Joseph Evans
Fr Joseph Evans is a Catholic priest and a member of Opus Dei. He has worked as a journalist and youth worker, and is currently a university chaplain in Oxford. He is co-founder and Editorial Director of Adamah Media and a poet. His most recent work, “When God Hides”, was published by SLG Press in 2025.
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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.
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Retreating to victory, and how silence takes us forward
In this second article in his Travelling where I am series, Joseph Evans explores silence’s hidden power and how it is necessary to make any journey meaningful.
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Nativity
There was no room but each excuse had its own space, Every negation required its own dimensions. Comfort of course demands numerous metres squared, ... A poem by Joseph Evans
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Editorial: 6th December 2019
Listen, don’t shout. Talk calmly, don’t lecture. Laugh, don’t scream. Call this naively idealistic, if you like, but we’re launching Adamah with a hope, and yes a prayer, that it might just work... Co-founders Joseph Evans and Luke Wilkinson introduce our first edition.
