The evidence for evolution by natural selection is overwhelming, enhanced by recent advances in genetics.

This four-week study guide has been written by Helen Parry, a member of LICC faculty, who lectures on globalization on LICC courses.

With 2009 marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his The Origin of Species, Nick Spencer tells the story of Darwin's religious journey and reflects on what we might learn from it for the discussions surrounding creation and evolution today.

During the last 200 years evangelical interpretation of Genesis 1-3 has often been caught up in the 'science and Christianity' debate. As a result these chapters have been treated as a quasi-scientific text. As Ernest Lucas explores, while Genesis may not answer our modern scientific questions, it conveys fundamental spiritual truths that are as relevant today as they were to the ancient Hebrews: truths about the world, human nature, sin and salvation.

In this address held at LICC, Alister McGrath, Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University, critiques the work of Richard Dawkins, Britain's most famous living atheist, arguing that Dawkins' own arguments are often suspect, based on mis-characterisations, colourful rhetoric, and questionable assumptions.

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

Curt Hopkins, A Vodafone MD, finds entertaining and uncomfortable similarities between Soviet ideology and contemporary Western corporate praxis, offering a critique, and a way forward based on Romans.

Paul Chandler offers a fresh approach to Christians wanting to engage with Islam, and shares stories of how Muslims are finding Christ within their own culture.

Author: Brian Draper

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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?