Sofia 139

March 2021

The Struggle for Humanity

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Editorial
Covers
  • Front cover image :  Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445-1510), Primavera (Spring).
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  • Back cover image :  West Front of Westminster Abbey with statues of modern martyrs.
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    Evelyn de Morgan (1850-1919), ‘Mercy and Truth have met together, Justice and Peace have kissed each other’.
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Articles
Poetry
  • To The Dartford Warbler by Lynne Wycherley
Reviews
  • Dominic Kirkham reviews Changing the Goalpost of New Testament Textual Criticism by Abidan Paul Shah
  • Clem Cook reviews The Godless Gospel: Was Jesus a Great Moral Teacher? by Julian Baggini
  • Carol Palfrey reviews Square Haunting by Vanessa Wade
  • Kathryn Southworth reviews Fools’ Paradise by Nicholas Hagger
Regulars and Occasionals
  • Revisiting: Edward Nickell revisits Debt: The First 5,000 years by David Graeber.
  • Letters to the Editor
  • As I Please: John Pearson: Talking Rubbish