2023/24 Dates and Speakers
We have now confirmed the line-up for the 2023/24 season of live lectures, and tickets will be available to buy from the 5th July 2023. This year we are very…
Rowan Williams – “Contemplative life and urban mission.” 13th May 2023
We are delighted to welcome back the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who delighted us with back in 2014 with his lecture on the Gospel of John. This lecture…
Eve Poole – “Capitalism and Christianity”. 21st Jan 2023
We live and function in a capitalist society, but how often do we stop to examine and question the values and assumptions underlying this approach to economics, which has…
Young People’s Essay Writing Competition 2022
The winner All the entrants Harrogate School of Theology and Mission was delighted to sponsor an essay writing competition on the subject of science and religion in Autumn 2022, for…
Roy Searle – “Wisdom from the past, illumine our path for today”. 20th November 2022
How St Benedict and Celtic spirituality is inspirational for these changing world times. It couldn’t be timelier as, in the words of Bob Dylan’s song, The Times They area Changin’, and…
Toby Howarth – “Working with Yorkshire’s Muslim Communities”. 29th January 2022
Christians working with Muslims (and vice versa) face particular joys and challenges, not least in our global and national context in which Muslims are often spoken of negatively in the…
Mark Powley – “In Search of the Presence of God”, 20th November 2021
What is the presence of God? How do we come to know it? Is it possible to make sense of our experience in a way that honours both God and…
Stephen Cottrell – “Travelling Well”, 25th September 2021
A Theological Reflection on the Place of Pilgrimage in the Christian Life
Ian Parkinson – “For the equipping of the saints: the gift of Christian leadership”, 24th April 2021
Effectiveness in leadership is not measured so much by what any leader achieves but rather by whom they raise up and equip for service. The development and empowering of others…
Keith Elliott – “What makes a book ‘Holy Scripture’?”, 27th March 2021
Professor Elliott will concentrate on the New Testament but will discuss why, for instance, the Gospel of Thomas or the so-called gnostic gospels (which Dan Brown relied on to claim…