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Talking Theology
by Cranmer Hall, Durham
Talking Theology is the podcast of Cranmer Hall Durham, where we explore the best of academic theology, and think creatively about how theological insights can shape Christian life, ministry, and mission in today’s world.
Episodes
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Mike Snape - Christianity and the British Army
How has the relationship between the British Army and Christianity changed over the past 70 years? What role has the Christian "just war" tradition played in shaping how the British Army approached and conducted recent armed conflicts? And is the partial resistance of the army to the…
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Deborah Davies - Mission and Ministry in a post-truth era
What does it mean to say we live in a post-truth era, and why is the Oxford English Dictionary definition not very helpful? What are the pitfalls and opportunities for the church when it comes to mission in this context? And what might we have learn from Pentecostalism in particular when it comes...
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Barnabas Aspray - How should we think about immigration policy?
What is the significance of the fact that Jesus was a refugee? How should we think about the relationship between immigration, Christian "values" and the idea of a "Christian nation"? And what role should Christians and churches play in seeking to shape the immigration policies of the nations of...
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Lauren Randall - The story of the world's oldest Bible
What is so remarkable about the Codex Amiatinus, a complete copy of the Bible made by the monks from Wearmouth and Jarrow in the 8th Century? How did it end up hundreds of miles away in northern Italy? And how should the story of the Codex Amiatinus encourage the church today? In this episode…
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Neil Martin - What does Galatians have to say to us today?
What is really going on Paul's letter to the Galatians? How can we make sense of the idea that pagan converts were in danger of "returning" to something by adopting Jewish practices such as circumcision? And what light does the answer to that question shed on the relevance of the letter for...
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Scott MacDougall - What is the shape of Anglican theology?
What is does it look like to theologise Anglican-ly? Why should we burn Richard Hooker's supposed three-legged stool of Scripture, reason and tradition? And how might reflection on the ethos of Anglican theology help us to respond to the disagreements and fractures which characterise the global...
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Sarah Strand - How can we grow faith at home?
How should we approach helping children and young people grow in their faith? What does the Bible have to say to that question? And how can parents, church leaders and children and youth workers best work together? In this episode Revd Dr Nick Moore, Warden of Cranmer Hall, speaks to Revd Sarah...
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Andrew Campbell - Engaging with nonviolent atonement theology
What is nonviolent atonement theology? What can the church learn from this kind of approach to understanding the significance of the life and death of Christ? And how should this shape our ministry and our preaching? In this episode Dr Cynthia Bennett-Brown, Director of the MA Programme and...
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Graham Tomlin - What can we learn from Blaise Pascal?
What can we learn from the life and work of the 17th Century French polymath Blaise Pascal? In what sense did he "make the modern world"? And what does he have to teach us about how to relate science and religion, faith and reason in the 21st Century. In this episode Revd Dr Nick Moore, Warden of...
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Josh Cockayne and Gideon Salter - Why we gather to worship
What happens when we gather together for worship? How can theology and psychology work together to yield new insights into that question? And what are the implications for churches and church leaders in an increasingly online world? In this episode Revd Dr Nick Moore, Warden of Cranmer Hall…
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Philip Plyming - Why Did Paul Tell Stories of His Own Hardship and What Does That Mean for Us Today?
What's striking about the Apostle Paul and the stories he shared? What was first-century Corinth really like, and what was the real problem with the Corinthian church? How was the cross the content of Paul's preaching but also the pattern of his living? And how might Paul's cross-shaped narrative...
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Paula Gooder - How does imagination help us encounter the teaching of Paul today?
What did it feel like to be a Christian in the earliest churches? How does telling stories help us understand the role of women in Paul's ministry? How does imagination help us see Paul and his good news in a different light? How might close attention to people's backstories help us to forgive…
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Tom Holland - How is the Story of the West Forged by Christian Faith and Values?
What has been the impact of Christianity on western civilisation? How did the shock of the cross change the relationship between the weak and the strong? Where might we see Christian theological dialogue in unexpected places? And why might it be important to reconnect Christian values with...
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Chloe Lynch - What's Wrong with Servant Leadership and is There a Better Way?
What values drive contemporary leadership, and how have they influenced the Church? Where did the idea of servant leadership first come from, and why is the answer more surprising that we might think? What are the problems with servant leadership when it comes to power and how we use it? And how…
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Mathew Guest - What is neoliberalism and how is it impacting the church?
What is neoliberalism and what are the assumptions behind it? How does language of individualism, competition and commodities find its way into the church? What signs might we see of a church swimming with the neoliberal tide? What are the ethical questions raised by a church adopting free market...
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David Ford - Why Should we Continually Reread the Gospel of John?
How is John's gospel both accessible and profound? What does it mean to read John's gospel as the culmination of the New Testament testimony to Jesus? How does John's gospel invite us to improvise in response to the love of God? And how does this gospel allow us to read our way into the presence…
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Giles Waller - What's the relationship between theology and tragedy?
What is tragedy and how do we see it not only in the arts but also in the Bible? How does tragedy help us see what it is to live as sinners in a fallen world? What is the difference between optimism and hope? How is a tragic view of life actually part of the Good News? In this episode we are...
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Selina Stone - How can a rich understanding of the Holy Spirit help us as we attend to a wounded world?
Where did Pentecostalism start and what can we learn from its history? What is the relationship between the Holy Spirit, personal piety and power and justice? What was the role of the Holy Spirit in the resurrection of Jesus and how does this affect how we see wounds around us today? How can we...
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Israel Oluwole Olofinjana - What Are the Voices We Need to Hear to do Theology Well Today?
What does the ancient book of Philemon have to say to our modern world? What does it mean to pursue our discipleship from a place of discomfort? What are the different, authentic voices that need to be unmuted for us to hear from God? And what is reverse mission, and how is God speaking to the...
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Ben Quash - How does theology unfold in the drama of life?
How is theology changed by people, place and time? How is the Holy Spirit leading the Church in the unfolding truth of Christ? How is it the Spirit's distinctive work to maximise gladness? And how can we be opened up by the past to imagine a new future? In today’s show we will be talking…
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Will Foulger - What Does it Mean for the Church to be Present in Every Place?
Why has place always mattered and why does it matter today? What's the difference between the parish system and the parish vocation? How are we called to love the different places where we have been placed by God? And why has the debate about the role of the parish become so polarised, and what's…
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Andrew Prevot - What is the Relationship Between Everyday Theology and Ordinary Prayer?
How does prayer help us integrate our experiences of God with our efforts to understand God? How can we think and talk about prayer in a way that captures its rich diversity? How does contemplating God help us resist the constrictions the world puts on us? And how can thinking prayer help us…
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Michael Gorman - How does the Apostle Paul embody a life shaped by the Cross and empowered by the resurrection?
What did it mean for the Apostle Paul’s existence in Christ to be patterned on the Cross? Why is the Christ-hymn from Philippians 2 Paul’s master story and how does it speak to us, not only as individuals, but to communities of faith? If Good Friday supplies the pattern of Christian lives, how…
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Federico Villanueva - What Do the Ancient Psalms Have to Say About the Value of Lament in the Modern World?
What's the problem with singing joyful songs in the face of suffering? What do the psalms teach us about staying with suffering, rather than moving too quickly to praise? How is the practice of lament witnessed to across the pages of the Bible, right up to the very end? And how is naming the...
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Jeremy Begbie - How can music help us imagine and reimagine our understanding of ourselves and God?
How can music help us to access theological realities to which words bear witness? How can the patterns of Western music provide us with a disarming but compelling way into the heart of the Gospel? How can the uncontainability of music point us to a transcendent God of love and grace? How can…
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Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy - How, in the Struggle Against Racism, Can Theology Help us Reimagine the Future, Transform the Present, and Redeem the Past?
How did the murder of George Floyd confront us with the reality of racism and its impact? How does theology tell stories that recognise the intrinsic value of each human story? What is the concept of Afrofuturism and how might it help us think theologically about God's future? And how can we walk...
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Maggi Dawn - If the whole earth is the Lord’s, how should we worship?
How do we talk about contemporary worship in a way that describes what is actually going on in the Church today? How do we keep our worship faithful to our beliefs? How do we ensure worship includes both intimacy and awe? And why is worship about God coming to us rather than us working towards…
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Joseph Webster - What Can Immersing Ourselves in the Beliefs of Others Contribute to Our Own Lives of Faith?
What's it like to live in the constant anticipation of the end of time? How do communities which see time as short live out their faith and interpret the world around them? How does the study of communities such as the Plymouth Brethren or Jehovah's Witnesses help us think about mainstream...
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Nick Baines - Why is engaging in politics part of Christian faithfulness in our world today?
Why should Christians be involved in politics? How can theology ask real world questions? What can we learn from Dietrich Bonhoeffer about how theology and politics need to go together? What are the challenges of engaging in faith and politics in a social media context? And how do prayer and...
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Isabelle Hamley - How does the Bible help us embrace justice, beyond judgement?
What do the stories and laws of the Old Testament teach us about a God of justice? How does the incarnation of Jesus shape the way we see issues of justice and mercy today? How does the cross hold mercy and justice together? How can facing up to our own broken humanity help us imagine a world...
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Elizabeth Hare - What Does The Old Testament Teach Us About Our Loneliness and How God Can Meet Us In It?
What is loneliness and how does the Bible, and particularly the Old Testament, talk about it? How does the Old Testament's description connect with what we've learned about loneliness in the last 20 years? Why does God care about lonely humans and what does God do about it? How can Christians…
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Mike Snape - What Can History Teach Us About a Christian Response to War?
What are the different voices in Scripture across the Old and New Testaments on war and conflict? How can a war ever be just? And why does the Just War tradition still matter today? How does the story of Anglicans living in a time of war provide a cautionary tale for the Church in todays world?…
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Karen Kilby - Suffering, Mystery and Christian Doctrine: Why Do Limits Matter for Theology?
What does it mean to be a theologian, and how does it relate to the everyday faith of the Church? What is a wise theological response to the problem of evil? How can we approach suffering without denying it on the one hand, or sacralising it on the other? How might Julian of Norwich help us hold...
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Peniel Rajkumar - Mission from the Margins: How can paying attention to the witness of the global church renew and reinvigorate Christian mission?
What does it mean to approach theology ‘feet-first’? Why should churches in the UK and the West more generally engage with global theologies, and what might they learn in the process? What are some ways in which the history of Christian mission is being complexified and re-storied? For instance,...
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Simeon Zahl - Emotion, Embodiment and the Spirit: What's experience got to do with Christian doctrine?
How should we think about the place of experience in Christian discipleship, and in what ways can the doctrine of the Holy Spirit help us to approach it wisely? How might paying attention to the emotional and embodied dimension of Christian doctrine help us to retrieve the riches of theologians...
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Karowei Dorgu - We Care, God Heals: How Can Faith and Medicine Work Together for Human Flourishing?
How do culture and belief affect the way different people see faith and science? How can faith and science work together for healing? How does the concept of a creative tension help us see faith and medicine as complementary? And how is scientific exploration discovering the footsteps of God? In...
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Althea Wilkinson - How Can Studying the Stars Help Us Encounter the God of Creation?
How might the study of astronomy shape the way we see the world and the way we see ourselves? How might scientific endeavours be part of pursuing knowledge about God? What role do questions pay in the work of science and faith? What are the challenges and opportunities that scientists in churches...
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Steven Croft - How Does The Christian Faith Help Us Reimagine Human Flourishing In A World Of AI?
Is Artificial Intelligence just about robots in the future or technology in the present? What are the tensions between human flourishing and human fallibility in the development of AI? How do different world views and value systems affect the way AI is being developed and implemented? How can...
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Tom McLeish - Created for Creativity: What is the Role of Imagination in Scientific Exploration?
How might medieval history help us rethink contemporary assumptions about science? How does being made in the image of God affirm our vocation to creativity? How do poetry and science belong together? How do contemplation and imagination contribute to scientific endeavour? How can churches...
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Praveen Sethupathy - How Does the Study of the Human Genome Add Surprising Colour to Our Vision of the Creator God?
Why is genomics one of the most exciting areas of scientific discovery today? Where is God to be encountered in the study of the human genome? What role do faith and doubt play in scientific exploration? How do genomic discoveries invite us to worship a God who gives us room to change and grow?…
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Mark Harris - How Does Thinking about Miracles Offer Fresh Insight into Science/Religion Dialogue?
How do science and theology come together to transform the way we look at the world? How has the philosophy of science affected the way we think about miracles, in the Bible and today? How might studying history be a bridge between science and faith? And why do we need both science and theology…
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Bethany Sollereder - How Do Theology and Science Together Help Us Rethink Suffering in Our Evolving World?
Does suffering belong to a good creation, or is it just a result of the fall? How does evolution challenge traditional understandings of the presence of suffering in out world? What does God's power and love look like in a world of pain? In a world facing ecological catastrophe, where might hope…
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Jonathan Jong - What Does Psychology Have To Offer The Life Of The Church Today?
What does studying human behaviour have to offer the dialogue between science and faith? What might religious perspectives have to offer studies in human behaviour? How does the fear of death affect belief? And what can theology learn from the self-critical mode of psychological study? The Revd…
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Nick Spencer - What’s The Story Of Science And Faith And What’s It Got To Go With Being Human?
What do people mean when they talk about science and religion, and why do those assumptions matter? Where does the science and religion conflict myth come from and how is it perpetuated today? How does exploring our humanity help us navigate the significance of science and faith? And why do the...
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Anna Rowlands - What Is A Theology of Migration And How Does It Speak To Christians Today?
What happens when we read scripture as the story of God’s migrant peoples? How has the Church both flourished and failed in embracing migrant communities? How does Catholic Social Teaching help us engage theologically with the lived experiences of migration? How should the stories of migrants…
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Simon Gathercole - Jesus BC: Do the Gospels Present an Eternal Jesus?
What do we mean by the 'pre-existence' of Jesus, and where do we find it in the Bible? Do the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke present Jesus as just a special prophet, or something more? How do the four Gospels present a coherent view of Christ? And how does recognising an eternal Jesus help us...
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Gerard Charles - How Do We Live Faithfully in a Multi-Faith World?
How did Jesus and the early Church engage with people of other faiths? What does the Christian idea of salvation look like in a multi-faith context? Why is being a better neighbour part of living out our Christian calling? How might the Christian mandate for justice challenge the Church’s…
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Sanjee Perera - Why is the Church Called to Embody the Good News of Belonging?
What does psychology have to say about identity and belonging in the world and the church? How does Scripture challenge the idea that belonging to one another involves being homogenous? How do stories of people being excluded within the church undermine the gospel? Why does pursuing belonging...
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Robert Song - Birth, Death, and Everything In-Between: Why does a Theological Response to Bioethics Matter Today?
What is bioethics and why does it dominate our ethical discussions today? What stories about our bodies does our culture tell us, and what might a theological account look like? How does a Christian view of life on earth challenge ideas of autonomy and freedom as the goal of human flourishing?…
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Ian Galloway - How Does the Gospel of John Invite Us into Friendship with God?
What is it that's so special about the Gospel of John? How do the stories of people meeting Jesus get us to the heart of the Fourth Gospel? What does life as friends of Jesus really involve? And what hope does it offer us today? Ian Galloway is director of the Free Church Track at Cranmer Hall in...
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Talking Theology is the podcast of Cranmer Hall Durham, where we explore the best of academic theology, and think creatively about how theological insights can shape Christian life, ministry, and mission in today’s world.
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