Laidlaw College
Volume 30 / Issue 1 / 2023
Editorial
The current volume of Stimulus is not a themed edition, and it would be disingenuous to try to force the featured essays into a single ... Read more…Guidelines for Contributors
Stimulus welcomes the submission of material for Publication. Read more…The New Zealand Catholic Church’s Institutional Response to Clerical and Religious Sexual Abuse: A Critical Analysis
Part one of a two part article Read more…The New Zealand Catholic Church’s Institutional Response to Clerical and Religious Sexual Abuse: A Critical Analysis: Part two
Part two of a two part article Read more…Taking the Drama from Social Justice: From Triangulation to Transformation
The reality of injustice demands a response. But what happens when our response to injustice perpetuates injustice, or even creates ... Read more…Te Whānau Wiremu ki Aotearoa: How the Williams’ story has shaped Christianity, Culture, and Nation in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
As part of a more extensive work on a forthcoming biography of Henry Williams, this article sheds light on the Nonconformist roots of ... Read more…Hearts and Minds: “Home at Last” A Meditation on Renewed Creation
"Home at Last" is a first-person narrative that was delivered as part of the final chapel service at Laidlaw's Henderson Campus at 80 ... Read more…Synergeo: Taking The Common Practice Model to Church: A Theological Discussion on Critical Pedagogy in Aotearoa
In early 2023, the Ministry of Education published the first part of the Common Practice Model, a guiding document intended to direct ... Read more…Inside the Mind Of Faith: Exploring Theology with Paul Molnar
Judith Brown, in our new column, introduces Professor Paul Molnar, a renowned Catholic theologian and Systematic Theology Professor at ... Read more…St Imulus: Scoop! Stories from the New Earth
”And I saw a new heaven and a new earth…” Revelation 21:1, King James Version Read more…Video: A Homecoming: An Engagement with Eric Clapton
I quite like listening to the blues, and I particularly admire blues guitarist Eric Clapton, even if, at times, I find his lyrics a ... Read more…Video: Vision: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Director: Frank Capra Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Henry Travers. PG. Read more…Book Review: East of the Wardrobe: The Unexpected Worlds of C. S. Lewis
WARWICK BALL. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2022. XV + 298 PP. ISBN 9780197626252. US$30.99 Read more…Book Review: Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities: A Practical Theology of Friendship
ANNE-MARIE ELLITHORPE. HOBOKEN, NJ/CHICESTER, WEST SUSSEX: JOHN WILEY & SONS (IMPRINT: WILEY Blackwell), 2022. Xiv + 241 PP. ISBN ... Read more…Book Review: Te Korowai O Te Rangimārie
EDITED BY DON MOFFAT AND K. D. TAYLOR AUCKLAND: ST. JOHN’S THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, 2022. XV + 235 PP. ISBN: 978-0-473-64337-9. Read more…Book Review: You Need a Better Gospel: Reclaiming the Good News of Participation with Christ
KLYNE R. SNODGRASS GRAND RAPIDS: BAKER ACADEMIC, 2022. XII + 190 PP. ISBN 9781540965042. Read more…Book Review: The Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of Modern Life: Ministry in a Secular Age Series, Volume Three
ANDREW ROOT GRAND RAPIDS: BAKER ACADEMIC, 2021 xiv + 268 PP ISBN 978-0801098482, $27.99 Read more…Book Review: The Crucifixion of Jesus: Torture, Sexual Abuse, and the Scandal of the Cross
DAVID TOMBS, RAPE CULTURE, RELIGION AND THE BIBLE SERIES ABINGDON, OXON; NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE, 2023. ISBN 978-0-429-28975-0; ... Read more…Book Review: The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
ADRIAN WOOLDRIDGE. UK: PENGUIN BOOKS, 2023. VIII + 482 PP. ISBN 978-0-141-99037-8. $23.38. Read more…Book Review: Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter: Mapping Metaphors of Family, Race, Nation.
KATIE MARCAR. SOCIETY FOR NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES MONOGRAPH SERIES 180. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2022. XVII + 321 PP. ISBN ... Read more…
