As I deconstructed my beliefs it became clear to me that what really mattered was how we treat humanity and the environment. I was drawn to the teaching attributed to Jesus to love your neighbour. Alongside that I concluded that the kingdom of god on earth required a commitment to promoting ideas of social justice. It is this that kindled my support for the concepts of liberation theology and ideas to be found in feminist and black theology. It led me to campaign also on poverty issues and issues creating and sustaining areas of multiple deprivation.
It became obvious to me that Christianity has no claim to uniqueness in its concern for such matters. Other faiths, and those with no religious belief, hold similar concerns close to their hearts. We journey together, our different starting points an irrelevancy. Thus my Facebook Page: Theology and Social Justice, contains posts from purely secular organisations campaigning for social justice. I admit to a paucity of posts from faiths other than Christianity. It is not a deliberate choice: it is a reflection of the starting point of my journey.
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