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The meaning of George Steiner’s Real Presences

George Steiner died last year. His masterpiece Real Presences is rarely discussed today. Dr Jenny Taylor believes its courageous attempt to remake the covenant between language and reality is key to our cultural recovery. ... Read Full Article

Creation, providence and journalism

Could theology help restore journalism's ethics? A paper by Dr Jenny Taylor given at the KLICE international webinar on The Doctrine of Creation, 24 November 2020. ... Read Full Article

Facebook and the Anti-Christ

How would the great American communications guru Marshall McLuhan have responded to the worldwide Facebook "outage"? ... Read Full Article

Forget mindfulness: what’s needed now is a dose of English mysticism

A new book encourages us to rediscover our souls - and it could not be more timely. ... Read Full Article

Why do Muslims kill Muslims?

MIDDLE eastern Islamic scholars are behind mass atrocities committed by Muslims against other Muslims in Northern Nigeria. The claim is made by Tony Blair Institute (TBI) analyst Bulama Bukarti, whose report is published soon. ... Read Full Article

JENNY JAMES TAYLOR specialises in religious literacy and was appointed Research Fellow in Communication, Media and Journalism at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge in 2019. A Bloomsbury author and campaigner she pioneered religious literacy in journalism, founding Lapido Media in 2005 as a publicly subscribed online newspaper and publisher. Described by historian Tom Holland as 'groundbreaking', it helped to change the national secular discourse by providing resources for journalists needing to ‘get religion’ in an age of globalization. Widely travelled, Taylor has a doctorate in religion from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has been published many times in academic journals and the mainstream and on-line media including the Guardian, the Times and, in translation, the European press. Her books include Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in ‘Secular’ Britain with Lesslie Newbigin and Lamin Sanneh (SPCK 1998 and Wipf&Stock 2005) and A Wild Constraint (Continuum 2008), an extended essay on contemporary sexuality. An Associate of the Community of St Mary the Virgin, she lives where she was born, in Suffolk.