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CRANMER HALL AWARDED GRANT FOR SCIENCE-ENGAGED THEOLOGY Cranmer Hall is delighted to share news of our successful bid for grant funding under the ‘Science for Seminaries’ programme. Research project Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS) has awarded substantial grants to Cranmer as one of nine theological colleges in the UK with the aim of promoting science-engaged theology. […]

Cranmer Hall, the theological college within St John’s College Durham, is marking Black History Month this October with a series of special interviews and events to celebrate the stories of BAME students past and present. Three in-depth interviews with former students now in church leadership will be released on the Cranmer Hall website.  There will also be a number of […]

We are delighted to present volume 6 of our open-access journal Theology and Ministry, offering timely and thoughtful articles and book reviews at the interface of theological study and ministerial practice and reflection. Theology and Ministry is a peer-reviewed publication of Cranmer Hall, St John’s College, Durham, carrying original research articles and book reviews by both established and emerging scholars […]

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Samuel Tranter as Director of Postgraduate Studies at Cranmer Hall. Sam holds BD and MTh degrees from Aberdeen, and completed his PhD on Oliver O’Donovan’s moral theology under Prof. Robert Song at St John’s College, Durham. He brings teaching experience within the theological education and university sectors in the North of […]

CALL FOR PAPERS: There is still time to submit an abstract if you’re interested in presenting at our exciting symposium Public Theology for Digital Society in Durham, 16-17 April 2020. Get in touch for more information! Please see this link for further information.

The Talking Theology Podcast is ten episodes old this week. Since its launch in January, Talking Theology has welcomed a range of theologians and church leaders covering topics ranging from comedy to suffering, science to religious freedom. People have listened in across the globe to conversations which seek to join the dots between theology, church and the world. The tenth […]

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Revd Dr Will Foulger as Director of Mission and Evangelism at Cranmer Hall, St John’s College, Durham.   Before starting training at Cranmer Hall in 2013, Will was a secondary school teacher in Kent; during his time at Cranmer Hall he undertook doctoral studies entitled ‘Present in Every Place: The Church of […]

We are delighted to announce the appointment of the Revd Steve Muneza as the new Director of Formation and Mixed-Mode Training at Cranmer Hall, St John’s College, Durham. Steve is currently Associate Minister in the North Durham Team and is also completing a PhD in Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Steve will oversee the existing placement programme at Cranmer Hall which enables […]

Cranmer Hall has collaborated with the Department of Theology and Religious Studies of Kings College London to hold a conference entitled ‘The Desecularisation of the City: London’s Churches, 1980 to the Present’. This takes place on 25 January at Kings’ Waterloo Campus. The speakers include Professors Grace Davie (Exeter University), John Wolffe (Open University) and Eric Kaufmann (Birkbeck College) and […]