Sources of wisdom and authority

The Bible

a) Role as a Source of authority, the word of God, its compilation and use, including as a basis for ethical teaching of the Church and the role of tradition.
b) The Bible as revealed theology and its relationship to natural theology, role of Spirit in revelation/mysticism.
c) Strengths and weaknesses of various models of interpretation of the text.

The nature and role of Jesus, including the strengths and weaknesses of key ideas, their impact on the development of Christianity and understanding the nature of Jesus in the life of Christians

a) The Early Church – the Arian heresy and the Chalcedonian definition concerning the two natures of Jesus and his work in salvation.
With reference to the ideas of Arius and Athanasius.
b) The Reformation – views on salvation and justification, including notions of sin, sacrifice, justification by grace, revelation of God, Mediator, Prophet, Priest and King.
With reference to the ideas of M Luther and J Calvin.
c) Modern views – whether and how God suffers in or through Jesus, context to these thoughts and the relationship of biblical texts on suffering to notions of impassibility.
With reference to the ideas of J Moltmann and T Weinandy.

Articles and Podcasts

The Tablet: 8 Apr 2023 ‘The price of love’ – DL Dusenbury

The Tablet: 20 May 2023 ‘Inside the Catholic soul’ – DJ Taylor

The Tablet: 1 Apr 2023 ‘A division set in stone’ – T Hobson

The Tablet: 20 Apr 2024 ‘Where the end of the world began’ – N Watson

Dialogue: Modern Moral Uncertainty and Christianity, Edition 17

Dialogue: Morality and Religion, Edition 6

Dialogue: Morality and Religion, Edition 9

Dialogue: The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Ethics, Edition 14

Dialogue: Morals in the New Millennium, Edition 15

Dialogue: Can We Have Morality Without God and Religion, Edition 18

Dialogue: Connecting Morality and Religion, Edition 20