Graham's Blog - Archive - December

05 Dec 2007

European Christian Revival?

Been reading a very interesting book by Philip Jenkins, Professor at Penn State University, called "God's Continent: Christianity, Islam and Europe's Religious Crisis". The basic argument seems to be that predictions of Islamic takeover of Europe is a big mistake. Muslims are not numerous enough, and are likely to assimilate more than to become more radical. Christians are in fact adapting pretty well to late modernity, and if you add in Christian immigration from African, Eastern Europe etc, a more likely scenario is the revival of Christian fortunes in Europe.

03 Dec 2007

A great day out

Went to Watford on Saturday to see the famous Bristol City take on the league leaders. Predicted a solid defeat, but had the bext kind of football fan's afternoon. 0-0 til late on, Enoch Showunmi leaps like a salmon at the far post to head home after 75 mins for a vital lead. We go mad. 3 minutes from the end, they equalise. We slump into our seats, consoling ourselves with the thought that we'd have taken a draw (but secretly gutted we wouldn't win), and hoping like crazy we don't let in another.