Social Issues
From the Firth of Forth to the Indian Ocean
HONOR HANIA and ALISON CLARK
As summer holiday cruises become increasingly popular, two Open House contributors highlight the changing role of the church’s ministry to seafarers. Honor looks at its history, and Alison at one chaplain’s journey from the Firth of Forth to the Indian Ocean. Continue reading
Letter from America: The cult of the gun
MICHAEL L O’NEILL
April 4th was the 50th anniversary of the assassination, by shotgun, of Martin Luther King Jr in Memphis, Tennessee, and June 6th will be the 50th anniversary of Robert F (Bobby) Kennedy’s assassination, by hand gun, in Los Angeles, California. Continue reading
A Chink of Light?
TOM DEVINE.
Scotland’s best known historian reflects on the possibility that Brexit may not happen. Continue reading
Faith in prison
DAN GUNN
Faith in prison
This is an edited version of a talk given by a retired member of the Scottish Prison Service to a conference on Spiritualities and Prisons.
