Index to Blogs # 1 to # 199. # 200. 27/05/2025
Out of Many, One People.
Welcome, to rounding off blog # 200 with an Index of the previous 199, which I hope provides a fairly comprehensive survey of the different issues facing Christian life, thought and ministry in a multi-ethnic society. Are there friends, colleagues and fellow believers to whom at least some of this coverage would relate? Please forward this to them and encourage them to subscribe.
Index to Blogs # 1 to # 199.
Sections:
1. Faith
2. Ministry and Church Life
3. Church of England
4. Church of England Documents
5. Pentecostal and Diaspora Churches
6. Understanding Race and Racism
7. Race in Britain
8. Ethnicity
9. National Documents
10. Current Affairs
11. Books and Thinkers
1. Faith.
3 The Church’s First Inter-Ethnic Conflict (Acts 7) 10/11/22
14 Anywhere People/Somewhere People 14/02/21
15 Nobodies yet Somebodies 11/02/21
20 Barriers to Inclusivity in 1 Corinthians 11/03/21
29 Theological Education and ‘Race’ 11/05/21
38 Paul and Ethnic Identity 13/07/21
48 Was St Augustine ‘Black’? 05/10/21
64 The Birth of the Multi-Ethnic Church: A Course on Acts 15/02/22
66 Ethnicity and Nationhood in the Old Testament and Today 01/03/22
67 Romans 14 – Building Unity across Ethnic/Religious Diversity 08/03/22
80 Reflections on ‘The Bible, Church & Racism’ 21/06/22
88 Contextual Theology amidst Ethnic Diversity 13/09/22
115 A New Testament Reflection on Inter-Cultural Mission. 25/04/23
136 Love 31/10/23
141 Where was the Manger? And Why it might Matter 05/12/23
164 Migrants as a Means of Grace 18/06/24
181/2 Advent Reflections for Inter-Cultural Christians 19 & 26/11/24
183 Exploring Revelation 7:9 03/12/24
195 A Basic Theology of Race 25/03/25
2. Ministry and Church Life.
5 Exorcism and my ‘Inner Crowd’ 26/11/20
22 Growing into Multi-Ethnic Ministry 25/03/21
31 Becoming a ‘Culturally Intelligent’ Minister 25/10/21
36 Books on Leading Multi-Cultural Churches 26/06/21
41 Starting Minority Language Congregations 03/08/21
46 What do Theological students need to learn? 21/09/21
57 Developing Minority Ethnic leaders 07/12/21
71 Good Friday – Learning from Different Cultures 08/04/22
77 Steps to Becoming Welcoming 31/05/22
79 Nine Steps to Building Multi-Ethnic Churches 14/06/22
94 ‘How do I feel’? – in multi-ethnic ministry 25/10/22
95 One Church, Many Cultures – Different Models 01/11/22
96 The Need for Multi-Cultural Churches 08/11/22
102 An International Calendar + Pele 10/01/23
103 Time Keeping – the Elephant in the Room? 17/01/23
110 Intercultural Congregations (by Rev David Wise) 07/03/23
117 Holding Together Unity and Diversity – our dilemma 09/05/23
118 Holding Together Unity and Diversity – a theological proposal 17/05/23
119 Holding Together Unity and Diversity – in church life 23/05/23
120 Enlarging Cultural Awareness 30/05/23
129 Racial Justice or Make Disciples of All Nations? 01/08/23
135 A Racial justice Pilgrimage: Guest post by Rev Christopher Ramsay 24/10/23
137 Pitfalls for Christians in Thinking about Race 07/11/23
140 Ministerial Training for Belonging 28/11/23
143 Unity, Cultural Diversity & Mission: Reflections on a Celebration 10/01/24
147 Asylum Seekers and Moslem Converts 13/02/24
160 The Intercultural Church’s calling to be Explorers 21/05/24
162 Race and Justice, Race and Evangelism 04/06/24
163 Views from the Margin and the Centre 11/06/24
172 Migrants and the Local Congregation 17/09/24
184 Ministry with South Asians: an Interview with Rev Ajay More 10/12/24
192 Cross-Cultural Ministry – A Recap 04/03/25
3. Church of England.
10/11 Institutional Racism and the Church of England 1 & 2 14 & 21/ 01/21
12 Review of the video ‘One’ by CEEC 28/01/21
24 Filling Vacancies 06/04/21
26 What can the Church of England learn from the Sewell Report 20/04/21
32 Evaluating CMEAC 01/06/21
81 The Church of England, Race, and the Second Error 27/06/22
97 The Need for Minority Ethnic Clergy 15/11/22
105/106 How the Church of England can get ‘race’ wrong 1 & 2 31/01/23 & 07/02/23
149 Should the C of E seek to ‘anglicise’ people from ethnic minorities? 27/02/24
154 ‘Professionalism’, Institutional Racism and the Church 09/04/24
155 Understanding the Church’s present situation 16/04/24
158 A National Centre for Intercultural Ministry 14/05/24
170 Reading Eric Kaufmann’s ‘Taboo’ in the Church of England 30/07/24
188 Reading ‘Superdiversity: Migration and Social Complexity’ in the C of E 04/02/2005
4. Church of England Documents.
27 Review of ‘From Lament to Action’ 27/04/21
39 Joel Edwards & ‘From Lament to Action’ update 20/07/21
63 ‘Racial Justice in the Church of England’: Report to Synod 16/02/22
75 Reparations – a Sighting Shot 17/05/22
82 Comments on the ‘Archbishops’ Commission on Racial Justice’ 07/07/22
104 The Church Commissioners’ £100 million 24/01/23
133 Considering ‘Contested Heritage’ – Mike Higton on the ‘Rustat Case’ 10/10/23
134 The ‘Archbishops’ Commission on Racial Justice’ – Summer 2023 Report 17/10/23
151 ‘The Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice’ – a discussion 12/03/24
174 Questioning dioceses making ‘Racial Justice’ appointments 01/10/24
175 Reparations 1 – Reflections on a Critical Discussion 09/10/24
176 Reparations 2 – Review of ‘Britain’s Slavery Debt’ by Michael Banner 16/10/24
177 Reparations 3 – Exploring Models for Reparations 23/10/24
185 Discussion of ‘Behind the Stained Glass’ 17/12/24
189 Reparations Rethought. Or Reframed? 11/02/25
190 ‘The Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice’ – a Discussion 18/02/25
5. Pentecostal and Diasporic Churches.
19 An interview with Phyllis Thompson 08/03/21
53 One River, Two Streams: Global Christianity in Britain 09/11/21
59 Renting Church Buildings to Other Christian Groups 11/01/22
69 Differences between Anglicans and African Caribbean Pentecostals 22/03/22
72 Black Majority Christian Groups at University (Rev Dr Stephen Laird) 12/04/22
85 Prosperity 26/07/22
92 Diasporic Churches & Mission in Britain – 1 The Challenge 11/10/24
93 Diasporic Churches & Mission in Britain – 2 Responses 18/10/22
107 An Interview with Bp Joe Aldred 13/02/23
127 Pentecostalism and Englishness – on reading Harvey Kwiyani 18/07/23)
6. Understanding Race and Racism.
1 Does Using ‘BAME’ help or hinder? 28/10/20
6 Newlyn Rd, N17 & Super-Diversity 03/11/20
18 So, who is a Racist? 18/03/21
30 How should we remember the death of George Floyd? 18/05/21
33 So, what is ‘Race’? 08/06/21
47 How anti-racists can be racist 28/09/21
62 Four Understandings of ‘Race’ 01/02/22
65 Representation and Competencies 22/02/22
70 History becomes Hot 29/03/22
86 Critical Race Theory – Some Resources 02/08/22
87 Race and Sex – a Category Confusion 07/09/22
98 What is Racial Justice? 22/11/22
100 100 Up – Defining my ‘Voice’ 06/12/22
111 Five Paradoxes of European Colonial Expansion 17/03/23
114 So, What is Institutional Racism? 18/04/23
130 It’s (not) only rock’n’roll – my ‘race’ story 19/09/23
138 Identification and Appropriation 14/07/23
142 Process of Preparation or Point of Outcome 12/12/23
144 Rethinking Race 23/01/24
148 Microaggressions 20/12/24
158 The Problem of Competing Explanations 07/05/24
178 & 180 ‘Race’ – what are we talking about? 1 & 2 29/10/24 & 12/11/24
199 The Death of George Floyd – Five Years On 20/05/25
7. Race in Britain.
2 Is Prince Henry right about ‘Race’ 05/11/20
4 Slavery, History and the National Trust 19/11/20
7 The Year of Black Lives Matter 10/12/20
9 The Strange Case of Edinson Cavani 07/01/21
35 Not the USA? 22/06/21
43 The Big Football Blog 18/08/21
45 A Good Story or a Bad Story? (Emma Radecanu & Raheem Sterling) 14/09/21
52 Black People in tv Adverts 02/11/21
54 Confessions of a white man 16/11/21
56 On Christmas Cards, plus Windrush again 30/11/21
74 The Changing Face of ‘Race’ 10/05/22
90 Major Disparities and elite Football managers: a Case Study 27/04/22
113 Good Story, Bad Story (+Lynne’s Story) 28/03/23
124 Why has Windrush 75 got so much attention? 27/06/23
128 Why do we need Black History Month? 25/07/23
132 Multiculturalism – Again 03/10/23
150 Is London Exceptional? 05/03/24
166 Why do white English People act Racialistically? 02/07/24
186 ‘Beyond the Culture Wars’ – thoughts on the Equiano Project event 20/01/25
197 Should I be an Ally to Black People? 08/04/25
8. Ethnicity.
16 Ethnicity and Asymmetry 18/12/21
28 Identity and Faith 04/05/21
49 Do White People have Privilege? 19/10/21
68 Understanding Ethnicity 15/03/22
83 And you Thought Duplo was Child’s Play 12/07/22
157 Improvisation as Intercultural Practice (by Ned Lunn) 23/04/24
165 Is it wise to select people on the basis of their ethnicity? 25/06/24
191 ‘Inclusive Othering’ (by Ned Lunn) 25/02/25
9. National Documents.
17 ‘BLM – A Voice for Black Britons?’ – a Review 25/02/21
25 ‘The Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities’ (Sewell) – a Review 13/04/21
40 Runnymede vs Sewell 27/07/21
101 Ethnic Groups in the 2021 Census 13/12/22
108 Review of ‘’Race & Ethnicity’ from IFS 20/12/23
121 Review of ‘Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis’ 06/06/23
123 ‘Windrush 75 Report’ (and 100?) 20/06/23
198 ‘Portrait of Modern Britain: Ethnicity & Religion’, Policy Exchange. Review 13/05/25
10. Current Topics.
8 ‘Small Axe’, Little Baby 17/12/20
18 ‘Is Covid Killing People of Colour’ 04/03/21
23 Covid and Crucifixion 01/04/21
37 Taking the Knee & Praising Raheem 06/07/21
42 Reflections on the 2011 Tottenham Riots 10/08/21
44 Kate Clanchy: A good woman down 24/08/21
55 Emal al-Swealmeen + Azeem Rafiq 23/11/21
76 Two Education Approaches (Troy Deeney & Michaela ) + Calvin Robinson) 24/05/22
84 Two weeks in Politics: the Prayer Breakfast & the Leadership Contest 19/07/22
89 Protectors or Proclaimers amidst Ethnic Diversity 20/09/22
91 The Death of Chris Kaba 04/10/22
99 Christmas Presents for a Multi-Ethnic Society 29/11/22
116 Reflections on the Coronation 05/05/23
171 The Riots 06/08/24
179 The Significance of Kemi Badenoch 05/11/24
11. Books and Thinkers.
34 Spelling Black with a capital B. ‘God is not a White Man’: Chine McDonald 15/06/21
49 ‘Race and the Crisis of Climate Change’ 12/10/21
50 Glenn Loury (video) ‘Race in America: the Black Family’ 26/10/21
58 Robert Beckford’s ‘Duppy Conqueror’ – a Review 14/12/21
60 ‘Discipleship, Suffering and Racial Injustice’ (Israel Oluwale Olofinjana)
& ‘Mountains Move’ (Steve Bell) 18/09/22
61 Conservative, Gifted and Black – Thomas Sowell 25/01/22
78 ‘Healing the Divides’- Jessamin Birdsall & Jason Roach 07/06/22
109 ‘Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning’ by Nigel Biggar 28/02/23
112 ‘The Priest from Pakistan’ by Amelia Jacob (review by Robin Thomson 21/03/23
122 ‘Time Come – Selected Prose’ by Linton Kwesi Johnson 13/06/23
125 The New Conversation on Race: Tomiwa Owolade ‘This is not America’ 04/07/23
126 The New Conversation on Race: Rakib Ehsan ‘Beyond Grievance’ 11/07/23
131 ‘Against Decolonisation: Campus Culture Wars . . ‘ by Doug Stokes 26/09/23
139 ‘The Pschosis of Whiteness’: Kehinde Andrews 21/11/23
152 ‘Black Success: the Surprising Truth’ Tony Sewell 19/03/24
153 ‘An Intercultural Church for a Multicultural World’: Bp Martyn Snow 26/03/24
161 Critical Solidarity: Memoirs by Esau McCaulley & Khalid Hussain 28/05/24
167 ‘Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative’: Glenn Loury 09/07/24
168 ‘Flourishing in Babylon’ by Joe Aldred 16/07/24
169 ‘Taboo: how making Race sacred . . a Cultural Revolution’: Eric Kaufmann 23/07/24
173 ‘The Two-Parent Privilege’: Melissa Kearney 24/09/24
187 ‘Superdiversity: Migration & Social Complexity: Steven Vertovec 28/01/25
193/4 ‘Factfulness’ by Hans Rosling, and ‘race’ 11 & 18/03/25
196 ‘Chinese Heritage and British Christianity’: ed. By Alexander Chow 01/04/25