Knud Jørgensen, director of the Areopagos Foundation in Norway/Denmark, assistant professor at the Norwegian School of Theology, and member of the Lausanne Theology Working Group has posted an essay ‘Escaping from the Prison of a Westernized Gospel’.

And Michael has posted an interesting reflection from Talal Asad on why we in the West find suicide bombing horrific.

Also, Chomsky fans will be keen to know that three new Chomsky articles and two new interviews have recently been posted:

• The Most Wanted List, International Terrorism. Tom Dispatch. February 26, 2008.
• “Good News,” Iraq and Beyond. ZNet. February 16, 2008.
• Where’s the Iraqi voice?. Khaleej Times. February 1, 2008.
• Why is Iraq Missing from 2008 Presidential Race?. With Amy Goodman. February 26, 2008.
• The US-Kurdish Relations and the Kurdish Question in Iraq. With Peshawa Abdulkhaliq Muhammed. February 17, 2008.