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Reflecting on emotions as the music returns

by Ben Thompson

2 Oct 2020

Ben Thompson, an ordinand at Ripon College Cuddesdon, writes about the post-lockdown return of music to our churches. But why did we miss it so much? When we listen to […]


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Is XR undergoing a just transition?

by Matthew Stemp

18 Sep 2020

In the first of a series of blogs on Extinction Rebellion’s recent protests, Matthew Stemp explores how the movement is beginning to learn the hard lessons of neglecting climate justice. […]


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With the UK government’s publication of a new obesity strategy last week, Gill Reeve suggests that a more urgent need is a broader strategy to address the underlying causes of […]


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A conversation between Dr Sanjee Perera (SP) and Professor Simon Lee (SL). This is a conversation of hope in an age of turbulence, when the symbols of an ignominious past […]


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I was wrong: how hard can it be to say?

by Helen Paynter

17 Jul 2020

Helen Paynter is a Baptist minister and works at Bristol Baptist College as director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. In this blog, she explores why […]


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A touch of love or a touch that kills?

by Sarah Hills

19 Jun 2020

The Rev’d Canon Dr Sarah Hills is the vicar of Holy Island, Lindisfarne. Here, she draws on her time in both South Africa and Northern Ireland to reflect on racism, […]


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Associate Research Fellow Rosie Dawson reflects on Trump’s highly controversial pose outside St John’s Episcopal church last week and wonders if the key to the American election lies in the […]


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Lockdown, liminality and local leadership

by Matthew Barber-Rowell

2 Jun 2020

In this week’s blog, William Temple Scholar Matthew Barber reflects on both the disorientation and the opportunities presented by life in lockdown and urges us to see local leadership as […]


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Professor Chris Baker reflects on the Bishops’ contribution to the debate about Dominic Cummings and wonders whether it heralds a more sustained vision for our national future. I struggled with […]


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In this extended post, Dr Sanjee Perera reflects on her research with the Minority Anglican Project and what the BAME death toll in the current COVID-19 pandemic reveals about how […]


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