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The A to Z of Belief

Here, in one place, are all 26 blogs from Atheism to Zoroastrianism

Sep 7

Sepia image of a small bottle containing the word ‘believe’ written on a small slip of paper

Sep 7

Pinned

Peter Mansfield
in
Backyard Church

Why Am I Still A Christian?

After 44 years, it’s probably time to attempt an honest answer

Aug 5

Sepia image of a road running through a barren, but hilly, landscape towards some distant mountains

Aug 5

Peter Mansfield
in
Backyard Church

The Greatest Christians Ever?

Possibly, but there is one thing wrong with the Quakers…

3d ago

The Greatest Christians Ever?

3d ago

Peter Mansfield
in
Simply Wild

276: The Unknown Shrike

It was definitely an Isabelline Shrike, unless it was a Daurian, or a Red-tailed, or even a Turkestan Shrike

Oct 30

Photograph of a brown-coloured bird, a shrike, sitting on a dead hogweed plant.

Oct 30

Peter Mansfield
in
Ellemeno

Throwing Away My Father’s Memories

Disposing of his old photographs was painful but necessary

Oct 25

A colour photograph of a messy pile of old photographic slides

Oct 25

Peter Mansfield
in
Backyard Church

Postmodernism Changed My Life

A book by Brian D. McLaren shone a postmodernist light on my modernist faith, and changed it forever

Oct 23

A colour photograph of 32 of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup screenprints in 4 rows of 8.

Oct 23

Peter Mansfield
in
Backyard Church

Mugs, Meaning And The Search For Reality

Ontology, epistemology, and the nature of truth

Oct 15

Colour image of a green mug, on which is a picture of a fox, but the mug itself is slightly transparent, which gives a sense that it might not be real.

Oct 15

Peter Mansfield
in
Backyard Church

Nationalism is an Infantile Disease

That’s not me saying that; it’s Einstein.

Oct 12

Colour image of two people sitting with heads bowed at either end of a sofa. They are both wearing a onesie that is designed to look like the flag of the United Kingdom. On the wall behind is a picture frame which contains exactly the same photo, but this time with just one person on his own in the onesie.

Oct 12

Peter Mansfield
in
Backyard Church

The Largest Belief-System in the World

The more you think about money, the weirder it becomes

Oct 5

Photograph of a £20 note, but it is split into 6 equal sections which have been mixed up.

Oct 5

Peter Mansfield
in
Simply Wild

In Search of the Wilson’s Storm Petrel

The story of a landlubber and an ocean wanderer

Oct 2

Photograph of Wilson’s Storm Petrel, a small black sea bird, flying just above the surface of a stormy sea

Oct 2

Peter Mansfield

Peter Mansfield

Interested in history, philosophy, theology, nature, and 'big picture' stuff.

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