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Welcome to Issue 71

Is the media the new religion?

[Photo of the Christis Chair]

It’s obvious from this issue that York University has some very intelligent students. Some of the articles here are particularly challenging, but at the same time very readable. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as those people at the Christis meeting who decided to put them in.

We had a reassuring number of articles submitted for this issue, all of which we wanted to see in print, but we had to hold a few back, simply for space reasons. Hence I can promise that the next issue is going to be equally as good as this one.

If you’d like to see your work in print, then just send it to us c/o the SU centre pigeonholes or the society account (submissions@christis.org.uk). The variety of thought within the Christian belief means that we will welcome an article from all sorts of angles. In particular we’d like to see responses to articles in this issue, articles relating Christianity to current affairs, and issues which really matter on campus.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Ian Miller

Contents

Letters Page

Jubilee 2001

The campaign agains third world debt continues.

The history of biblical criticism

How our attitudes towards the Bible have changed over the past 200 years.

The selfish gene theory of original sin

Can humanity really be intrinsically selfish?

Traffic

Michael Douglas and Katherine Zeta Jones in a portrayal of our times.

Faith or works?

Can good works alone get you into heaven?

Has television replaced God?

Annette Cooper finds out.

The Bible from a literary point of view

Louise Needham introduces a new form of biblical criticism.

What’s in a name?

What do Madonna and Gandhi have in common?

The Thinker:

Can a Christian consistently adopt the lifestyle of a modern, stereotypical student?

Declaration of aims

Christis magazine, while having a Christian basis, is open to those of any faith or none. We welcome articles on social, political, religious, cultural and personal issues, provoking discussion within Christianity and beyond it.

Created with the help of the following people:

Simon Arscott
Dave Ashford
Matthew Baalham
Matt Campbell
Rachel Cavill
Tim Clarke
Annette Cooper
Loc Soc
Hilary Lonsdale
Dave Maclure

Robert Marchant
Ian Miller
Louise Needham
Vicki Russell-Smith
Tom Saddington
Max Spicer
Peter Thomas
Peter Tylor
Ian Warren
Fiona Worthy

Apologies to anyone else that we have left out of this list.

Disclaimer

The views contained in Christis are not necessarily the views of the Committee, neither are they all necessarily from a Christian viewpoint. If you have any doubts or concerns about anything you read in here, please email us at editor@christis.org.uk or drop a note in our societies pigeonhole in the SU building.


Last modified: 25th November 2005