C.E. Jottings

Inclusion: Déjà vu all over again. Arguments that leave no room for doubt.

I consider myself fortunate to have been brought up in the broadly Anglican tradition, for one simple reason – doubt. Doubt, it has seemed to me, is inherent in the essence of the Church of England; and a very good thing too. The publication in the mid-1960s of “Honest to God” wherein John Robinson, Bishop of Woolwich doubted even the existence of God (“Death of God” - google it or check it out on Wikipedia) captured my questioning late-teenage student... Read more →

"Language which dehumanises leads to abuse of human rights" Jenny Morris on Twitter

For my first blog post after another period of silence, I am republishing with her permission an entire posting by Jenny Morris "Language and the small places of human rights". The posting is nothing to do with conductive education as such, as Jenny suggested I might point out. However, in writing about language and human rights, Jenny deals with issues which - and I hope you will agree - should concern us all. The subject line of my posting today... Read more →