Obituary: Ronald J Sider, 1939-2022
Ronald J Sider 1939- 2022 With the death of Ronald Sider we say ‘adieu’ to one of the most significant evangelical Christian voices of the last 60 years. Born in…
The Desire of Jesus, Deep and Daring: What if…?
This piece was originally delivered at one of Westminster Abbey’s pre-Lambeth Conference ecclesiology seminars. A volume of these essays will be published in due course. ‘God’s Church for God’s World’…
Michael Ramsey and the Lambeth Conference
Last year I reviewed a very useful collection of essays on the Lambeth Conference, the ten-yearly gathering of the bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion. (The next meeting is to take place…
Lambeth Conference: going from ‘resolutions’ to ‘calls’
The question of who will be attending Lambeth which was explored in the first article last week is distinct from, but connected to, the question of where Lambeth is going, what it…
Will this summer’s Lambeth conference unite the Church?
“Rowing, not rowing” was the Economist’s elliptical, intriguing headline (9th Jan 2016), prior to the make-or-break 2016 “Primates’ Meeting” of the Anglican Communion concerning the looming rift over issues of sexuality….
Who is going to Lambeth? Where is Lambeth going?
The Lambeth Conferences opens on July 26th, just over a month away. In recent days there has been quite a flurry of activity—including two announcements from the Archbishop of Canterbury—which…
‘Staying in the room where it happens’? A response to Lucy Winkett’s defence of establishment
A 2003 survey found that 42% of Anglican clergy and 35% of laity favoured a complete severance of constitutional ties between the Church of England and the state. Whatever the…
Henry Martyn (1781-1812) in Cambridge: Spiritual Nurture and Ministerial Formation
Much has been written about Henry Martyn. The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW) Library has a range of books by different authors, for example David Bentley-Taylor, C. D. Bell,…
False narratives and the Rustat Memorial judgment
False narratives and the Rustat Memorial judgment On 23 March 2022, the judge in the Rustat Memorial case declined to grant Jesus College a faculty to remove a memorial to…
Beer and Theology: Future Dates
We have excellent Beer and Theology speakers lined up for the next few months, so here are some dates for your diaries.
Florence Allshorn (1887-1950) and St Julian’s
An important collection of papers of the St Julian’s Community, Coolham (West Sussex), including material about the life of the founder, Florence Allshorn (1887-1950), is held in the Cambridge Centre…
Christian Ethics and Climate Change
Ahead of COP26, and in light of the current and ongoing climate emergency, Fulcrum will be posting a series of articles exploring climate change, theology and our ethical response during…
Nourishing Memories: Preface
Introduction The first religious experience that I can remember is getting under the nursery table to pray that the dancing mistress might be dead before we got to her dancing…
The bells of Liverpool Parish Church on Easter Day
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring the bells of Easter Day over land, over sea, over all the earth. Bring the clang of nature’s joy up from earth, to the skies,…
Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide: Silver Jubilee
Introduction 2021 is the Silver Jubilee of the official opening of the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW) at Westminster College, Cambridge, which took place on January 22, 1996. The Centre was…
Reflections on the Public Purpose of Marriage
My intention in writing this article is to explore long-standing legal principles of marriage and their scriptural endorsement as a means of delineating the over-arching public reason for marriage. I…
Gay Christians, ACNA and GAFCON
Quarrels about words? In my years involved in dialogue and debate relating to sexuality, some of the most depressing moments have been when those who broadly share my views concerning…