another obscure/important thing

is dispensationalism. Again, it's not something we know much about in the UK Christian scene - we're just not self-conscious about it and don't usually have strong opinions about it (what is it, anyway!?). But it exercises a lot of people, and makes several people a lot of money (Left Behind and associated claptrap... oops, did I reveal a strong opinion there? not very British of me) and so I thought an oblique look at things might be of interest. I haven't read this properly yet, but it looks like it will get the grey cells going. Land, Seed and Blessing by Nathan Pitchford.