by Chris Baker
27 Apr 2021
Professor Chris Baker applauds the recent From Lament to Action report, and challenges the church to create a community where all of its members can breathe. Last week saw the […]
John Reader responds to our recent seminar on ‘Spaces of Trust’ and warns of the dangers of binaries in a digital age. ‘I come to bury Caesar not to praise […]
William Temple scholar Val Barron reflects on just how radical Christian social enterprise can be. One thing I had never expected when I began my research journey was that it […]
This week’s blog, by Karen O’Donnell, is adapted from her chapter ‘Surviving Trauma at the Foot of the Cross’ in the recently published book ‘When Did We See You Naked? […]
by Matthew Barber-Rowell
19 Mar 2021
Matthew Barber-Rowell reflects on Hilary Cottam’s recent call for a revolution in social policy akin to the post-war welfare state, and proposes that faith-based organisations have an important role to […]
In a final blog on Extinction Rebellion’s recent activities, Matt Stemp turns to stillness and meditation as a vital grounding for social connection and political transformation. You can read the […]
Peter Lumsden, a member of the Lancashire Forum of Faiths, reflects on the role that faith groups have played in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lancashire. With numbers of […]
Gill Reeve charts some of the new challenges, unavoidable losses and unexpected opportunities of 2020, drawing out lessons that are relevant for us all. Starting my PhD in September 2018, […]
In the wake of recent events in US politics, John Reader interrogates the role of social media in blurring the distinction between fantasy and reality. One of the most interesting […]
Associate Research Fellow Tim Howles reflects on what we’ve learnt from our podcast series. As part of the Foundation’s commitment to engage with debates on religion in public life, we’ve […]