Alan Garrow – “The Didache Discoveries” November 2024
In 1873 Archbishop Philotheos Bryennios discovered the only surviving copy of a text called ‘The Didache’ or ‘The Teaching of the Lord, by the Twelve Apostles, to the Gentiles’. This…
David Moffitt – “Looking through the Kaleidoscope” September 2024
Looking through the Kaleidoscope: Hebrews’ Use of Old Testament Narratives in the Light of Jesus’ Ascension and Awaited Return Hebrews’ engagement with the Old Testament is among the most exciting…
Gospel of John – 2024/25
We are delighted to offer again a 6-month journey re-reading the Gospel of John, meeting online every Thursday evening for an hour from 31st October 2024 to March 2025. Registration…
Welcome to the 24/25 Programme
Welcome to the 2024/25 season of lectures and seminars with the Harrogate School of Theology and Mission. We ended last season’s programme with a fantastic lecture by priest and poet…
Note – building works at St Marks, Sept 2024
Just to make you aware that there are ongoing building works to replace the kitchen at St Mark’s during September. We are planning to offer the normal refreshments before the…
2024/25 Programme
Live Lectures 24/25 We are delighted to confirm our dates and speakers for the 2024/25 Live Lecture programme: 28/09/2024 – David Moffitt 23/11/2024 – Alan Garrow 18/01/2025 – Arun Arora…
Mark Oakley – “‘The curse of literalism’: poetic spirituality and the language of Christians” March 2024
Mark Oakley addresses the questions, ‘How should Christians use language? How should they express their belief and what language is needed for self-scrutiny? He will then argue that poetry is…
Essay Competition 2023 Results
Harrogate School of Theology and Mission was delighted to again sponsor an essay writing competition in Autumn 2022, on the subject of justice. The winning submission was from Nicola Kamwa,…
Mark Vasey-Saunders – “Why can’t the church talk about sexuality?” January 2024
A common conceptualisation of the current debate over sexuality is that it is one between traditionalists and revisionists. In this lecture, Mark Vasey-Saunders argues that this is based on a…