Seminar in Spiritual Direction
Ian Cowley, Anne Long
Wednesdays 1.45 pm–5.00 pm
15, 22 Sept 2010
6, 13, 20, 27 Oct 2010
3, 10, 17, 24 Nov 2010
1, 8 Dec 2010
Please note this course is fully booked.
Contact Anne Jensen, ajensen@sarum.ac.uk to add your name to the waiting list.
Developed by Sarum College in partnership with the Diocese of Salisbury, this course explores the nature and dynamics of the spiritual direction relationship; considers some of the underlying issues related to spiritual direction e.g. conversion, prayer and discernment; and provides opportunities for participants to work in small groups to gain practical experience of receiving, giving and reflecting on spiritual direction. The course is suitable both for those new to spiritual direction and for those who are more experienced.
Liturgies of Remembrance
Jonathan Ball
Wednesday 15 September 2010, 10am–4pm
The day will begin with an exploration of the origins, theology and contemporary liturgical provision for Remembrance, followed by a discussion of their use in parish, civic and school contexts.
Participants will be introduced to new liturgical resources, to ritual and ceremonial involving both the church and members of the armed forces, and to occasions where there may be multi-faith issues.
2010 Niblett Memorial Lecture
Brigadier JCW Maciejewski DSO MBE. Late RIFLES Commander, 12th Mechanized Brigade
Saturday 18 September 2010
Faith Under Fire:
Reflections on Leadership, Soldiering and Faith: Iraq 2003-2008
The Fifth Niblett Lecture at Sarum College will this year be given by Justin Maciejewski, Operations Staff Officer
for the British Armoured Division that took part in the
invasion of Iraq. He subsequently commanded a battle
group of 1000 soldiers in Basra in 2006–2007. In 2008 he
was Chief of Staff of the Multinational Division in Basra.
Price: The lecture is free; however, places are limited and must be pre-booked. Drinks and dinner, £15 (optional but must also be prebooked).
Contact: Rosie Norman, rmn@sarum.ac.uk or 01722 424812
Buckfast Abbey Retreat
Sue Langdon, Mairead Quigley
Mon 27 September - Sat 2 October 2010
Five-night individually guided retreat.
(Please note there are only 2 places remaining)
Buckfast is situated on the sothern edge of Dartmoor. Details of local walks are available in the Southgate Centre and maps of the area are available in the monastery bookshop.
TQQ: Week 1: Introduction to Theology
Vernon White
Tuesday, 28 September 7-9pm
An introduction to the study of theology: What does it mean to study theology together when we all come to it with what may be very varied perspectives?
We shall undertake a tour d’horizon of the resources for forming Christian belief, ncluding the contributions of the Bible, Christian tradition and human reason. That means in turn thinking about how we come to make decisions about what is to be believed and what is to be done.
Fee: £6 per session
TQQ: Week 2: The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus
Edward Probert
Tuesday 5 October, 7 to 9pm
The Christian tradition identifies God not primarily through philosophical definitions – even if it has sometimes been tempted to do so – but through the stories of Israel and of Jesus Christ. The God of the Bible is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: a God who is active in history, chooses a people, enters a covenant with them, and (so they claim) eads and instructs them. The God of the Bible is the God of Jesus of Nazareth. What does it mean to identify God this way?
Fee: £6 per session
Days of Spiritual Reflection - Thomas Merton (1)
Sr Mairead Quigley
8 October 2010 10.00am-4.00pm
‘The only unhappiness’ Thomas Merton wrote, ‘is not to love God.’ This is a day that will give you the opportunity to deepen your own life of prayer, contemplation and reflection with the help of Merton’s writings and life experiences. Writer, monk, poet, contemplative and prophet for our times, more and more people are discovering him as a helpful and inspiring guide for a spiritual life suitable for the 21st century.
TQQ: Week 3: The God of Jesus Christ: promise, judgement and hope
Edward Probert
Tuesday 12 October, 7 to 9 pm
The Jesus of the Gospels does not spend his time promoting the calm contemplation of timeless truths: he teaches and works in the light of the coming kingdom of God. What does it mean for Christian theology to do justice to this orientation to the future, and this orientation to God’s promise and the coming judgement? What does this mean for Christian understanding of God and God’s relationship to the world? What does it mean for Christian life to be lived in the hope of God’s future?
Fee: £6 per session.
Lunchtime Concert Series 2010/11
Various
Fridays at 12:45pm: 15 Oct, 12 Nov, 10 Dec, 14 Jan, 4 Feb, 11 Mar.
Each concert is followed by ‘Light Bites’ in the Common Room (included in the ticket price of £6.50.
A specially priced subscription ticket for the series is available at £32.50.
TQQ: Week 4: The God of Jesus Christ: the world’s maker
Eric Woods
Tuesday 19 October, 7 to 9pm
In recent years, talk about ‘creation’ has often simply been an excuse for dry debates about evolution versus creationism. Yet when it is seen against the background of the understanding of God we have been exploring, the idea of creation takes on a much richer and more fruitful meaning. To ask whether one believes in creation then becomes a much more interesting question. What connection to the gospel of Jesus of Nazareth do claims about creation have?
Fee: £6 per session.
Training Church Leaders: Collaboration and Community Building
Esther Ridsdale & Keith Lamdin
Wed 20–Thur 21 October 2010
As resources are increasingly stretched, our Christian mission is made both more challenging and urgent by the breakdown of community, disconnectedness, pre-occupation with the mundane and the desire for self-determination both within and outside the Church.
This workshop aims to support those taking on this challenge, examining how to build a caring community and actively work together at all levels – within and across church and community.
The Heart of the Divine
Patrick Moore, Barbara Mosse, Mairead Quigley, Susan Stephenson
Once-monthly sessions on Thursdays, beginning 21 October 2010
Please note this course is now fully booked. Email courses@sarum.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list
One of the most exciting, and some would say, surprising developments of recent years has been the re-emergence of spirituality as a major force in social and personal understanding of the world.
The Heart of the Divine course explores spiritual formation within the Christian tradition and its relevance to today. Open to seekers of all traditions, this ecumenical course is ideal for those who wish to deepen their understanding of Christian Spirituality.
TQQ: Week 5: The God of Jesus Christ: God as Trinity
Edward Probert
Tuesday 26 October, 7 to 9pm
Christian liturgy, hymns, and prayers are shot through with Trinitarian images and language, yet the doctrine of the Trinity is widely perceived to be an overly complex and abstruse set of ideas meaningful only to an initiated few. Yet these Christian claims about God as Trinity arose as Christians tried to shape their understanding of God around their understanding of the identity and significance of Jesus of Nazareth. Is this way of thinking appropriate, meaningful, and defensible today?
Fee: £6 per session.
Encountering Incarnation: Incarnation and Hermeneutics
Michael DeLashmutt
Tue 26 October 2010, 10am–4.30pm
The question: ‘Who is Jesus Christ for us today?’ must continually be asked by the Christian church in every new generation and in every cultural context.
This series of three lectures will explore the incarnation in order for us to encounter the incarnation’s hermeneutic, creative, and missiological significance.
The other two lectures in this series are on 12 February 2011 and 9 April 2011
TQQ: Week 6: The God of Jesus Christ: the perfections of God
Eric Woods
Tuesday 2 November, 7 to 9pm
We often assume that we know roughly what is meant by the word ‘God’, even those who do not believe God exists. Many of us, for instance, assume we know roughly what is meant by God’s omnipotence, omniscience, and eternity. Yet looking at the doctrine of the Trinity has begun to show us that God’s nature might be more unexpected than we have thought. We will continue the exploration, looking at what is meant – in the light of our focus upon Jesus of Nazareth – by such attributes as ‘living’, ‘loving’, ‘holy’, ‘free’, ‘omnipotent’ and ‘omnipresent’.
Fee: £6 per session.
Reel Theology: Explorations in Visual Media and Faith: 1 Salvation
Chris Deacy, Michael DeLashmutt, Chris Rowberry and Andrew Wood
Wed 10–Thurs 11 November 2010
Film has been called the art form of our age. The stories, images, metaphors and languages of cinema shape and illuminate our understanding of faith in the modern world. This series of three residential film breaks will offer an opportunity for an informed encounter with films grouped aroundparticular themes. The aim of these sessions will be to broaden our encounter with film and to develop within students further critical skills for reading the languages of cinema. It is our hope that through these sessions students will come away with a sense of the relevance of film to their life of faith and will become conversant with offering theological and biblical readings of films within their own personal or ministerial contexts.
Preaching on Matthew in Advent
Thomas O'Loughlin
Fri 5 November 2010, 10am–4pm
The four sessions in this day will explore the use of Matthew’s Gospel in Year A of the ‘Revised Common Lectionary’. The distinctive nature of Matthew’s Gospel will be discussed and key features of the choice of Old Testament and Epistles to accompany the Gospel throughout the year followed by a focus on the lectionary and liturgical provision for Advent.
Renaissance Ministry
Penny Driver, Olivia Graham, Keith Lamdin
A two-part residential programme Tue 9–Thur 11 November 2010 and Wed 16–Fri 18 February 2011
Seven southern Anglican dioceses have sponsored this programme which is open to wider participation. It is ideal for those who have been in stipendiary parochial ministry for at least 12 to 15 years, are probably in their 50s and are beginning to think about how to shape their ministry for the
next phase.
With retirement for many now looking as if it may be 70, what does it mean to be in parochial ministry for the long haul?
TQQ: Week 7: The God of Jesus Christ – before and after Easter
David Catchpole
Tuesday 9 November, 7pm to 9pm
We now consider the place of Jesus himself – the historical Jesus, the risen Jesus, the Jesus of early Christian reflection – within Christian theology. How did he convey his sense of God – the creator God, the God of the history of Israel, the God of judgement, promise and hope, and the God who came to be understood in terms of the Trinity? Can the process of reflection about him claim to be rooted in his own self-understanding? How should we build into all our thinking the theological dynamism of the resurrection? In short, how did the gospel of Jesus lead into the gospel about Jesus?
Fee: £6 per session.
Biblical Study Breaks: Matthew
David Catchpole
15 to 18 November 2010
Biblical literacy is at the heart of a well-rounded theological education. Designed to give students an opportunity for sustained study of a single biblical book, these courses are led by emerging and eminent scholars who bring fresh perspectives to the study of Scripture.
Students come away from these breaks with a renewed passion for Scripture and a deeper sense of the scholarly issues surrounding the text. Sessions may consist of a mix of lectures, small group work, and guided self-study.
Complimentary access to the library is provided
during the breaks..
Each course begins on Monday afternoon at 2.00pm and finishes at 2.00pm on Thursday (no evening sessions).
TQQ: Week 8: Providence and prayer
Vernon White
Tuesday 16 November, 7 to 9pm
Christian theology does not claim that God created the world at some point in the past and then left it alone, perhaps returning to tinker with it from time to time. The God of Jesus Christ is more closely involved than that. What understanding of God’s governance of creation emerges from all that we have said so far? What kind of involvement with the world should we claim for the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Jesus – the God who is the creator and the coming king – and how do those claims relate to Christian practices of intercessory prayer?
Fee: £6 per session.
Journeys of Faith
Juliette Day, Mairead Quigley, Kathryn Turner
Thur 18–Fri 19 November 2010
An opportunity to learn about and experience a particular pattern of Christian prayer. Not quite like a traditional retreat, there will be a mixture of teaching, group activity as well as time for prayer and reflection. Leaders will be experienced leaders of worship, scholars and facilitators; the College chaplain will also be available.
Ecumenical and open to all.
Embodying Wisdom
Julienne McLean, Susan Stephenson, Peter Tyler
Mon 22–Thur 25 November 2010
An introduction to some key concepts within the psychological and philosophical debates of the past 100 years that have moulded and influenced our contemporary understanding of Christian spirituality. This module also explores in more depth the work of Jung,Wittgenstein and Derrida and their influence on the contemporary understanding of spirituality.
TQQ: Week 9: God, work and sex
Eric Woods
Tuesday 23 November, 7pm to 9pm
The biblical story of creation has a lot to say about work and rest, and about the relation between the sexes. What happens to those elements of the story when they are thought through in the light of the kind of doctrine of creation we have been exploring? Is work a curse, or is drudgery divine? Is sex the source of all evil, or intended for pleasure? Where do these aspects of ordinary human life fit into the world God is making?
Fee: £6 per session.
TQQ: Week 10: Is God green?
Michael DeLashmutt
Tuesday, 30 November 7pm to 9pm
What impact should the Christian understanding of God as creator and provider have upon our understanding of the natural environment? Is Christian theology responsible for encouraging the exploitation of natural resources, or does Christian theology provide resources for resisting the abuse of the environment? How green is the Christian God?
Fee: £6 per session.
Days of Spiritual Reflection - Reflection on Advent
Barbara Mosse
3 December 2010 10.00am-4.00pm
In the northern hemisphere, the season of Advent comes at the darkest and coldest time of the year; but within that darkness the season itself is a time of expectant and joyful waiting. Using scripture and human experience we will explore darkness as the place of revelation, and as the womb of new life, as we seek to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ at Christmas.
The day will consist of a blend of talks, sharing, music and times of personal reflection, and will conclude with a short liturgy.
Christian Initiation
Juliette Day
Mon 6–Thur 9 December 2010
The major Western Churches have significantly revised their baptismal liturgies in the last fifty years in response to the changing place of the church in society, the fruits of liturgical scholarship in assessing patterns of the early church and ecumenical exchange. This module will examine key historical periods which provide a context for contemporary rites and the theologies which lie behind them.
TQQ: Week 11: Seeing salvation
John Elliott
Tuesday, 11 January 2011 7pm to 9pm
Many Christians down the centuries have tried to depict in paint what God is thought to have been doing in Jesus Christ. We will look at a selection of such paintings, and ask what questions they raise about the nature of salvation, the nature of Jesus himself, the nature of human being, and the nature of God. These questions will set the agenda for much of the coming term.
Fee: £6 per session.
Leadership:Working with the Unconscious
Rosy Fairhurst and Keith Lamdin
Mon 17–Thur 20 January 2011
This training workshop is designed for those who lead in such settings and for those who offer mentoring, coaching or consultancy to them to develop:
• Greater capacity to be aware of unconscious processes as they emerge in experience
• Better understanding of how these unconscious and systemic processes impact in organisational life
• Greater skill in weaving together awareness and understanding as a resource in leading or consulting
TQQ: Week 12: The glory of God in the face of Christ
Eric Woods
Tuesday, 18 January 2011 7pm to 9pm
We saw in the first term that Christian theology has identified God partly by means of the biblical stories about Jesus of Nazareth. We now need to question this practice further. What kind of relationship does it imply between Jesus and the one he called Father? Much ink – and sometimes more than ink – has been spilt in the attempt to develop precise and appropriate ways of understanding Jesus’ person and nature. What sorts of things are being claimed when it is asserted that in Jesus of Nazareth God took on human flesh?
Fee: £6 per session.
TQQ: Week 13: God on the cross
Eric Woods
Tuesday, 25 January 2011 7pm to 9pm
The question we posed in the last session is at its starkest when we look at the cross. What does it mean that in Christ God trod the way of the cross? How does it square with traditional claims that God does not suffer? What does it do to our understanding of God’s ways with the world? Where is God on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday? Does a traditional understanding of the incarnation allow us to take the cross seriously? How does this event relate to the horrors of our own time?
Fee: £6 per session.
TQQ: Week 14 How has Christ helped us?
Michael DeLashmutt
Tuesday, 1 February 2011 7pm to 9pm
Christians have claimed that God was in Christ reconciling the world to God’s self. What is this reconciliation, this salvation? What are we saved for, and what are we saved from? Looking at some familiar hymns, we can see how people have thought about salvation from patristic times to the present. Is salvation primarily individual, or primarily corporate? Is it an event or a process? Is it focused on the past, the present, or the future? Is it entirely God’s work, or do we co-operate?
Fee: £6 per session.
Sarum Singing Break
Esther Jones
Tue 1–Thur 3 February 2011
Worship and Song for Candlemas
Lighten our darkness: exploring themes of light and darkness through sacred songs from across the ages and around the world.
A musical retreat offering an opportunity to enjoy singing and worship in the beautiful setting of Salisbury’s Cathedral Close.
TQQ: Week 15: Incarnation and salvation in feminist perspective
Judith Rossall
Tuesday, 8 February 2011 7pm to 9pm
Feminist theologians have generated a whole series of insights and questions, many of which touch on the doctrine of the incarnation. On the one hand, there have been insights into what it means to give priority to an embodied saviour, and to a saviour who was the source of a new community. On the other hand there have been questions about what it means to concentrate on a male saviour, and on related male imagery for God. Feminist theologians in the Third World are also asking if feminism in the First World addresses the questions faced by Third World women.
Fee: £6 per session.
The ‘Spiritual Revolution’
Gary Black, Paul Bodenham, Harvey Gillman, Lisa Isherwood, Susan Stephenson, Andrew Walker
Wednesdays 10 am–4.30 pm (all dates in 2011)
9 February – The ‘Turn’ to Spirituality
9 March – Spirituality and the Body
13 April – Psyche and Spirit
25 May – Spirituality and the Environment
29 June – Seeking Spirituality in a Postmodern World
13 July – The Emerging Church
This exciting new course examines the ‘spiritual revolution’ from a variety of perspectives. The course investigates new expressions of spirituality emerging within our contemporary culture focussing particularly on ideas about the body,
psychology, the environment, postmodernity and new ways of being church.
Training Church Leaders:Resolving Conflicts in the Church
Keith Lamdin
Wed 9–Thur 10 February 2011
This workshop will provide models for understanding and dealing with conflict and with difficult people. Many Christian leaders feel out of their depth in conflict situations in the church, especially as church life is supposed to be full of harmony and peace. But there can be difficult people to be pastored and strategic differences of opinion in the life of any church. Becoming more confident in handling and resolving conflict is important for today’s ministers.
Encountering Incarnation: Incarnation and Imagination
Michael DeLashmutt
Sat 12 February 2011, 10am to 4.30pm
The question: ‘Who is Jesus Christ for us today?’ must continually be asked by the Christian church in every new generation and in every cultural context.
This series of three lectures will explore the incarnation in order for us to encounter the incarnation’s hermeneutic, creative, and missiological significance.
There is one remaining lecture in this series on 9 April 2011
Infancy Narratives of Matthew, Luke and James
Dori Selene Rockefeller
Mon 14–Wed 16 February 2011
This course examines the infancy narratives of Matthew, Luke, and the second century Gospel of St James. Though James may not have been included in the Canon, it still remained active in the hearts and minds of people through the centuries and is reflected in numerous examples of religious art as well as being an early expression of what became Mariological doctrines.
All three narratives are of such a rich and compelling nature that they have captured the imagination of artists, musicians, writers and liturgists through the centuries. The course will explore the background and theology of these three Gospels, along with examples of religious art inspired by them.
TQQ: Week 16: Sharing God’s life
Michael DeLashmutt
Tuesday, 15 February 2011 7pm to 9pm
One of the ways in which salvation has been understood is as the drawing of creation into the fellowship of God’s tri-une life – not so that human beings become gods, but so that we and all creation share the divine life. What sense can we give to such a picture of salvation? How does it relate to claims about God as Trinity, and claims about the incarnation? What does it have to say about our lives now?
Fee: £6 per session.
Days of Spiritual Reflection - Thomas Merton (2)
Sr Mairead Quigley
18 February 2011 10.00am-4.00pm
Whether you have attended the previous day with Merton or not, this day will help you to either begin or continue an exploration into the life of Merton and the impact it could have on your own spiritual journey.
‘We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.’
TQQ: Week 17: The coming of the kingdom
Michael DeLashmutt
Tuesday, 22 February 2011 7pm to 9pm
In the final three decades of the twentieth century many theologians preferred to talk about ‘liberation’ rather than salvation. This term emphasises the present, corporate and political aspects of what it is that Christ has done for us, and picks up on Jesus’ own discourse about the kingdom. What are we to make of this, and how does it relate to other understandings of salvation?
Fee: £6 per session.
Theologians in Conversation: Consultation 1
Peter Selby
Tue 22–Wed 23 February 2011
As Sarum College’s Theologian in Residence for 2011, Peter Selby and a guest theologian will host three 24-hour residential consultations. Refresh your sense that theology now has new and remarkable opportunities to contribute to the
most important issues facing society and church.
Each consultation will focus on a theme that shapes the life of the church as it engages with the world.
There will be opportunities for open discussion and theological reflection.
Arrivals in time for lunch at 1pm, departures after lunch the following day
Art, Belief and Spirituality
Graham Howes, Charles Pickstone
Mon 28 February–Thur 3 March 2011
An exploration of the relationship between Christian art, experience, belief and practice. Case studies drawn from several different periods of art history are examined and their relevance for today’s clergy and laity, theologians and artists
evaluated
TQQ: Week 18 No other name?
Edward Probert
Tuesday, 1 March 2011 7pm to 9pm
The fact that Christians focus on one particular human being when talking about salvation raises an important question: How do claims about the centrality of this one man Jesus of Nazareth relate to the claims of the wide world of diverse religions? Is following Christ simply one more path up the same mountain climbed by all faiths, or are the differences between religions more radical than that picture implies?
Fee: £6 per session.
Reel Theology: Explorations in Visual Media and Faith: 2 Redemption
Chris Deacy, Michael DeLashmutt, Chris Rowberry and Andrew Wood
Thur 3–Fri 4 March 2011
Film has been called the art form of our age. The stories, images, metaphors and languages of cinema shape and illuminate our understanding of faith in the modern world. This series of three residential film breaks will offer an opportunity for an informed encounter with films grouped aroundparticular themes. The aim of these sessions will be to broaden our encounter with film and to develop within students further critical skills for reading the languages of cinema. It is our hope that through these sessions students will come away with a sense of the relevance of film to their life of faith and will become conversant with offering theological and biblical readings of films within their own personal or ministerial contexts.
Pilgrimage in English Literature
John Cox
Monday evenings : 7,14,21,28 March, & 4,11 April 2011.
Saint Augustine described a Christian spiritual journey - peregrinatio - as a kind of self-imposed exile of the pilgrim who searches for God’s Truth in travelling while visiting one or more holy shrines.
English authors have written about real and imagined pilgrimages since the Middle Ages.
This course explore this subject in the works of three major writers:
TQQ: Week 19: Power and violence
Eric Woods
Tuesday, 8 March 2011 7pm to 9pm
The understanding of salvation which we have been exploring provides us with a powerful tool with which to interrogate our lives and our society. One of the ways in which we can do this is by paying attention to the structures of power and of violence which we find all around us, asking how our recognition of and response to them is affected by the Gospel. What does the Gospel have to say about violence? Should Christians be pacifists? How can Christians occupy positions of power?
Fee: £6 per session.
Christian Prayer
Juliette Day
Mon 14–Thur 17 March 2011
This module explores the way in which Christians have prayed, individually and corporately through the centuries with particular reference to daily prayer or offices. It will investigate the role of psalmody, scripture and intercessory prayer in these models as well as other selected prayers such as the Collect, the Lord’s Prayer and the Jesus Prayer. Theological and contemporary pastoral issues will help focus students on forms of liturgical prayer used in their own church context.
Biblical Study Break: Genesis
Michael DeLashmutt; Anne Claar Thomasson-Rosingh
14 to 17 March 2011
Biblical literacy is at the heart of a well-rounded theological education. Designed to give students an opportunity for sustained study of a single biblical book, these courses are led by emerging and eminent scholars who bring fresh perspectives to the study of Scripture.
Students come away from these breaks with a renewed passion for Scripture and a deeper sense of the scholarly issues surrounding the text. Sessions may consist of a mix of lectures, small group work, and guided self-study.
Complimentary access to the library is provided during the breaks.
Arrivals 2pm Monday (lunch prior is optional); departures after lunch Thursday. No evening sessions.
TQQ: Week 20: Crime and punishment
Eric Woods
Tuesday, 15 March 2011 7pm to 9pm
What difference does it make to look at crime and punishment in the light of what we have been saying? What impact do different understandings of sin and of salvation have on how we view criminals, their victims, and the appropriate punishment? Does God punish, and if so how do human punishments relate to God’s? What difference does it make that Christians follow a Saviour who underwent capital punishment?
Fee: £6 per session.
Training Church Leaders: Building Ministry Teams
Keith Lamdin and David Durston
Tue 22–Wed 23 March 2011
This workshop will look at the differences between groups and teams, a core model for building teams and understanding team dynamics.
Teamwork is an essential gospel value, based both on the example of Jesus and on the theology and practice forged in the early church which recognised different gifts and callings in ministry and leadership. The days are gone when a minister can survive with the metaphor of one flock, one shepherd: being a good team member and leader
are essential skills.
Preparing Adults for Baptism and Confirmation
Juliette Day and Nicky Stevens
Fri 25 March 2011, 10am–4pm
This day will focus upon the liturgical and catechetical resources for adult initiation with particular emphasis on how the season of Lent and Easter may support this step on the journey of faith for the candidates. The theological and pastoral aspects of the preparatory liturgies and the Initiation rite itself will be explored, and participants will learn about appropriate methods and content of adult catechesis.
Days of Spiritual Reflection - Reflection on Lent
Barbara Mosse
1 April 2011 10.00am-4.00pm
The darkness of Lent is more sombre than the darkness of Advent, confronting us with the Lenten themes of suffering, death, and our own human weaknesses. Using a blend of talks, sharing, music and times of personal reflection, we will gently explore some of these themes which are a natural part of our human experience in the light of God, and their potential for our spiritual growth and flourishing. The day will conclude with a short liturgy.
Western Christian Mysticism
Mervyn Davies, Julienne McLean, Patrick Moore, Barbara Mosse, Peter Tyler
Mon 4–Thur 7 April 2011
An exploration of the riches of the Western Christian Mystical tradition. The course begins by looking at the foundations of the tradition and moves on to consider the English Mystics, the Rhineland Mystics and the Spanish Mystics.
Encountering Incarnation: Incarnation and Atonement
Tom Stuckey
Sat 9 April 2011, 10am to 3.30pm
The question: ‘Who is Jesus Christ for us today?’ must continually be asked by the Christian church in every new generation and in every cultural context.
This is the last in a series of three lectures which explore the incarnation in order for us to encounter the incarnation’s hermeneutic, creative, and missiological significance.
Contemplative Spirituality
Barbara Mosse, Julienne Mclean, Mairead Quigley, Peter Tyler
Thursdays 10 am–4 pm
14 April 2011 - Carmelite Spirituality
26 May 2011 - Julian of Norwich
30 June 2011 - The Ignatian Tradition
14 July 2011 - The 'Coud of Unknowing'
Four days of reflection on the Christian contemplative tradition. This course is open to all but may be of particular interest to those who have completed The Heart of the Divine and want to continue their exploration of Christian Spirituality.
Sessions may not be booked individually.
Holy Week at Sarum
Michael DeLashmutt, Keith Lamdin, Patrick Moore, Barbara Mosse, Mairead Quigley
18 April to 24 April 2011
Reflection days in a retreat-like atmosphere in Salisbury’s Cathedral Close. Each day will start at 9.30am with a talk to help you shape the day for your own reflection and prayer.
The College will be preserved as a quiet and reflective space, with Chapel, Library and meeting rooms available. The bookshop will be open as usual.
Guests are welcome to stay in the College and enrol in any day(s) of reflection.
TQQ: Week 21: The language of Spirit
Stella Wood & David Catchpole
Tuesday, 3 May 2011 7pm to 9pm
Just as it is not easy to get a grip on the wind, it can be difficult to grasp the Holy Spirit. We have to look for the effects which the Spirit has: the disturbing, empowering, inspiring, enlivening, convicting effects. Where do we find talk of the Spirit in the Bible? In what kind of contexts, and with what kind of effects? Where has talk of God’s spirit been prominent in the history of the church? Do common themes emerge?
Fee: £6 per session.
Sarum Theological Lectures
N T (Tom) Wright
Four 7pm lectures, Mon 9, Tues 10, Wed 11 and Thur 12 May 2011
Speaker: N T (Tom) Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England (he retired in August 2010) and a leading NewTestament scholar. He is the author of several books, including ‘The Resurrection of the Son of God’ (2003) and most recently ‘Virtue Reborn’ (2010).
Price: £7 per lecture, £24 for the series
Lecture titles forthcoming. Enquiries to: courses@sarum.ac.uk
Celebrating Pentecost
Jeremy Davies, Juliette Day, David Holgate
Fri 13 May 2011, 10am–4pm
An opportunity to focus upon celebrating the Person and work of the Holy Spirit at the feast of Pentecost in the parish. The day will include an exploration of the readings for the day and the theology of the Holy Spirit to support sermon preparation, as well as study of liturgical and musical resources.
Ivy House Retreat
Sarum College ecumenical team
16 to 21 May 2011
Five night individually guided retreat at Ivy House in Warminster.
TQQ: Week 22: The messianic community: what is the Church?
Stella Wood & David Catchpole
Tuesday, 17 May 2011 7pm to 9pm
To what extent are the groups which we identify as churches today heirs of the Church of the New Testament – of the disciples gathered, empowered and sent out by Jesus; of the charismatic body of Christ described by Paul; of the close-knit community of love evoked in the Johannine epistles? How did the Church evolve in the patristic age as expectations of an imminent Second Coming dulled and Christianity had to cope with tensions not only with Judaism but also with the Roman Empire? What models of Church evolve as the doctrinal debates regarding Jesus’ divinity and the Trinity split key figures? What does it mean in the 21st century to understand the Church as called and sent by God in Christ, and as empowered by the Spirit?
Fee: £6 per session.
John Henry Newman Conference
Keynote speaker: Bishop Geoffrey Rowell
Saturday 21st May 2011
Following the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in September 2010, this conference will celebrate the widely acknowledged importance of Newman as a pastor, preacher, theologian, educationalist and spiritual writer who has much to say to all Christians today.
Newman foresaw many of the challenges that face the contemporary Church , especially the atheistic attacks on faith to which he made a robust response. Newman also called for a spiritual renewal and a balanced theology of the church but in fact, there were few topics which he left untouched.
The conference will provide an opportunity to explore a number of them.
Music in Christian Worship
Juliette Day
Mon 23–Thur 26 May 2011
Music is a core feature of much Christian worship, whether chanted psalms, congregational hymns, liturgical texts arranged for choirs or contemporary worship songs. This module explores the variety of musical styles in Christian worship from both historical and contemporary perspectives and draws upon critical themes in musicology, theology and pastoral liturgy. It will equip students to make informed assessments of music choices in the liturgical events of different ecclesial settings. Musical skills, while beneficial, are not required.
TQQ: Week 23: The one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church
Stella Wood
Tuesday, 24 May 2011 7pm to 9pm
How did the Church become what we see today? What ecclesiologies were the Reformers working with when Luther and Calvin wrote their momentous theologies? What paradigms were in place at the time of the English Revolution in the 1600s or later at the time of the Oxford movement and Broad Church movement of the 19th century. How have the legacies of these groups become evident in modern understandings of Church, denominations and communions?
Fee: £6 per session.
TQQ: Week 24: The Church, the Spirit and the Bible
Stella Wood & David Catchpole
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 7pm to 9pm
Since the beginning of the Christian Church, a special place in its life has always been occupied by Scripture – at first the Hebrew Bible and then additionally, as it took shape, the so-called New Testament. A biblical writer declared that ’all scripture is inspired by God’, and for some Christians that is the last word on the subject. On the other hand, Christian history shows that many debates, often heated and frequently divisive, have hinged on how the status of the Bible should be understood, how it should be used, and what ‘authority’ should be assigned to, or recognized in, this collection of very varied books. Those debates have often in modern times been complicated by the effect of critical study of the text, and the growing awareness of the influence of the different cultures which influenced its writers.
In this session we examine how the Canon of the New Testament was formed and how it has shaped key periods of history and the Church today. What can we learn from this history? And we try to determine whether the Church should, under the influence of the Spirit, be coloured, conditioned or controlled by the Bible.
Fee: £6 per session.
Literature and Spirituality
Jane Gledhill, Patrick Moore, Susan Stephenson
Tue 31 May–Fri 3 June 2011
Tracing the interconnections between literature and spirituality in a selection of novels and poetry from the 17th century to the present day, this module pays particular attention to the use of classical myth and the biblical theme of pilgrimage in modern English literature. Students are encouraged to give their own critical readings and to develop their own understanding of the relationship between the literary imagination and the spiritual quest.
Singing With Confidence
Ruth Lamdin
4 to 5 June 2011
Whether you only sing on your own in order to avoid criticism, or in a choir or in the pub, but hope you won't stand out, this weekend is for you.
Ministers wary of singing in front of their congregations are also very welcome!
Singing, like writing or playing tennis, is as much a matter of skill as anything else. The more we understand how our voices work and practice good vocal technique, the more confident we will become.
During the weekend we will exercise all the parts of us that contribute to good singing. Above all, we will have fun singing together.
TQQ: Week 25: The worshipping community
Stella Wood & David Catchpole
Tuesday, 7 June 2011 7pm to 9pm
Most theologians (though not all) have defined the church in relation to worship, and to the celebration of the sacraments. The term ‘sacrament’ is much contested, and to some extent divides the churches, but all agree that worship is central to their reality. What do we mean by these activities, and how do they fit into the theological framework we have been exploring?
Fee: £6 per session.
Biblical Study Break: Galatians and the Pastorals
Frances Young
13 to 16 June 2011
Biblical literacy is at the heart of a well-rounded theological education. Designed to give students an opportunity for sustained study of a single biblical book, these courses are led by emerging and eminent scholars who bring fresh perspectives to the study of Scripture.
Students come away from these breaks with a renewed passion for Scripture and a deeper sense of the scholarly issues surrounding the text. Sessions may consist of a mix of lectures, small group work, and guided self-study.
Complimentary access to the library is provided
during the breaks..
Each course begins on Monday afternoon at 2.00pm and finishes at 2.00pm on Thursday (no evening sessions).
TQQ: Week 26: The divided community
Stella Wood
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 7pm to 9pm
What does it mean for Christians to be members of particular churches which differ significantly from one another, and from the other manifestations of the church over history? How far can Christians consider themselves as in communion with one another, and with their predecessors? These questions are of immense practical relevance, and have a deep impact on the way we do theology.
Fee: £6 per session.
Celebrating the Book of Books: The Authorized Version, 1611-2011
Michael Wheeler
Wed 15 June 2011, 6.30pm supper; 7.30pm lecture
Michael Wheeler is an international lecturer and widely published author. He is currently writing a book on John’s Gospel and the Victorians.
Please email courses@sarum.ac.uk to receive further information when it is available.
Training Church Leaders: Emotional Intelligence
Keith Lamdin
Thur 16–Fri 17 June 2011
All the contemporary research into leadership stresses the importance of leaders being emotionally intelligent. EI, as it is known, has some clear ways of identifying layers of emotional intelligence and this workshop will introduce these five layers. Through action learning and role play we will find ways of enlarging our awareness and capability in emotional leadership.
Celtic Spirituality
Mervyn Davies, Thomas O’Loughlin, Barbara Mosse
Mon 20–Thur 23 June 2011
An exploration of some basic themes in Celtic spirituality and the historical background against which they were set. The module investigates how the Celtic peoples viewed the world around them and assesses what that vision can mean for us
today.
TQQ: Week 27: Christ and the state
Eric Woods
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 7pm to 9pm
How should Christians, in the light of all we have been saying, relate to the wider community in which we live? How should Christians relate to politics? Should there be an established church? Should church and state be kept entirely separate? Can Christians be politicians? Should Christians’ role be prophetic? Is there a Christian way to vote? Should Christians be thought of as a pressure group? Is the Christian church a ‘contrast model’ held up to society?
Fee: £6 per session.
Reel Theology: Explorations in Visual Media and Faith: 3 Community
Chris Deacy, Michael DeLashmutt, Chris Rowberry and Andrew Wood
Thur 23–Fri 24 June 2011
Film has been called the art form of our age. The stories, images, metaphors and languages of cinema shape and illuminate our understanding of faith in the modern world. This series of three residential film breaks will offer an opportunity for an informed encounter with films grouped aroundparticular themes. The aim of these sessions will be to broaden our encounter with film and to develop within students further critical skills for reading the languages of cinema. It is our hope that through these sessions students will come away with a sense of the relevance of film to their life of faith and will become conversant with offering theological and biblical readings of films within their own personal or ministerial contexts.
Re-imagining Worship: The Contemporary Challenge
Adrian Chatfield
Fri 24 June 2011, 10am–4pm
The day will begin with a reflection on the cultural and ecclesial changes that are impacting on our inherited approaches to worship and the resultant tensions.We will then move on to explore the underlying principles of Christian worship which inform our practice, and build on these by experimenting with some worked examples of re-imagined worship. The whole day will be interwoven with the key missional question about who worship is for.
Theologians in Conversation: Consultation 2
Peter Selby
Mon 27–Tue 28 June 2011
As Sarum College’s Theologian in Residence for 2011, Peter Selby and a guest theologian will host three 24-hour residential consultations. Refresh your sense that theology now has new and remarkable opportunities to contribute to the
most important issues facing society and church.
Each consultation will focus on a theme that shapes the life of the church as it engages with the world.
There will be opportunities for open discussion and theological reflection.
Arrivals in time for lunch at 1pm, departures after lunch the following day
TQQ: Week 28: Christ and art and culture
John Elliott
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 7pm to 9pm
Can only 'Christian' art offer a theological perspective? What can art-work made within the secular world teach us, and how can it deepen our faith if it doesn't speak the same language as art made by Christians? Should we disregard such work as 'heresy' or 'paganism'?
Fee: £6 per session.
TQQ: Week 29: Christ and morality
Eric Woods
Tuesday, 5 July 2011 7pm to 9pm
How should Christians relate to the rules by which society is arranged? How does the life which Christians are called to live relate to moral effort? A dominant tradition, running through Augustine and Luther, has insisted that moralism (which could be seen as the attempt to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps) is the opposite of Christianity, because Christianity is based on grace: on a free gift which does not depend on our efforts. Yet in practice Christianity has often been very closely related to some form of moralism. Is a Christian ethic without moralism possible or desirable?
Fee: £6 per session.
TQQ: Week 30: The architecture of religion
John Elliott
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 7pm to 9pm
Why are the churches we are so familiar with organised the way they are? Why are most in the Gothic style and what is the difference between the medieval and Victorian varieties of this style? Why are so many Nonconformist chapels built in a Classical style? Hopefully we will find the answers to these questions in this final session of TQQ.
Fee: £6 per session
Theologians in Conversation: Consultation 3
Peter Selby
Mon 21–Tue 22 November 2011
As Sarum College’s Theologian in Residence for 2011, Peter Selby and a guest theologian will host three 24-hour residential consultations. Refresh your sense that theology now has new and remarkable opportunities to contribute to the
most important issues facing society and church.
Each consultation will focus on a theme that shapes the life of the church as it engages with the world.
There will be opportunities for open discussion and theological reflection.
Arrivals in time for lunch at 1pm, departures after lunch the following day
Huge Turnout for To Trust and To Love Book Launch
The Cavell Room at Sarum College was overflowing for the launch of To Trust and To Love on 29 July.
Sarum Expands MA programmes
Sarum College will introduce two new MA programmes, one in Faith-based Leadership and one in Theology, Imagination and Culture, in January 2011. These programmes will run alongside the two programmes currently offered, MA in Christian Spirituality and MA in Christian Liturgy.