a) The challenge to Christian belief of modern science, including cosmology and evolution, and the view that science may replace a religious interpretation of the universe.
b) Strengths and weaknesses of these challenges, the responses to them and the impact of these debates on Christian thought.
With reference to the ideas of Galileo and Darwin.

a) Religion in today’s society, declining numbers, the role of the Church in formal worship and in modern life and the strengths, weaknesses and impact of the teachings of popular atheists.
b) The rise of New Religious Movements and definitions of ‘spiritual’ and ‘religious’.
c) Disillusionment with some aspects of traditional religion compared to hard line atheism.
With reference to the ideas of C Hitchens and R Dawkin

a) The context and key themes of Liberation theology, Feminist theology and Black theology.
b) The global development of Evangelicalism, and of the nature and influence of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in the US and beyond, migration as a factor in the spread of a variety of forms of Christian worship, notably in the African Christian diaspora.
c) The development of these ideas and their impact on the lives of believers and communities in Christianity today.
With reference to the ideas of G Gutiérrez, S McFague and J H Cone.

The Tablet: 25 Nov 2023 ‘France’s unfinished religious war’ – P Marnham

The Tablet: 7 Oct 2023 ‘A show of faith’ – J Moorhead

The Tablet: 15 Jul 2023 ‘The capacity to dream’ – P Stanford

The Tablet: 22 Jul 2023 ‘The cardinal, the minister and the chocolate soldiers’ – P Hudson

The Tablet: 30 Sep 2023 ‘Apostle of contradiction’ – M Cairns

The Tablet: 14 Oct 2023 ‘When the cap doesn’t fit’ – C Murphy

The Tablet: 29 Jul 2023 ‘The King’s good servant’ – E Curti

The Tablet: 6 May 2023 ‘The paradox of establishment’ – T Hobson

The Tablet: 29 Apr 2023 ‘King of harmony’ – C Pepinster

The Tablet: 29 Apr 2023 ‘A belief I can’t describe’ – P Stanford

The Tablet: 25 Mar 2023 ‘Still a religious divide’ – M O’Doherty

The Tablet: 11 Mar 2023 ‘Cross-party faith’ – P Stanford

The Tablet: 4 Mar 2023 ‘Soul-searching in Scotland’ – A Haggerty

The Tablet: 13 Jan 2024 ‘The integralist crusade’ – K Vallier

The Tablet: 20 Jan 2024 ‘Universities for the common good’ – M Winters

The Tablet: 10 Feb 2024 ‘Putin’s holy war’ – M Sixsmith

The Tablet: 24 Feb 2024 ‘The Orthodox conundrum’ – T Hobson

The Tablet: 27 Apr 2024 ‘Remapping the Holy Land’ – Y Said

The Tablet: 22 Jun 2024 ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ – A Bogdanovski

The Tablet: 7 Sep 2024 ‘In the house of God’ – A Frymann Rouch

Dialogue: What is Postmodernism?, Edition 15

Dialogue: Is Science Enough?, Edition 19

Dialogue: Wilderness, Religion, and Human Dwelling, Edition 19

Dialogue: Robots and Religion: Rival or Revival, Edition 55

Dialogue: Good without God, Edition 32

Dialogue: Types of Theism, Varieties of Atheism, Edition 8

Dialogue: Humanism – Right or Wrong?, Edition 12

Dialogue: Postmodernism and Religion, Edition 16

Dialogue: Religion without God, Edition 19

Dialogue: Is Religion Bad for the Environment?, Edition 20

Dialogue: Durkheim and Weber on Religion, Edition 25

Dialogue: The Challenge of Durkheim’s Sociological Interpretation of Religion, Edition 23

Dialogue: A Humanist Critique of Religion, Edition 24

Dialogue: Is there a ‘perennial philosophy’ at the core of all religion, Edition 55

Dialogue: Gen Z Nones and why and how philosophy of religion must adapt, Edition 60

TRS Chester Podcast: What does Census2021 tell us about religion? 

TRS Chester Podcast: Why are we still talking about secularization? 

The Tablet: 2 Sep 2023 ‘A dictator seeks his revenge’ – Francis McDonagh

Dialogue: Karl Marx and Christianity, Edition 28

Dialogue: Liberation Theology, Edition 49

TRS Chester Podcast: Is Liberation Theology just for Christians? 

R4 In Our Time Podcast: Karl Marx