{"id":11449,"date":"2023-07-15T09:04:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T09:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/?page_id=11449"},"modified":"2024-11-24T16:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T16:52:12","slug":"11449-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/11449-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11449\" class=\"elementor elementor-11449\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wpr-jarallax elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c29af85 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-stretched wpr-jarallax-yes elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" speed-data=\"1.4\" bg-image=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Augustine-banner-scaled.jpg\" bg-image-mobile=\"\" scroll-effect=\"scroll\" data-id=\"5c29af85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78892230\" data-id=\"78892230\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02de6e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02de6e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Press Resources<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/11449-2\/#:~:text=are%20marked%20*-,Comment,-Name%20*\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Request FREE Copy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-620470e elementor-button-warning e-transform e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"620470e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YoweH3Ruo9sLuyB8zilqoKhqXljzz-XM\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-download\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Hi-Res Cover Image <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c827ce elementor-button-warning e-transform e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8c827ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Book-Covers.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-download\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">F\/B Covers Display<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5242e6e elementor-button-warning e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5242e6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SAS-Press-Kit.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Media Kit Folder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9af8b48 elementor-button-warning e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9af8b48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book-summaries-bios-target-readership.docx\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-word\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Media Release<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f62b1 elementor-button-warning e-transform e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a3f62b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book-summaries-bios-target-readership.docx\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-word\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Synopsis\/ Target<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6d0cc8 elementor-button-warning e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e6d0cc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Literary-Reviews.docx\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-word\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Reviews &amp; Tributes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2249ea0 elementor-button-warning e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2249ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book-summaries-bios-target-readership.docx\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-word\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Author Biography<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936f381 elementor-button-warning e-transform e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"936f381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Little-Known-Facts-About-Education-In-Britains-State-Funded-Schools.docx\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-word\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Little Known Facts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f4dbd5 elementor-button-warning e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8f4dbd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">8 year old sex abuse victim was taught <br \/>&#8220;It&#8217;s my fault, it&#8217;s my own fault.&#8221;<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Courtesy of BBC News<\/span><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av-embeds\/58805963\/vpid\/p071j0t8\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS AND NOTES ON EDUCATION IN BRITAIN\u2019S STATE FUNDED SCHOOLS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4d5c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-id=\"ea4d5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Most subjects taught in Britain\u2019s schools are regulated by statute. However, some people do not realise that despite experience of sectarianism parts of the UK, there is no statutory curriculum for religious education. Guidance is provided, but schools are free to teach any religious beliefs they please (except teaching Creationism as a scientific theory).<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CHILD ABUSE<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alone amongst civilised nations today, Britain allows children to be beaten in the home.\u00a0 Hansard records that in May 2004 Peter Forster, the 55-year-old Lord Bishop of Chester sitting in the House of Lords, spoke in favour of allowing the beating of children as \u2018reasonable chastisement\u2019.<br \/><br \/>The 66-year-old Baroness Richardson of Calow agreed, on behalf of \u2018a great many Christians across a wide range of Churches, particularly those which have come out in support in official statements, such as the Methodist Church, the United Reform Church, the Roman Catholic Church and many children\u2019s charities\u2019.<br \/><br \/>Yet over many decades, and well before 2004, research has shown that corporal punishment does not work and can lead to mental health problems for some children.<br \/><br \/><\/span><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">QUESTIONABLE VALUES<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All Britain\u2019s state\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">funded <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">schools are obliged to teach Christian beliefs.\u00a0 Faith schools are free to teach other beliefs as well.\u00a0 Since the Education Act of 1944 passed into law, many schools, and 60% of primary schools, teach their young pupils negative and unfounded ideas.\u00a0 The following potentially harmful ideas continue to be taught to children today, spurred by churchmen and politicians.\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4d5c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-id=\"ea4d5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Disgrace<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Infants are held to be <\/span><em style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8216;stained by original sin&#8217;<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and they need to be baptised to wash the sin out of them.\u00a0 (Since Augustine&#8217;s time, original sin has had sexual connotation<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">s.)\u00a0 Children are taught, as the author was, that if they are not baptised and do not obey they will burn forever in hell.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">False Obligation<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Children are customarily taught that they are beholden to a magnificent &#8216;S<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">aviour,&#8217; who suffered for them and was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">horribly<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">brutalised and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">put to death because of their wickedness.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Moral Confusion<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Penitential Act, typically recited in many Christian faith schools, requires pupils to admit sins and beg for mercy and forgiveness from a glorified being, whether or not they have sinned.<br \/><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The victim of any sinful act is ignored.\u00a0 If we harm someone, the honourable course of action is to speak to that individual face to face.\u00a0 Encouraging children to seek forgiveness of any wrongdoing from a third party is craven.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b style=\"color: #000000;\">Stifling<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christianity teaches that God knows and manages everything.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Evil will be punished after death when all will face the Final Judgement.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This idea has potential to stifle action.\u00a0 There is no point in challenging evil deeds, because God is responsible for administering justice.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Divisive<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Children are not encouraged to believe all humans are equal.\u00a0 Instead they are promised that, as believers they will be rewarded in heaven, while non-believers will burn forever in hell.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moreover, claiming that the promise of heaven and threat of hell makes Christians good, belittles their generous nature.\u00a0 People do good without threats of inducement or punishment.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Images of Violence<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many faith schools expose children as young as six to gory images.\u00a0 Some schools encourage their pupils to draw graphic pictures of a man being tortured and agonisingly killed, as exposed and documented by a primary school teacher in <\/span><em style=\"color: #000000;\">St\u00a0Augustine&#8217;s Sin<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>Sensitive children can be affected for life by corrosive feelings of guilt and self-censure, as the author was.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">POOR QUALITY STUDIES OF RELIGIOUSITY<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The benefits credited to religious belief are often misrepresented in research studies of religiosity and health, perpetuating the cycle of misplaced approval.\u00a0 In studies analysed by the author, participants are divided into \u2018believers\u2019 and \u2018unbelievers\u2019.\u00a0 Any health issues amongst unbelieving participants is held to be due to unbelief.\u00a0 However, the true reason might be related to any number of causes and quite possibly attributable to early proselytisation and not due to unbelief.\u00a0 For a proper study of the effects of religion on developing young people, it would be necessary to identify all the subjects who have been indoctrinated and later recanted, and classify them separately.\u00a0 In the pages of <\/span><em style=\"color: #000000;\">St Augustine&#8217;s Sin<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> we discover why prominent academics tend to shun religion as a field of study.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph 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100vw, 140px\" \/><\/strong><strong>Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Non-fiction\/Religious critique<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Item Length:<\/strong> 350 words<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Press Release Date:<\/strong> 1st July, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0ST AUGUSTINE\u2019S SIN \u2013\u00a0<em>Why child abuse bedevils Christianity<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Author\/Contact:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Please use the form\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/11449-2\/#:~:text=are%20marked%20*-,Comment,-Name%20*\">below<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\u2013 START \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>THE HIDDEN BACKDROP TO MATT REDMAN AND THE REVERED \u2018SOUL SURVIVOR\u2019 CHURCH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>An important new book: \u2018St Augustine\u2019s Sin\u2019 investigates the story behind repeated allegations of abuse by church leaders<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the latest allegations, by Matt Redman, the Church of England responded by sacking the panel of experts who provided independent oversight of how it dealt with abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2021 the UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse disclosed that 100 new cases of clerical abuse are being reported every year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The UK Inquiry reported \u201ca grudging and unsympathetic attitude to victims\u201d (by the Church).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Around the same time, an inquiry in France reported that children are more likely to be abused within Church settings than state schools, holiday camps and sporting organisations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>Why is abuse more prevalent within church settings than elsewhere, and why is the Church so lax&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/article\/644946786\/the-hidden-backdrop-to-matt-redman-and-the-revered-soul-survivor-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View release here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Subject: <\/b>New Book Review<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Genre: <\/b>Non-fiction\/Religious <span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">critique<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Item Length:<\/strong> 400 words<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Press Release Date:<\/strong> 18th July, 2023<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Title:<\/strong> ST AUGUSTINE&#8217;S SIN &#8211; <em>Why child abuse bedevils Christianity<br \/><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Author\/Contact:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please use the form <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/11449-2\/#:~:text=are%20marked%20*-,Comment,-Name%20*\">below<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 START \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TIMELY NEW BOOK: ST AUGUSTINE\u2019S SIN &#8211; WHY CHILD ABUSE BEDEVILS CHRISTIANITY <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>This first-hand account of clerical abuse by an alter boy explains why abuse is revealed to be more likely in church settings than in state schools, holiday camps and sporting organisations<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The latest allegations of abuse by Matt Redman, at the revered \u2018Soul Survivor\u2019 Church in Watford, follow the pattern documented throughout the Christian world and up to the present time.\u00a0 When a safeguarding investigation was announced in May, the Church of England responded by sacking the panel of experts who provided independent oversight of how it dealt with abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2021 an <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/05\/french-catholic-priests-abused-children-report#:~:text=The%20report%20found%20the%20huge%20scale%20of%20sexual%20abuse%20in%20the%20Catholic%20church%20was%20higher%20than%20in%20other%20institutions%20such%20as%20state%20schools%2C%20holiday%20camps%20and%20sporting%20organisations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inquiry in France<\/a> reported that children are more likely to be abused within Church settings than state schools, holiday camps and sporting organisations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Around the same time, our own <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iicsa.org.uk\/key-doc\u00acuments\/23357\/view\/catholic-church-investigation-report-4-december-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse<\/a> disclosed that 100 new cases of clerical abuse are being reported every year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The UK Inquiry reported \u201ca grudging and unsympathetic attitude to victims\u201d and failures (by the Church) \u201ccontributed to more children experiencing actual abuse and many others being exposed to the risk&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/article\/644710878\/timely-new-book-st-augustine-s-sin-why-child-abuse-bedevils-christianity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\">View release here<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Subject: <\/b>New Book Review<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Genre: <\/b>Non-fiction\/Religious <span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">critique<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Item Length:<\/strong> 400 words<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Press Release Date:<\/strong> 16th July, 2023<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Title:<\/strong> ST AUGUSTINE&#8217;S SIN &#8211; <em>Why child abuse bedevils Christianity<br \/><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Author\/Contact:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please use the form <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/11449-2\/#:~:text=are%20marked%20*-,Comment,-Name%20*\">below<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 START \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ST AUGUSTINE\u2019S SIN \u2013 THE GUILTY STORY BEHIND MATT REDMAN\u2019S ABUSE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Matt Redman, a prominent worship leader at Soul Survivor,<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/premierchristian.news\/en\/news\/article\/i-spent-years-trying-to-fully-heal-from-my-time-at-soul-survivor-matt-redman-reveals-input-into-mike-pilavachi-safeguarding-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has alleged he experienced &#8220;harmful behaviours&#8221; and was &#8220;mistreated&#8221;<\/a><\/span> \u2013 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Telegraph<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For months UK national newspapers have been publishing<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/06\/07\/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-watford-church-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegations of abuse levelled at 65-year-old Rev Canon Mike Pilavachi<\/a><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the British evangelist preacher revered by Church leaders. \u00a0Pilavachi founded the Soul Survivor Church in Watford 1993, and he is regarded within Christian circles as a charismatic leader and a prophet with<em> \u201ca direct dial to God\u201d. <\/em>But under the vestment of his Christian celebrity, moralising in front of a giant crucifix, it is claimed that young, men were encouraged to receive full-body oil massages in their underwear in their vicar\u2019s bedroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In May, following revelations in the Telegraph, a safeguarding investigation was announced. Days later the Church of England (CofE) reacted by summarily sacking all members of The Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) who provided independent oversight on how the Church deals with abuse&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/article\/644684717\/st-augustine-s-sin-the-guilty-story-behind-matt-redman-s-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\">View release here<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Subject: <\/b>New Book Review<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Genre: <\/b>Non-fiction\/Religious <span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">critique<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Item Length:<\/strong> 400 words<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Press Release Date:<\/strong> 15th July, 2023<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Title:<\/strong> ST AUGUSTINE&#8217;S SIN &#8211; <em>Why child abuse bedevils Christianity<br \/><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Author\/Contact:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please use the form <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/11449-2\/#:~:text=are%20marked%20*-,Comment,-Name%20*\">below<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 START \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>NEW BOOK LAYS BARE A QUIET UNDERPROP OF CHILD ABUSE: &#8220;ST AUGUSTINE\u2019S SIN&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>This new work, tracing the roots of child abuse, has been hailed by reviewers as<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> \u2018well researched\u2019, \u2018informative\u2019 and \u2018mind-opening\u2019 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In June 2023, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-65977524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Church of England sacked the panel of experts<\/a><\/span> who provided independent oversight of how it dealt with abuse. \u00a0Yet in 2021 the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iicsa.org.uk\/key-doc\u00acuments\/23357\/view\/catholic-church-investigation-report-4-december-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse<\/a><\/span><\/span> disclosed that 100 new cases of clerical abuse are being reported every year.\u00a0 Around the same time, an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/05\/french-catholic-priests-abused-children-report#:~:text=The%20report%20found%20the%20huge%20scale%20of%20sexual%20abuse%20in%20the%20Catholic%20church%20was%20higher%20than%20in%20other%20institutions%20such%20as%20state%20schools%2C%20holiday%20camps%20and%20sporting%20organisations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inquiry in France<\/a><\/span><\/span> reported that children are more likely to be abused within Church settings than in state schools, holiday camps and sporting organisations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why is abuse more prevalent within a church than in other settings, and why is the Church so lax in&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/article\/644255147\/new-book-lays-bare-a-quiet-underprop-of-child-abuse-st-augustine-s-sin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View release here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Subject: <\/b>New Book Review<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Genre: <\/b>Non-fiction\/Religious <span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">critique<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Item Length:<\/strong> 400 words<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Press Release Date:<\/strong> 11th July, 2023<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Title:<\/strong> ST AUGUSTINE&#8217;S SIN &#8211; <em>Why child abuse bedevils Christianity<br \/><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Author\/Contact:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please use the form <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/11449-2\/#:~:text=are%20marked%20*-,Comment,-Name%20*\">below<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 START \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UNITED NATIONS REPRIMAND SHOULD ALARM UK PARENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Defending compulsory Religious Worship might be a problem for Church leaders trying to meet requirements for child safeguarding<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In June 2023<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/onlysky.media\/jpearce\/un-committee-on-rights-of-the-child-calls-out-religious-bias-in-uk-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the United Nations expressed concern<\/a><\/span> regarding UK education. Alone among European nations, collective worship <em>&#8220;broadly Christian in character&#8221;<\/em> is compulsory in UK schools. A UN committee called for repeal of the law, and recommended pupils be given the independent right of withdrawal from religious worship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2020\/aug\/28\/fear-of-failure-giving-uk-children-lowest-happiness-levels-in-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data from The Children&#8217;s Society<\/a><\/span> revealed that young people in the UK exhibit the lowest level of life satisfaction in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A new book, ST AUGUSTINE&#8217;S SIN<em>,<\/em> offers personal perspectives on faith school education. Joe Baker, a one-time Christian Brothers pupil, explains how his life was influenced by enduring feelings of <strong>guilt<\/strong> and <strong>deference<\/strong>.\u00a0 Chapters by a primary school teacher&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/article\/644041097\/united-nations-reprimand-should-alarm-uk-parents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View release here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Subject: <\/b>Book Review<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Genre: <\/b>Non-fiction\/Religious <span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">critique<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Item Length:<\/strong> 400 words<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Press Release Date:<\/strong> 9th July, 2023<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Title:<\/strong> ST AUGUSTINE&#8217;S SIN &#8211; <em>Why child abuse bedevils Christianity<br \/><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Author\/Contact:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please use the form <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/11449-2\/#:~:text=are%20marked%20*-,Comment,-Name%20*\">below<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 START \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WAKE-UP CALL TO PARENTS: THE CofE HAS ENDED INDEPENDENT SAFEGUARDING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Meeting requirements for child safeguarding might be a problem for Church leaders trying to uphold compulsory Religious Worship <\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2021 the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iicsa.org.uk\/key-doc\u00acuments\/23357\/view\/catholic-church-investigation-report-4-december-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse<\/a><\/span> disclosed that 100 new cases of clerical abuse are being reported every year.\u00a0 Around the same time, an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/05\/french-catholic-priests-abused-children-report#:~:text=The%20report%20found%20the%20huge%20scale%20of%20sexual%20abuse%20in%20the%20Catholic%20church%20was%20higher%20than%20in%20other%20institutions%20such%20as%20state%20schools%2C%20holiday%20camps%20and%20sporting%20organisations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inquiry in France<\/a><\/span><\/span> reported that children are more likely to be abused within Church settings than state schools, holiday camps and sporting organisations. Yet in June 2023, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-65977524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church of England sacked the panel of experts<\/a><\/span> who provided independent oversight of how it dealt with abuse.\u00a0 <\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why is abuse more prevalent within a Church than in other settings, and why is the Church so lax in addressing the issue?\u00a0 A new book, ST\u00a0AUGUSTINE&#8217;S\u00a0SIN<em>,<\/em> offers personal perspectives on faith school education&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/article\/643813405\/wake-up-call-to-parents-the-cofe-has-ended-independent-safeguarding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View release here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BOOK SYNOPSIS (200 words)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>St Augustine&#8217;s Sin <\/em>is a meticulous exploration, initially from a child\u2019s-eye viewpoint, of St\u00a0Augustine\u2019s fourth century teaching. \u00a0The author served as altar boy and chorister while attending church schools in Ireland and England, where he faced abuse.\u00a0 Here he recalls daily prayers of self-censure and remorse, a penitential ritual still practised in some British schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Britain is a mainly secular society, yet most of us born here were taught Augustine\u2019s ideas, by law.\u00a0 His ancient hair-shirt texts shape our lives\u2014our schools, our politics, and darkly, how we relate to ourselves and each other. \u00a0In school we are taught values at odds with modern notions of decency and fair play. \u00a0According to polls, most of us reject religion later in life, but billions of neural connections made in our infant brains are not then freed. \u00a0Augustine\u2019s shameful ideas about sex and sin pervade or culture, normalising negative thought patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tracing his religious background, the author suggests Augustine\u2019s teaching on sinful lust might play a more influential role in child abuse and adult mental well-being than has generally been recognised in mainstream social science. The lucid descriptions by a schoolteacher of the indoctrination methods used in faith schools today will stir readers who suppose Christianity is a benign influence, to think again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BOOK SYNOPSIS (100 words)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The \u2018God Debate\u2019 is given a shot in the arm with this new book attacking an eminent Christian saint. The author served as altar boy and chorister while attending boarding schools in Ireland and England, where he faced abuse. With the Vatican decrying critics of the church as \u2018Friends of the Devil\u2019, he reflects on the drill and doctrine of his schooldays.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Augustine\u2019s teaching on self-censure and penitence, endorsed in many faith schools today, are studiously explored. The author suggests these dark ideas might play a more influential role in child abuse and adult mental well-being than has generally been recognised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BOOK SYNOPSIS (50 words)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>St Augustine&#8217;s Sin<\/em> offers an acclaimed fresh perspective on the current crisis within Christianity.\u00a0 Vignettes from the author\u2019s church school where he faced abuse, illustrate the work.\u00a0 He explores Augustine\u2019s dark ideas to discover what role drill and doctrine might play in child sexual abuse and adult mental well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY (200 words)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Joe Baker is a professional engineer by training, now retired. In his childhood, he served as altar boy and chorister while attending faith schools in Ireland and England, where he encountered abuse. With the Vatican decrying critics of the church as \u201cFriends of the Devil\u201d, he thought back to his church schooldays. He recalls the daily prayers of self-censure and remorse prescribed by St Augustine of Hippo, a penitential ritual still practised in some British schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, performing in his local church choir, Joe has acquaintance with clergymen and women, and a close knowledge of ecclesiastical rites and rituals. Reading about the evasiveness of the churches in response to disclosures of child abuse, he resolved to use his familiarity with drill and doctrine to evaluate Augustine\u2019s shameful theology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His writing about Christianity has been described as &#8216;informative&#8217; &#8216;inspiring&#8217; and &#8216;outrageous.&#8217; Having spent much of his professional life writing for technical journals, Joe&#8217;s prose tends to be crisp and taut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the final chapters, contributing author Lorna Graham, a schoolteacher for 26 years, brings faith schools to life depicting her struggle to deliver a critically conscious, dialogic education to her charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY (100 Words)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A professional engineer by training, Joe Baker served as altar boy and chorister while attending boarding schools where he faced abuse. With the Vatican decrying critics of the church as \u2018Friends of the Devil\u2019, he thought back to the drill and doctrine of his schooldays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His writing about Christianity has been described as &#8216;informative&#8217; &#8216;inspiring&#8217; and &#8216;outrageous.&#8217; Having spent much of his professional life writing for technical journals, Joe&#8217;s prose tends to be crisp and taut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Contributor, Lorna Graham, a teacher for 26 years, brings faith schools to life describing her efforts to deliver a critically conscious, dialogic education to her pupils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TARGET READERSHIP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The readership demographic for\u00a0<i>St Augustine&#8217;s Sin <\/i>is similar to that for other works critical of religion, by Dawkins, Hitchens, Fry, etc.\u00a0 However, this new scrutiny of the effect of indoctrination on school children, adopts a novel child\u2019s-eye perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No follower wants to hear criticism of their faith. The author avoids challenging Christianity directly; Instead, he examines some of the already contentious teachings of St Augustine.\u00a0 Intelligent young people, recent Christian apostates or those contemplating apostasy, will be responsive to a sincere critique from a church insider. Pre-publication reviews indicate a strong prospective audience of educated thinkers who have reached a reflective stage in life. This is a profile you may recognise as typical of your readership.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Audience in \u2018The God Debate\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Other educated seniors, 50+.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Questioning 17 \u2013 24 year-olds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Open minded thinkers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Child protection workers and anyone involved in child minding or education.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This important new contribution to discussion is timely.\u00a0 Recent polls show that the UK population is turning away from religion.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The launch is <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">supported by a lively promotion effort.\u00a0 The National Secular Society and Humanists UK are both actively campaigning against faith schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84a0238 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84a0238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Author contact: Chichester, UK   ***Reviewers - for a FREE book, apply here with details of publication:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Resources Request FREE Copy Hi-Res Cover Image F\/B Covers Display Media Kit Folder Media Release Synopsis\/ Target Reviews &#038; Tributes Author Biography Little Known Facts Interview Topics Suggested Quiz 8 year old sex abuse victim was taught &#8220;It&#8217;s my fault, it&#8217;s my own fault.&#8221; Courtesy of BBC NewsLITTLE-KNOWN FACTS AND NOTES ON EDUCATION IN BRITAIN\u2019S STATE FUNDED SCHOOLS Most subjects taught in Britain\u2019s schools are regulated by statute. However, some people do not realise that despite experience of sectarianism parts of the UK, there is no statutory curriculum for religious education. Guidance is provided, but schools are free to teach any religious beliefs they please (except teaching Creationism as a scientific theory). \u00a0 CHILD ABUSEAlone amongst civilised nations today, Britain allows children to be beaten in the home.\u00a0 Hansard records that in May 2004 Peter Forster, the 55-year-old Lord Bishop of Chester sitting in the House of Lords, spoke in favour of allowing the beating of children as \u2018reasonable chastisement\u2019. The 66-year-old Baroness Richardson of Calow agreed, on behalf of \u2018a great many Christians across a wide range of Churches, particularly those which have come out in support in official statements, such as the Methodist Church, the United Reform Church, the Roman Catholic Church and many children\u2019s charities\u2019. Yet over many decades, and well before 2004, research has shown that corporal punishment does not work and can lead to mental health problems for some children. QUESTIONABLE VALUESAll Britain\u2019s state\u00a0funded schools are obliged to teach Christian beliefs.\u00a0 Faith schools are free to teach other beliefs as well.\u00a0 Since the Education Act of 1944 passed into law, many schools, and 60% of primary schools, teach their young pupils negative and unfounded ideas.\u00a0 The following potentially harmful ideas continue to be taught to children today, spurred by churchmen and politicians.\u00a0 DisgraceInfants are held to be &#8216;stained by original sin&#8217; and they need to be baptised to wash the sin out of them.\u00a0 (Since Augustine&#8217;s time, original sin has had sexual connotations.)\u00a0 Children are taught, as the author was, that if they are not baptised and do not obey they will burn forever in hell. \u00a0 False ObligationChildren are customarily taught that they are beholden to a magnificent &#8216;Saviour,&#8217; who suffered for them and was\u00a0horribly brutalised and put to death because of their wickedness. \u00a0 Moral Confusion The Penitential Act, typically recited in many Christian faith schools, requires pupils to admit sins and beg for mercy and forgiveness from a glorified being, whether or not they have sinned. The victim of any sinful act is ignored.\u00a0 If we harm someone, the honourable course of action is to speak to that individual face to face.\u00a0 Encouraging children to seek forgiveness of any wrongdoing from a third party is craven.\u00a0 StiflingChristianity teaches that God knows and manages everything.\u00a0 Evil will be punished after death when all will face the Final Judgement.\u00a0 \u00a0 This idea has potential to stifle action.\u00a0 There is no point in challenging evil deeds, because God is responsible for administering justice.\u00a0 \u00a0 Divisive Children are not encouraged to believe all humans are equal.\u00a0 Instead they are promised that, as believers they will be rewarded in heaven, while non-believers will burn forever in hell. \u00a0 Moreover, claiming that the promise of heaven and threat of hell makes Christians good, belittles their generous nature.\u00a0 People do good without threats of inducement or punishment. \u00a0 Images of ViolenceMany faith schools expose children as young as six to gory images.\u00a0 Some schools encourage their pupils to draw graphic pictures of a man being tortured and agonisingly killed, as exposed and documented by a primary school teacher in St\u00a0Augustine&#8217;s Sin. Sensitive children can be affected for life by corrosive feelings of guilt and self-censure, as the author was. \u00a0 POOR QUALITY STUDIES OF RELIGIOUSITYThe benefits credited to religious belief are often misrepresented in research studies of religiosity and health, perpetuating the cycle of misplaced approval.\u00a0 In studies analysed by the author, participants are divided into \u2018believers\u2019 and \u2018unbelievers\u2019.\u00a0 Any health issues amongst unbelieving participants is held to be due to unbelief.\u00a0 However, the true reason might be related to any number of causes and quite possibly attributable to early proselytisation and not due to unbelief.\u00a0 For a proper study of the effects of religion on developing young people, it would be necessary to identify all the subjects who have been indoctrinated and later recanted, and classify them separately.\u00a0 In the pages of St Augustine&#8217;s Sin we discover why prominent academics tend to shun religion as a field of study. PRESS RELEASE \u00a0 Subject:\u00a0New Book Review Genre:\u00a0Non-fiction\/Religious critique Item Length: 350 words Press Release Date: 1st July, 2023 Title:\u00a0ST AUGUSTINE\u2019S SIN \u2013\u00a0Why child abuse bedevils Christianity Author\/Contact:\u00a0Please use the form\u00a0below. \u2013 START \u2013 THE HIDDEN BACKDROP TO MATT REDMAN AND THE REVERED \u2018SOUL SURVIVOR\u2019 CHURCH An important new book: \u2018St Augustine\u2019s Sin\u2019 investigates the story behind repeated allegations of abuse by church leaders Following the latest allegations, by Matt Redman, the Church of England responded by sacking the panel of experts who provided independent oversight of how it dealt with abuse. In 2021 the UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse disclosed that 100 new cases of clerical abuse are being reported every year. The UK Inquiry reported \u201ca grudging and unsympathetic attitude to victims\u201d (by the Church). Around the same time, an inquiry in France reported that children are more likely to be abused within Church settings than state schools, holiday camps and sporting organisations. Why is abuse more prevalent within church settings than elsewhere, and why is the Church so lax&#8230; View release here &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- PRESS RELEASE Subject: New Book ReviewGenre: Non-fiction\/Religious critiqueItem Length: 400 wordsPress Release Date: 18th July, 2023Title: ST AUGUSTINE&#8217;S SIN &#8211; Why child abuse bedevils ChristianityAuthor\/Contact: Please use the form below. \u2013 START \u2013 TIMELY NEW BOOK: ST AUGUSTINE\u2019S SIN &#8211; WHY CHILD ABUSE BEDEVILS CHRISTIANITY This first-hand account of clerical abuse by an alter boy explains why abuse is revealed to be more likely in church settings than in state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11449","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11449"}],"version-history":[{"count":102,"href":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12734,"href":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11449\/revisions\/12734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joebaker.me.uk\/joebaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}