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Rethinking ‘Bias to the Poor’

On its 40th anniversary, a reappraisal of David Sheppard’s Bias to the Poor and its influence on the English Church…
05/04/2023
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My hate-affair with economics

Edward Hadas explains why the financial system is inherently unstable and argues that the Church must speak prophetically for economic reform…
17/02/2023
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People Politics and the Common Good

Jenny Sinclair addresses the cultural and political upheaval, reads the signs of the times and explores our calling to the common good…
23/11/2024
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Common Good: A Better Story

Jenny Sinclair gives a short talk on why the common good is the antidote to the malaise of our age…
03/11/2024
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Justice and Reconciliation in the Margins

Meeting with Salvation Army leaders in Blackpool, Jenny Sinclair reflects on the relationship of the church with poor communities…
20/10/2024
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A Justice-Seeking Church

Drawing on Catholic social teaching, Jenny Sinclair reflects for the Methodist Church on justice, and the relationship of the church with poor communities…
01/07/2024
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Written in blood – a Meditation

Jenny Sinclair gives a lecture in Malta – on the causes of our malaise and what it means to be dedicated to justice and peace, to live a life “written in blood”…
13/11/2023
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Poverty: how should the church respond?

Jenny Sinclair explores the economic and social forces influencing the churches’ response to poverty and their relationships with poor communities.…
27/03/2023
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Freedom

Jenny Sinclair’s editorial for the Easter Newsletter 2023 is a warning to refuse the false freedoms of the new “Egypt”, the cult of neoliberalism…
08/04/2023
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Is an ethical politics possible?

In Krakow, Jenny Sinclair gives a talk exploring how Catholic social teaching can inform an ethical politics…
09/01/2023

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