Joseph Evans
Fr Joseph Evans is a Catholic priest and member of the Opus Dei prelature. He has been a journalist and youth worker, and is currently a university chaplain in Oxford. He is co-founder and Editorial Director of Adamah, which he sees as bringing together some of his great passions: good writing, intelligent and honest discussion, and helping young people achieve their full potential.
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Lessons for lockdown from a Holocaust survivor
(7 minute read) Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl developed a unique approach to life which enabled him to survive various Nazi concentration camps. Clare Cooper explains how his approach could be adapted to lockdown.
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The Epiphany star: still shining after all these years
(10 minute read) Joseph Evans sees the star which, tradition has it, guided the Wise Men to Jesus as an ancient form of the internet. And he argues that, two millennia on, the tale continues to be relevant for believers and unbelievers alike.
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Annoying but true: the uncomfortable challenge of Pope Francis’ Fratelli Tutti
(8 minute read) Joseph Evans is troubled by Pope Francis’ latest document, and is forced to ask why.
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Guarding the guardians: what constitutes ‘good’ religion?
(12 minute read) Having argued that not all forms of religion are positive, Joseph Evans proposes criteria to distinguish the good from the bad.
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A double-edged sword: the power of religion for good and evil
(7 minute read) Joseph Evans, a Catholic priest, turns a spotlight on religion’s potential for harm as well as good and dares to think the unthinkable - that not all religions are a positive force in society.
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Not just skin-deep: racism’s lasting wounds
(9 minute read) Joseph Evans finds himself reflecting deeply on the reality of racism during a panel discussion, and discovers new horizons of pain he had never before considered.
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Editorial: Love not hate
Since our last edition, the Black Lives Matter campaign has dominated the headlines and so it couldn’t fail to find its way into Adamah’s pages too. While we genuinely deplore all expressions of racism, and have no doubt that many forms of it continue to exist in our world, we equally deplore the violence and hatred which has accompanied some of the demonstrations, proposed actions and opinions voiced. This is powerfully argued in Joseph Evans’ Love not hatred is the way to end racism, in which the author argues that Christian love, as weak as it might appear to some, is a far stronger opponent to racism than any ideology.…
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Telling life’s real stories
(8 minute read) The best stories are often those not written down, believes Joseph Evans.
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Five ways to lose weight in Lent
(3 minute read) Joseph Evans argues that Lent has a meaning for believers and non-believers alike.
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Asking the wrong question: how we are putting the Amazon and the world at risk
(11 minute read) The future of the Amazon raises fundamental ethical and spiritual questions which we should all consider, even - perhaps especially - in the West, Joseph Evans argues.
