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The Healing Potential of the Hybrid
Church St Paul’s Knightsbridge, Wilton Place, London, UK 30th October 2021 Sarum College Principal James Woodward is a keynote speaker at this workshop to explore blending onsite and online ministry communities. During the lockdowns, many churches and cathedrals rose to the … Read moreThe Sarum College welcome from 19 July
The Sarum welcome from 19 July 2021 : coming together safely Read moreHead Chef
Sarum College has a vacancy for the role of Head Chef. To find out more please see the following documents: Head Chef Job Description & Person Specification – link to pdf below https://www.sarum.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Head-Chef-JD-PS.pdf Sarum College Application Form – link to … Read moreMore News »
Learning to Nourish the Human Spirit
After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging – review and reflections on Sarum by James Woodward
Sarum College Principal James Woodward reviews this title by Willie James Jennings (Eerdmans 2020) and reflects on these ideas in the context of Sarum. This short book is uncomfortable and inspiring in equal measure. It exposes to this reader the … Read more
The Revd Chigor Chike: There aren’t two sides to slave trade
Sarum College Trustee the Revd Chigor Chike says the starting point for dealing with publicly displayed objects which glorify oppression should be to remove them. Responding to the May 11, 2021 Church of England report which offers a decision-making framework … Read more
Language for the heart
Sarum College Principal James Woodward has reviewed the new book on the Psalms by poet Malcolm Guite, David’s Crown: Sounding the Psalms (Canterbury Press 2021). Guite is one of the contributors to the Church Times online poetry day on Saturday … Read more
Need a nostalgia fix? Understood — but stay present too
News headlines and social media feeds testify to a growing hunger to find relief from the pandemic in nostalgia through old-school activities such as baking and reading, says Dr Eleanor McLaughlin, Programme Leader, Postgraduate Programmes in Theology, Imagination and Culture. … Read more
Send My Roots Rain: A Poetry Retreat
Spend a day in the company of some of the country’s finest poets. Join the Church Times online poetry retreat on Saturday 15 May, from 10am to 3pm. Here’s the programme, specific timings are to be confirmed. Sarum College is pleased to … Read more
Disability, Technology and Human Flourishing — free online lecture by Dr Eleanor McLaughlin
Dr Eleanor McLaughlin, Programme Leader in Theology, Imagination and Culture at Sarum College, will contribute to a online public lecture series on Human Flourishing in a Technological Age presented by Regent College, Vancouver. Read more
Unconscious Christianity in Bonhoeffer’s Late Theology
Dr Eleanor McLaughlin, programme leader for Sarum’s Theology, Imagination and Culture programmes, discusses the idea of unconscious Christianity as conceived by the late German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the Bonhoeffer Podcast on 8 April 2021. In the podcast, host Corey … Read more
Considering the links between the crucifixion and sexual abuse
Was the stripping and exposure of Jesus a form of sexual abuse? If so, why does such a reading of Jesus’s suffering matter? In a Church Times article (1 April 2021) Dr Jayme Reaves, Director of Academic Development at Sarum … Read more
Easter Week Reflections: Reviews on books to read now
Find out more about what Sarum College Principal James Woodward has been reading over the Easter break, and why you might like to read these books too. Does Faith Help Us Age Well? A review of Finishing Well – A … Read more
What leadership looks like in theological formation
A 12 March 2021 Church Times piece on how theological colleges teach leadership concluded that there is considerable consensus among theological college principals that leadership is largely founded on principles of enablement and self-knowledge. Sarum College’s unique collaborative leadership approach … Read more
