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Dr John Reader reflects on proceedings at the recent Connecting Ecologies conference in Oxford. As reported by fellow Associate Research Fellow Tim Howles in an earlier blog, Campion Hall in […]
Greg Smith sheds some light on the culture wars around Christmas, and the messages and mission of church in society. Christmas is approaching with all its familiar rituals and feasting. […]
William Temple Scholar Matthew Stemp writes on the climate crisis and the psychology of a politics of hope. It’s a difficult time to be an environmentalist. During the recent UN […]
Following a trip to the cinema, Simon Reader ponders our shared values and Justin Welby’s hard stare. “If we’re kind and polite, the world will be right.” Aunt Lucy I […]
Our new Associate Research Fellow Tim Howles considers the Christian response to environmental change, and an exciting forthcoming conference. Pinned up on the notice-board of a church I once attended […]
Professor Chris Baker reflects on two recent publications that consider the transgression of boundaries. Transgressing boundaries has been much in the news recently – and for all the wrong reasons. […]
Eve Poole considers the opportunity to affirm a Christian message and ritual around the festival of Halloween. It seems like supreme irony to me that our local playgroup has been told […]
In a culture of both food deprivation and obesity crises, Tina Hearn considers how we might better think about food and about our bodies. In June, UNICEF published a report indicating that one […]
Greg Smith considers white, male privilege and the role of the Church in a world still beset by racial inequality. Since the recent events in Charlottesville, North Carolina, we have […]
Professor Chris Baker writes on neo-liberalism, spiritual capital and finance, ten years after the global financial crisis began Next month sees a series of important public events – lectures, panels, […]