ACT Now Summer 2007

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• Editor’s thoughts
Rupert Kaye

• David Edgington wonders how meaningful it is to repent for slavery

• George Akinyede invites us all to get involved with Black History Month

• Sharon Dawson is pleased to see capital letters for ‘Black’ and ‘White’

• Miles Anderson reminds us that Black Africans enslaved other Black Africans

• Anon An ACT Now reader calls on us to challenge racist talk in the staffroom

• Peter Worsley points out that Muslims from North Africa enslaved Whites

• David Kaye enthuses about the front cover of the Spring 2007 issue (No.71)

• The past impacting the present: the enduring legacies of the transatlantic slave trade
Richard Reddie explains that our world is still shaped by the ‘African Holocaust’

• Five Little Fingers
Trevor Stevens tells how a CD came to the rescue

• Forgiveness – part 3
Scott Fellows concludes his personal story

• Amano Christian School
Hilary Millard writes about her school

• Physical Education is Character Education
Rupert Kaye ponders the meaning of ‘heart, soul, mind and strength’

• The Christian tradition in English literature
Paul Cavill makes the case for a distinctively Christian approach to literature

• Should parents smack their children?
John Steley says recent research vindicates King Solomon’s advice

• A matter of life and death
Derek Lindley wants education to prepare young people for life and afterlife alike

• Resource reviews

• Literate RE
• Exploring Puzzling Questions
• Engaging the culture: Christians at work in education
• Key Beliefs, Ultimate Questions and Life Issues for AQA Specification B

• ACT news, reports and Saturday events

• Headteacher’s Log
Leonard Bookman