It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world. So wrote Robert Kagan in "Paradise and Power", as the Second Gulf War was being…
Navel-gazing in Greece
Recently I indulged in a spot of navel-gazing in Greece. I travelled to Delphi, one of antiquity's most sacred locations, and there - ta-DAAAAH!!!! - I beheld the world's belly button! I kid you not. The clear inscription on the…
God turns up in Europe
If you're old enough to remember those three disturbing words on the TIME cover in 1966, "IS GOD DEAD?", this week's European edition of the magazine brings the welcome news that maybe He's not so dead after all. Granted, He…
