In Search of the Presence of God: How We Meet God in Worship 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 science? Mark Powley will share the fruits of ten years of PhD…
Reading the Bible part 2 - Dr. Jane Williams Cost £2 , Under 18s free Zoom link and talk summary will be sent out a couple of days in advance to ticket holders.
Working with Yorkshire’s Muslim Communities 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 press, on social media and by politicians. Reflecting on his experience in Bradford and more widely, Bishop Toby will share…
Theology and living wisely part 1 - Prof David Ford Prof. David Ford explores how theology is really about having a life-long conversation with God and drawing on the wisdom of prior conversations as recorded in the Scriptures. Those conversations involve the disciplines of listening as well as conversing, thinking as well as feeling (faith…
Theology and living wisely part 2 - Prof David Ford Prof. David Ford offers advice for reading the Bible in the twenty-first century and discusses how we should read the Old and New Testaments together in the Spirit of the risen Jesus Christ, and that Texts of Scripture do not have a single meaning limited…
How is Heaven related to Space? Galileo famously quipped “The intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven – not how heaven goes.” Jesus Ascension was not the same as the ascent of a rocket. But what is the relationship between life in heaven and life in outer space?…
Andrew Emerton
‘Wisdom from the past, illumine our path for today': 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 the world is being shaken. As Roy puts it, ‘The tectonic plates, politically, economically, environmentally and…
Andrew Emerton
Capitalism and Christianity 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 such a pervasive effect on our society? Under the broad umbrella of Capitalism and Christianity, Eve will cover her books on Capitalism's Toxic…