The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity

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The iPod is nothing less than an icon in our time. A huge critical and commercial success, Apple's portable MP3 player and companion iTunes music service has revolutionised the way we buy and listen to music. But if, as Shane Hipps believes, the medium is the message and no technology is value neutral, what has the iPod revolutionised and what are the implications for Christians wanting to embrace the technology?

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This is an utterly compelling exploration of Colossians. It brings the text alive in the context of the Roman Empire of the 1st century and shows how the letter’s understanding of the Gospel of Christ applies so sharply to the consumerist empires of the 21st century.

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TV producer Andrew Graystone and friends discuss what role Christians should play in shaping our country’s media. £3.75 plus P & P.

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Why is your watch wrong? Why do Tories read the Telegraph? And how did TV become our new community? Former adman Mark Greene examines how the content of popular media shapes our minds and our culture, how far the media agenda is set by commercial interest, and how the very nature of different media influences how we understand the world around us. £3.75 plus P & P.

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Why would anyone become a Christian today? Why, when God is dead, religion a cause of global conflict, and the Church inflexible, irrelevant and illiberal, would anyone in his right mind embrace the Christian faith? They do and Journeys and Stories explores why. The result of a year-long research project conducted by LICC and a ecumenical group in Scotland, it follows and analyses the journeys and stories of over 40 Scottish men and women on their varied, often meandering, sometimes heart-breaking, but mostly inspiring journeys towards God.

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Recent scientific research has revealed exciting new insights into the enormous complexity of life, which is causing an increasing number of scientists to call into question the legitimacy of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. The theory of Intelligent Design has been developed from these insights. In this address held at LICC, Dr Ken Boa provides his personal analysis of Intelligent Design with a minimum of scientific jargon. £3.75 plus P & P.

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Nick Spencer, LICC’s Research Director and author of Beyond Belief and Graham Tomlin, Principal of St Paul’s Theological centre and author of The Provocative Church, explore how the church might once again capture the imagination of our culture.