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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 […]

Press Release – Cranmer Hall, Durham Launches the Talking Theology Podcast Cranmer Hall, the theological college within Durham University, is today launching a new podcast to connect theology, church and the world. Talking Theology will feature Philip Plyming, Warden of Cranmer Hall in conversation with a range of prominent theologians and church leaders. The opening season will include interviews with […]

Philip Plyming, Warden of Cranmer Hall, writes: We are delighted to hear of the appointment of Bishop Libby as Bishop of Derby.  Bishop Libby has a longstanding relationship with Cranmer Hall and St John’s College, having trained here with her husband George in the 1990s, and more recently served on College Council and as Chair of Cranmer Committee.  She has […]

Are you aged 18-30 and interested in ordained ministry in the Church of England? If so this day conference is for you. Saturday 2 March 2019 at Bishopthorpe Palace in York, hosted by the Archbishop of York. To book and for more information please visit http://www.stepforwardanglican.org.uk/

Theology for Everyone on Audio! The recordings of most Theology for Everyone sessions from 2017 and 2018 are now available to purchase on CD or via digital download from Essential Christian media at bit.do/tfe-recordings. Ideal for anyone interested in accessible, lively, engaging talks on key topics in theology – both for those who attended TfE but missed or would like […]

“Closer than a Brother”: A Theology of Friendship with Lina Toth Saturday 10 November, 9am-1pm, at Stockton Baptist Church, The Square, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TE. What does it mean to have friends – or to be a good friend? Is Christian friendship distinctive, and if so, how? In a culture where loneliness is on the rise, how could the church respond? […]

In the Beginning, God laughed… A Theology of Humour with Kate Bruce Saturday 13 October, 9am-1pm, at Stockton Baptist Church, The Square, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TE.  Does God laugh? Is the Bible funny? Why do Christians seem to be so humourless much of the time? Come along and explore how humour and faith fit together. Kate Bruce was a secondary school […]

Save the date! Our Annual Borderlands Lecture is on Monday 15 October at 6.30pm  Elvet Riverside with Dr Jennifer Wiseman speaking on Our Curious Universe. Dr Wiseman is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, a network of Christians in Science. Dr Wiseman will be asking some intriguing questions about our universe brought about by the incredible discoveries enabled by advances in telescope […]