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With the election behind us, the normal cycle of Ethics in Brief resumes with two challenging new pieces:

In ‘The Curious Case of the Kind Evangelicals’, Philip Sampson explains how evangelicals were once staunch opponents of cruelty to animals and wonders why they aren’t today. 

In ‘The Rise and Demise of Thomas Cook Travel - a Case Study of the Relevance of a Christian Approach to Business’, Andrew Basden analyses what went wrong with an originally Christian company. 

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Colin Bell offers ‘first thoughts’ on Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s remarkable encyclical letter on the ecological crisis, on the Sustainability in Crisis blog. In the next KLICE Comment, Colin will  offer a fuller analysis of Laudato Si’.

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The next ‘KLICE News’ will appear in early September.

News...

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KLICE works closely with the Tyndale Fellowship Ethics and Social Theology (EST) Group. Its latest meeting was held from 1-3 July at Tyndale House, focussing on the theme of ‘Social Theology’. Advisory Council member and Old Testament scholar Jonathan Rowe gave a stimulating EST ‘Tyndale Lecture’ on ‘The Common Good in Amos’. Sessional paper topics ranged from sovereignty in theological perspective (Harry Smart), Ivan Illich’s social theology (Simon Ravenscroft), Pentecostal social engagement in the Philippines (Joel Tejedο), biblical miracle claims and violence (Matthew Rowley), and the theology of good and bad government (Nicholas Townsend). Jonathan Chaplin gave a paper on Herman Dooyeweerd’s social theory to a joint session of the EST and Philosophy of Religion Groups.

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KLICE Advisory Council member Jessica Giles has created a new web resource on law and religion for the Open University, entitled ‘Sacred and Secular’.  The resource also explains how to decipher legal cases.

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Senior Research Fellow Andrew Goddard has written an article ‘“Equal Marriage”: Is There a New Christian Ethic for Sex and Marriage?’ on the Fulcrum website

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Congratulations to former Associate Director Joshua Hordern, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Oxford University, for receiving an inaugural British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award for the project ‘Engaging Healthcare: Markets and Meaning’. See the Oxford Healthcare Values Partnership initiated and led by Joshua, and listen to him discuss ‘Compassion’ on BBC Radio 4’s Beyond Belief 15 June, available on BBC iPlayer here.

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Congratulations also to Research Associate Ian Clausen, who has been appointed to a 3-year Arthur J. Ennis Fellowship at the University of Villanova, PA, commencing September. He currently holds the Postdoctoral Lilly Fellowship at Valparaiso University, IN.

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Jonathan Chaplin led a seminar on a Christian perspective on multiculturalism for ten interns on the CARE Institute for Leadership programme, 5 May.

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On 10 July, Jonathan spoke on ‘The Role of Government in a Relational Society’ at the European Christian Political Youth Summer School, this year convened by the Jubilee Centre and held in Cambridge. 40 attended from all over Europe.

Also Recommended....

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The annual conference of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics takes place 4-6 September, Westcott House, Cambridge, on the theme of ‘Power and the Limits of Power’.

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The Von Hügel Institute is co-organising an international conference on 'Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religious Faith and Social Justice' to be held on 4-5 September at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.

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Christian Academic Network's 2015 conference (11-13 September, Uckfield, Sussex) will explore the concept of a Christian University and consider whether such an institution might be appropriate for the UK and what form it might take. Jonathan Chaplin is leading a discussion session.