HAVE A BIT OF NOUS: UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FAITH TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD Christopher C. Knight   It’s not often that people nowadays invoke an ancient Greek philosophical concept but - without knowing that this is what they’re doing - this is precisely what happens, in certain parts of Britain, when people criticise someone else’s lack of common sense. In Yorkshire, in particular, you’ll still often hear someone voice this kind of criticism by saying, “Ee lad” - or lass, as the case may be - “have a bit of nous.”    This use of the term nous to mean “common sense” does pick up one aspect of what ancient philosophers meant when they used this word, but this was not the main thing that they

Love for creation - a New Testament approach Introduction: What role does the love of neighbour play in a theology of creation in times of climate change? I will answer this question briefly from a Christian perspective with the help of the three Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Parallel things may be to be said on the basis of other scriptures. Especially since the Second, the so-called New Testament is based upon Jewish scriptures tradition lines can easily be found between these two scriptural bodies. I even dare to say that everything which will be written here is hopefully written as if a Jew would look over my shoulder and could say “yes” to the writing. First thought: Standing up for climate protection presupposes that we see