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So Longeth My Soul

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About the So Longeth My Soul course

Christian Spirituality Through the Lens of Bereavement

This course explores the deep connection between the longing for God which dominates the texts and practices of the great Christian spiritual writers and the yearning we experience as part of human loss, exploring themes such as lament, the creative imagination, and engaging with absence and darkness.

About the tutor
The Revd Canon Dr Joanna Collicutt FBPsS is Supernumerary Fellow in psychology of religion at Harris Manchester College and Oxford an associate priest in Oxfordshire.

Dr Collicutt is a proflific author: her next book is So Longeth My Soul: Classic Readings in Christian Spirituality (SCM forthcoming).

Recent books include Neurology and Religion (CUP, 2019), Seriously Messy (BRF, 2019), When You Pray (BRF, 2019), Thinking of You: A Theological and Practical Resource for the Spiritual Care of People with Dementia (BRF, 2017), Being Mindful, Being Christian (Monarch, 2016), and The Psychology of Christian Character Formation (SCM, 2015).

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In person ticket course #2722 £60

This course will be held onsite at Sarum College. The course fee includes lunch and refreshments.

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In person ticket course #2722 with B & B the night before £115

This course will be held onsite at Sarum College. The course fee includes lunch and refreshments. The extra B&B on 27th March 2023 includes accommodation in an en-suite room and breakfast the morning of the course.

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Salisbury CMD (in-person) course #2722 £0

This course is part of the Salisbury Continuing Ministerial Development programme. Please use this ticket only If you are eligible for a free place and wish to participate in-person. If you need to check eligibility and / or terms & conditions for the booking, please contact parishsupport@salisbury.anglican.org

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Dates & Times

28 Mar 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Category

Christian Spirituality
Contemporary Spirituality
Human Flourishing
Leadership Learning
Ministry

Course code

2722

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This is an in-person course to be held at Sarum College.

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What our students say

Netflix, Theology and Pastoral Practice

Peter Butchers on his MA in Theology, Imagination and Culture student experience

How do cultural tropes, like those found in Black Mirror, help bridge the gap between what academic theology espouses and what the everyday Christian believes? In his research as a student on the MA in Theology, Imagination and Culture, Peter Butchers explored platonic philosophy, digital theology and eschatology, and pastoral practice around death and dying.

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Rewarding Sabbatical Stay

The Revd Greg Syler, is Rector of Ascension & St. George’s, Resurrection Parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC USA, spent part of his ministry sabbatical at Sarum College in spring 2022.

His account of the experience begins: ‘I loved spending nearly three weeks of my ministry sabbatical at Sarum College earlier this year.

Not only did I rest, and rest well in the comfortable care of the Sarum College staff, I experienced very significant renewal and fresh insights.’

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The Road Not Taken

Sarum Graduate Mike Truman

January 2022

Five years ago, I told my Warden of Readers that I would not be renewing my licence when it expired in 2019, as I thought my faith was becoming too unorthodox for a Church of England licensed lay minister. As someone who knew me well, she challenged me to actively explore what I did still believe. Thus started the journey that ended last August with the dissertation completing my MA in Theology Imagination and Culture (MATIC) at Sarum College.

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The opportunity for clergy to get away occasionally from their own context, to have an overnight stay in the beautiful setting of Sarum College and all that the Salisbury Cathedral Close offers is hugely valuable. All the clergy I have suggested who have spent 24hrs at Sarum College have benefit greatly from the experienced mentoring where they can talk, reflect, think, plan and pray.

The support and encouragement they receive is excellent and has a positive on their on going ministry. This is something the Diocese of Rochester encourages and supports financially in preparation for their clergy preparing for Extended Ministerial Development Leave (Sabbatical).

— Canon Christopher Dench, Diocese of Rochester Director of Formation and Ministry

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— guest on a private stay

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I just found it very refreshing – as a leader of a church I don’t get as many opportunities to step out and do courses (my fault, not the church!) and so I loved it. I think it was run really well online – which is a difficult medium to work with.

Pádraig Ó Tuama (pictured) was outstanding in his balance of getting us to engage and sharing his learning. Also the quick availability of resources provided by Sarum College Librarian Jayne Downey was excellent.

— course participant, Story Theology: Narrative Approaches to Scripture

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