‘I’ve never seen an industry more religious than the Risk and Safety industry, Particularly because the nature of saving lives is a form of soteriology’ Salvation Theology; An introduction to Soteriology by Joseph Thomas Soteriology: The fundamental idea contained in the English … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud Tour – Myths Symbols Semiotics and Religion
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Theology and Risk Workshop
It is amazing just how much theological language is used in the risk and safety industry, without much understanding or awareness of what is being stated. A classic is Dekker’s book on suffering loaded with over 30 references to biblical theology. This book opens with Dekker apologising for even … [Read more...] about Theology and Risk Workshop
12 Non-Rules for Life (and Safety)
12 Non-Rules for Life (and Safety) Disposition beats rules. Matthew tells us when the disciples endeavoured to trap Jesus into an opinion on the many Commandments of Judaism, he said there was only one rule: ‘love one another as you love yourself’. This is not to say that rules are not important … [Read more...] about 12 Non-Rules for Life (and Safety)
Why Safety is Inescapably Theological
The moment Safety drifts into questions of life, death, suffering, pain, harm and ‘saving lives’ it has no way to go except a trajectory into theology. We observe this in Dekker’s book ‘The End of Heaven, Disaster and Suffering in a Scientific Age’ with dozens of biblical references and … [Read more...] about Why Safety is Inescapably Theological