for dynamic conversations about culture, theology, and the human imagination.
Explore theological expression to develop a fuller picture of how culture shapes our experience of God’s work in the world.
I appreciated the creative approach and willingness of group to participate with openess and honesty in this course. Very powerful hearing Azariah’s poems read by him. It brought voices home more than statistical reports.
–Tales of a Brave Slave course feedback
Looking for opportunities to build on your experience?
We offer a stimulating, creative, and supportive environment to deepen your reflective, theological, and pastoral abilities.
Programmes include postgraduate study and research, and short courses on themes in theology, imagination and culture for intellectual, professional and personal growth and renewal.
Sarum College has given me a real experience of being a proper student. The group that’s come together has been absolutely fantastic: we come from different theological backgrounds and we just got on so well. I think it’s meeting together, chatting in the evenings. The tutors have stayed and chatted in the evenings. We’ve met over the meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner and met with people on other courses as well.
That has been a huge bonus so that when you go away to do your real work – you have to recognise that much of the real work is done when you’re away from here – you have the motivation to do it and it still feels like you’re part of this (group). And I think being a theological community, even though there is quite a freedom to explore, there’s that sense that you’re dealing with things that are really important for us all.
People are very supportive here and, you know, you can go at your own pace and you get the support that you need.
Also, you’re here in this environment where you look out to the cathedral. It has a real sense of history, and a theological history as well, which makes a great advantage to studying here. I think the fact that everything is on site gives a sort of cohesiveness to it and a friendliness of it.
I think also one thing that I found was the support that you get from the team really encouraged me that this would be a good place to be.
Alison Goodlad, Sarum MA graduate
Tel +44 (0)1722 424818 Email: gsmith@sarum.ac.uk
Professor Smith’s research interests include public theology, Christianity and Culture, and Christianity, Society and Politics.
These courses operate through two overlapping frameworks, academic and practical, in varying formats – day, weekend and series courses. The College hosts conferences on a range of theology themes through partnerships with the Oxford Centre for Religion & Culture, the Institute for Theological Partnerships at the University of Winchester and the Network for Implicit Religion.
Courses provide and provoke theological engagement with the visual arts, film and television, music, literature, technology, ecology, sexuality, gender, race, economics, and politics among other topics related to the study of contemporary culture and society.
Explore in detail the concept of culture, its relationships with theological thought and practice, and the role of imagination as a vehicle for expression and a site of theological inspiration and engagement.
Programmes offer deep theological enquiry and its relationship to society and culture. Courses can lead to a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MA.
The communal environment at Sarum is ideal for learning which can form part of a wider life journey.
Another option is to try a postgraduate course without registering for academic credit, eg audit a module.
The theology, imagination and culture team run bespoke ministerial development days with diocesan groups, and visiting ministers from other countries as well as individual speaking engagements in a particular area of expertise.
Whatever your needs, we will work with you to design a programme to suit your organisation or group.
