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  • October 12, 2017
    WCC commission reflects on challenges of ecumenical formation

    The annual meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation (CEEF), is underway in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

  • December 16, 2016
    WCC hosts discussion on religious radicalisation

    Religious radicalisation is at the heart of many political discussions worldwide but is also playing a major role in intra-Christian and interreligious dialogue. Often a divisive feature in these discussions is the tendency to stereotype certain religions as having extremist expressions and actions.

  • March 20, 2016
    New director for the Urban Theology Unit

    The Rev Dr Keith Hebden,  writer, activist, deanery advisor, pioneer minister and assistant priest in the Parish of Mansfield has been appointed as the new Director of the Urban Theology Unit in Sheffield, from September 2016.

  • January 11, 2015
    Edward Farley: exponent of constructive theological wisdom

    Academics and church leaders are among those mourning the loss of Edward Farley, a scholar and writer of "constructive theology", who died at the end of last year (2014) at the age of 85. Simon Barrow looks at his legacy and significance for practical and applied theology.

  • November 3, 2014
    The way of wisdom in theological training

    The Christian Gospel amplifies the prophet’s call to “do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.” This summons is addressed to the whole church, all its members. It is of the essence of the Way of Wisdom and should be the basis of high quality and wide-ranging theological training, says Professor Deirdre Good, one of eight senior faculty members seeking reinstatement at General Theological Seminary in New York, after they took action to highlight abusive behaviour.

  • October 18, 2014
    Hundreds sign worker justice petition to Episcopal Presiding Bishop

    Within hours over 550 people have signed a petition to the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, calling for reinstatement of eight sacked seminary professors.

  • October 18, 2014
    General Theological Seminary board refuses to rescind faculty sackings

    The future of a flagship Episcopal seminary in the US is in doubt after its board ignored pleas from across the world to reinstate sacked faculty members.

  • October 15, 2014
    General Theological Seminary: build reconciliation through justice

    The crisis at General Theological Seminary in New York has not only produced important acts of solidarity towards eight fine professors unjustly sacked for their protests about what they have experienced as bullying within the GTS administrative system, it has also begun to spark some wider questions about the future of seminary-style education and mainstream US Protestantism.

  • October 15, 2014
    Thousands back call for reinstatement of 'GTS Eight'

    A petition calling for the reinstatement of eight sacked faculty members at General Theological Seminary in New York is receiving huge support.

  • October 11, 2014
    Reinstate the faculty unjustly dismissed from General Theological Seminary

    The tragic and deplorable situation at General Theological Seminary in New York, USA, where eight loyal faculty members at present stand dismissed for their action in seeking to address "a workplace with a retaliatory and hostile environment", is one which has regrettably sad echoes in other situations in religious bodies I have known over the years.