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November 2017
Revd David Runcorn: The road to growth less travelled – spiritual paths in a missionary church
We are in unfamiliar country. A faith urgently needs to seek new ways of being present to a culture adrift from any spiritual roots and unable to recognise its loss. We will be exploring, experimenting and in conflict for the foreseeable future. ‘We do not see what we shall become’ (1 John 3.2). This is both exciting and disorientating. How individuals and communities are to live and pray faithfully through such times needs much wisdom. Jesus describes his way of…
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Dr Graham Tomlin: The Wisdom Literature part 2
Second of two in-depth sessions on the so-called wisdom literature of the Hebrew Scriptures (our Old Testament) which lays foundations for much of Judeo-Christian reflection through the ages and is still influential today, although often unacknowledged by secular thinkers. This is an important part of the Bible Jesus and Paul used and without which we cannot begin to appreciate the full impact of the New Testament.
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The Rt Revd John Pritchard: Five Events that Changed the World
Bishop John will be exploring what holds together the ‘big five’ of the Christian faith: incarnation, the cross, resurrection, ascension and Pentecost. What are they all really about and how can we grasp their significance intellectually and spiritually? Big issues made accessible.
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Dr Jeremy Duff: Gospel Narratives Part 1
First of two in-depth sessions on the the gospel narratives which lay at the heart of the New Testament and are our window onto the life and work of Jesus. How can we understand both the unity and diversity of these four portraits of Christ and interpret them in ways that are relevant for today’s world? An overview of the theological and literary issues relating to our records of the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith. (same for…
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Revd Alan Garrow: What did Jesus really say?
It might seem quite straightforward – Jesus said what he is reported as saying in the Gospels. At one level this is true. At another, however, things may be rather more complicated. A significant complicating factor is that, for more than a century, most scholars have suspected the existence of an entity known as Q. This Q is a hypothetical source that many scholars believe was copied by the authors of Matthew’s and Luke’s Gospels. If Q existed then, by…
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Dr Jeremy Duff: Gospel Narrative Part 2
Second of two in-depth sessions on the the gospel narratives which lay at the heart of the New Testament and are our window onto the life and work of Jesus. How can we understand both the unity and diversity of these four portraits of Christ and interpret them in ways that are relevant for today’s world? An overview of the theological and literary issues relating to our records of the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith. (same for…
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Prof Dr Gavin D’Costa Christian-Jewish relations: new and difficult questions
This lecture will address the question: if the covenant with Israel is irrevocable (Romans 11.29), what does that mean for Christians who accept that and believe that salvation is from Christ alone?
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Rt Revd Graham Tomlin, General Epistles part 1
An exploration of the non-Pauline New Testament letters (Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John and Jude) that were written to the whole church rather than to individuals or individual churches. We will look at the Author, Setting, Date, Purpose and Themes of each within the overarching geographical context of the 1st century and the emerging reality of a Jewish-Gentile church.
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Revd Prof Dr Charlotte Methuen The Reformation and Brexit: history and the position of the UK in Europe
The English Reformation has been cited as evidence both for and against the decision of the UK to leave the EU. Henry VIII’s idiosyncratically independent stance has been contrasted with the European dimension of Thomas Cranmer’s contacts and the influence of continental Reformers in England and in Scotland. This paper will examine those arguments, and explore them in the context of the engagement of the Churches of England and Scotland in the debates surrounding Brexit. What insights might the history…
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