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Complete Index of articles A complete back index of issues of Stimulus is available here. (Still being updated) Articles online We hold a selection of articles and reviews online. These are accessible through the back issues listed below. Ordering back issues An order form for ordering selected back issues is available here. For copies of other back issues (we have most in stock), or general subscription inquiries, please contact the publisher.
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Back issues/index |
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Kevin Ward on whether the church has a future in NZ. Various perspectives on Mel Gibson’s The Passion. A perspective on homosexuality from a former Lesbian. How do we respond to the publishing of the human genome? |
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Vol 12 Issue 2 May 2004 |
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A churchless future? |
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Peter Dennison sheds some light. Bryan Gilling recounts early NZ evangelists. Lyall Perris examines euthanasia. Gerald Baker considers Geering and God. Jenny Beck discusses the incarnation. David Cashmore thinks historically about Israel. |
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Vol 12 Issue 1 February 2004 |
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The lamp and the light |
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Other issues with their table of contents online include: Sexuality and Christ |
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Rikk Watts on Genesis 1. Gareth Jones on embryos and people. Nicola Hoggard Creegan on the theological foundations of the current ecological crisis. |
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Vol 12 Issue 4 November 2004 |
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Making sense of Genesis 1 |
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Guest edited by Tim Bulkeley of Carey Baptist College. How IT is being used in the church – bible study on the net, hypertext bible commentaries, blogging, technology and worship, technology and missions, and a church’s e-zine. |
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Vol 12 Issue 3 August 2004 |
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IT, CULTURE & THE CHURCH |
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Guest edited by Martin Sutherland of Carey Baptist College. Includes missional theology, the missional church in Titus, the marketplace and the missional church, a missional model for preaching, and the missional shift of youth ministry. |
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Vol 13 Issue 1 February 2005 |
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THE MISSIONAL CHURCH The kingdom made visible |
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Judaism and Christianity; reviews of some key books on Open Theism; some further thoughts on the missional church. |
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Vol 13 Issue 2 May 2005 |
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Jesus, justice and Judaism |
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Once again it’s election time and many of us are wondering how, perhaps even whether, we should vote. Special issue on Colloquium on Gospel, Culture, and Public Policy. How should Christians engage and pursue public politics? |
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Vol 13 Issue 3 August 2005 |
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GOSPEL CULTURE & THE PUBLIC SPHERE Gospel as public truth |
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A series of articles focusing on evangelicals and social justice. Includes an analysis of the religious data collected in the last census along with a parallel analysis of the state of the church in the US. |
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Vol 13 Issue 4 November 2005 |
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EVANGELICALS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Church and public forum |
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Various articles… Just when we think we have domesticated the New Testament, some iconoclast comes along and shakes up our ideas. Mark Strom shows us how radical Paul’s ideas about society and leadership actually were. |
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Vol 14 Issue 2 May 2006 |
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Paul and leadership |
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Part 2 of business ethics. How we speak the gospel without having our message hijacked by the words we use. How much gospel is there in the Da Vinci code? |
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Vol 14 Issue 1 February 2006 |
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Truth versus values |
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“...to be part of the gospel imperative to transform minds and put faith in God into practice.” |
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Papers presented at the conference of the Forum of the Christian Left (FOCaL). Key papers from Peter Lineham, Chris Marshall, James Harding, Anthony Dancer. |
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Vol 14 Issue 3 August 2006 |
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FOCaL Conference |
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Papers presented at a conference on “Christianity and the Feminine”. Much discussion about The Da Vinci Code and the myths and conspiracies behind it. |
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Vol 14 Issue 4 November 2006 |
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Christianity and the Feminine |
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Islam’s growing challenge to Christianity—a historical perspective. What Sharia law is, how it works, and why we should be concerned. Contemporary Islamic thought concerning the West. |
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Vol 15 Issue 2 May 2007 |
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Islam’s challenge |
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Disengagement with the Bible in postmodernity. Preaching. Postmodernity and science. Lloyd Geering: reviews of his autobiography, essays, plus a report on one of his public meetings. |
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Vol 15 Issue 1 February 2007 |
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Re-engaging with the Bible |
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Papers from a one-day Colloquium on Creation Care at Bible College, Henderson, on May 22nd. This Colloquium was jointly sponsored by A Rocha, an emerging Christian environmental organization. |
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Vol 15 Issue 4 November 2007 |
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Being just...in a climate of change |
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Articles on forgiveness—personal and in foreign policy. A response to re-engaging with the bible. Paul, Karl Barth and Mike Grimshaw. |
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Vol 15 Issue 3 August 2007 |
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Forgiveness, identity, and witness |
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Articles on the thought of Lloyd Geering written by a Chinese Scholar, Kwan Kai Man. |
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Vol 16 Issue 1 February 2008 |
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Why is Lloyd Geering still important? |
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Richard Dawkins on God, Gareth Jones on embryonic stem cells, David Kettle on Lesslie Newbigin. |
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Vol 16 Issue 2 May 2008 |
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Richard Dawkins and the God controversy |
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What is the story of Scripture? The gap between Religious Studies and the Church—the ghost of Geering. How healthy are our churches in NZ and how do we know? Who is my neighbour? |
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Vol 16 Issue 4 November 2008 |
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Dramatic developments in biblical theology |
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STIMULUS THE NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE |
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How does jubilee apply to wealth and ownership and how we vote this year? How does the reign of God apply to human politics? |
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Vol 16 Issue 3 August 2008 |
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Wealth and jubilee |
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Celebrating the 500th year since the birth of John Calvin. Acknowledging the 200th year since the birth of Charles Darwin. |
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Vol 17 Issue 2 May 2009 |
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John Calvin in Godzone |
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The Christian symbolism in Nigel Brown’s art and a response by Nigel Brown. Interview with Donna Dinsmore about public worship. Cultural perspectives on agriculture. |
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Vol 17 Issue 1 February 2009 |
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Christian symbolism of Nigel Brown |