A thoughtful reflection by Renee Zou considering consumerism.
"How much of our spending is not to meet our needs, but rather for the expression of self and the impressing of others? It is sad to see how Christians, at least in the West, have also bought into the hedonistic lie of our century that life is for self-expression. We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like."
James Ellington lectures in Reformed theology at the University of Edinburgh. In this thoughtful article, he considers the meaning of 'living the good life' from both a Christian and secular perspective. His article refers to Charles Taylor's work "Sources of the Self: the making of the modern identity", which suggests that we decide if our […]
Dani Scarratt, Assistant Director of CASE, reviews three feminist works in a two-part series that reflects on the history and trajectory of the feminist movement. "Feminism is not a single unified movement, as will become increasingly obvious over the course of this article. If there was a time when even a widely accepted answer could be given […]
Pastor Patrick Miller looks at the pervasively addictive nature of social media and explains the effect of dopamine on the brain. "Every time you post on social media, you pull a digital lever and receive an intermittent variable reward. Sometimes you win two likes, sometimes you win two hundred. If you’re scrolling through reels, some […]
