Our world is ‘dangerously combustible, due to financial crises, pandemics, increasing injustices and inequalities, democratic chaos, geopolitical upheaval, wars and rumours of more wars to come.’ So begins this book by two distinguished New Testament scholars, Tom Wright and Michael Bird (W&B).
Book Reviews, ‘Notices’ and Conversation The many changes happening around us call for some change in our ‘Books’ section. I hope to include more short ‘notices’ of books that members have found useful. These will give sufficient detail to enable easy access to...
These pages will consider an aspect of the Network's work in each edition. This edition considers the Sofia and its aim. The Charity The Sea of Faith Network is an educational charity that exists 'to advance the education of the public in religious studies with...
'Sculpture of St Sophia with three daughters' (1470), St Trophime Church of Eschau, Alsace, Lower Rhine.CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia St Sophia and her daughters, 16th century Russian Icon of the Novgorod school, Tretiakov Gallery, MoscowPD, Wikimedia The widow Sophia and...
On faith as trust, exploring what contemporary responses to trans lives reveal about how faith is practised today, by John Billings
Simon Cross Q: Simon, you’ve had quite a personal and professional journey over the past years, from journalism, writing on New Monasticism, doctoral research at Hull, and into urban ministry. You continue writing and are Chair of Trustees for the Progressive...
The study of religion in everyday life, as developed within the fields of sociology and practical theology, challenges us to reevaluate and redefine our understanding of religion. In sociology, the French la religion vécue of the sociologist Gabriel Le Bras...
A large part of my spiritual pilgrimage has been the journey into the faith of others. It has been a sacred encounter and a journey which has truly enriched my soul. It began when, as a young sister, I went to study at Lancaster University, living in the university...
Bringing together liberal religious individuals and communities by Łukasz Liniewicz. 125 years ago: The International Council of Unitarian and other Liberal Religious Thinkers and Workers. Group Officers and Foreign Delegates. London, 31 May 1901. Łukasz Liniewicz The...
Part 1: Keeping Faith in Religion and Worldviews Education (RE) by Dave Francis and Denise Cush We have both dedicated our working lives, and even quite a bit of our retirement to date, to the cause of learning and teaching about religions and worldviews. This...