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Awareness of the large contribution made by livestock production to global warming is growing rapidly. In response, John Barclay has developed an important Pauline call for greatly reducing meat consumption. The case from scripture can be strengthened by attending to the rich history of weekly, seasonal and occasional meat abstention in secular Christian society, which was grounded in a collective literal reading of both Testaments and a desire to enter into the life of Christ. In monasteries, moreover, red meat was prohibited. In the present-day context, these traditions of lived biblical interpretation need to be recovered and rearticulated. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The newest theological direction to be covered in this series, Radical Orthodoxy was launched in 1999 by Cambridge theologians John Milbank, Catherine Pickstock and Graham Ward. It sought to contest secular culture and the sidelining of theology from academic and public discourse by demonstrating the insufficiency of any account of reality that excluded religion or theology. Key themes have included culture, participation, gift, liturgy, erotic desire and the body. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers the author's insights on the gospel from the book of Genesis, Psalm, Peter, and Mark of the Bible for the first Sunday of the Lent on February 22, 2015. The author mentions that the gospel explores the baptism of Jesus which he related to human baptism saying that Jesus was baptised in a river by a wild and hairy man rather than by a member of the clergy. He explores the relation of baptism with Noah.

The article focuses on Luke's Gospel which discusses why Mary and Joseph brought their baby Jesus to Jerusalem. Topics discussed include Luke's statement that Jesus was brought to Jerusalem to be presented to the Lord, the importance of the Temple for Jesus, and Simeon's coming to the Temple to proclaim Jesus as the source of salvation for all.

The article presents a sermon given by Chancellor's Fellow in Christian Ethics and Practical Theology David Grummet from the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh for the Second Sunday of Easter. Topics covered include the different moments highlighting how Christian Messiah Jesus Christ saved the world from sin and death based on the Book of Acts, Jesus Christ's Resurrection, and explanations relating to Jesus Christ's crucifixion and death.

The article presents a sermon given by David Grumett, Chancellor's Fellow in Christian Ethics and Practical Theology, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He considers how the writer of Acts who presents a community whose members handed over apparently all their goods to common possession, redestributed radically their wealth to the poor and demonstrated total obedience to the ministers and clergy.