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What Now for American Christians?

What Now for American Christians?

Steven R. Harmon is Professor of Historical Theology at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. He is author of Baptist Identity and the Ecumenical Future and co-editor with Amy L. Chilton of Sources of Light: Resources

Helen Paynter 13th January 202113th January 2021 Bible in Politics, current affairs, Guest Blogs, Uncategorised 3 Comments Read more

QAnon, Christian apocalypticism and the threat to US Democracy

QAnon, Christian apocalypticism and the threat to US Democracy

Valerie Hobbs and Helen Paynter Dr. Valerie Hobbs is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Sheffield. Her book, An Introduction to Religious Language, is available by Bloomsbury in January, 2021. Valerie has also recently been a guest

Helen Paynter 12th January 202115th January 2021 Bible in Politics, current affairs, Toxic masculinity, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

The (American) Civil War as a Crisis of Theology

The (American) Civil War as a Crisis of Theology

Review of Mark Noll’s book, by Helen Paynter. Noll, Mark E. The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era).  University of North Carolina Press, 2006. A time of great crisis. A

Helen Paynter 30th November 202030th November 2020 Bible in Politics, Biblical Interpretation, Black Lives Matter, Book Reviews, current affairs, racism, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

What The Biblical Authors Skipped And Why It Matters Today

What The Biblical Authors Skipped And Why It Matters Today

Brandon Hurlbert is one of the research associates of the CSBV. He is currently working on his PhD in Theology and Religion at Durham University. His area of focus is in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and his dissertation explores the Christian

Helen Paynter 23rd November 202023rd November 2020 Biblical Interpretation, current affairs, Guest Blogs, Uncategorised, War texts 1 Comment Read more

Will America Resemble what it Reveres? The Debate About Celebrating and Confronting History

Will America Resemble what it Reveres? The Debate About Celebrating and Confronting History

By Dr Matthew Rowley. Matthew is Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester and Research Associate at the Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies, UK. His writings on religion, politics and violence have appeared in outlets like The Journal of

Helen Paynter 1st November 202022nd October 2020 Bible in Politics, current affairs, Guest Blogs, racism No Comments Read more

Women’s Holy Burden and Patriarchy

Women’s Holy Burden and Patriarchy

By Dr Valerie Hobbs. Valerie is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Sheffield. Her book, An Introduction to Religious Language, will be published by Bloomsbury in January, 2021. Guest blogs are invited to stimulate thought and comment.

Helen Paynter 20th July 202015th September 2020 Biblical Interpretation, current affairs, Domestic abuse, Gender-Based Violence, Guest Blogs, Toxic masculinity 5 Comments Read more

Responsible Scholarship: Moral and Ethical Considerations

Guest blog post by Hannah Kate Capey. Hannah graduated from the University of Bristol in 2019 with a degree in Philosophy and Theology. She is currently undertaking a Masters in Theology and Religious Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium. Hannah has

Helen Paynter 26th June 20207th July 2020 Biblical Interpretation, current affairs, Guest Blogs, pornography, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

A Bible, a Statue, and a Whip of Cords: Can symbolic violence be prophetic?

A Bible, a Statue, and a Whip of Cords: Can symbolic violence be prophetic?

On 1st June 2020, Donald Trump walked out of the White House accompanied by his entire entourage, including the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He took a short walk across Lafayette Square, and posed outside the episcopal church

Helen Paynter 21st June 202021st June 2020 Bible in Politics, Black Lives Matter, current affairs, General, racism No Comments Read more

Trump’s White Supremacist Bible: A Christian Leader and an Atheist Respond.

Following recent events in Washington, CSBV director Helen Paynter and atheist biblical scholar Katie Edwards decided to put out a joint statement on President Trump’s use of the Bible. An abbreviated version of our article appeared in the Independent online

Helen Paynter 3rd June 20203rd June 2020 Bible in Politics, Black Lives Matter, current affairs, racism, Uncategorised 1 Comment Read more

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CSBV is a research and resource hub to promote and facilitate scholarship in the area of Bible and Violence; and to produce accessible resources for the churches. Find out more.

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For our second episode, we sat down with the Revd Dr Helen Paynter to talk about Biblical Violence, and what we, as peacemakers, can learn from these stories.

🎧The episode will be available at 12pm on Monday (1st March) here: https://lght.ly/6g8pmam

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Advance notice of our (online) open morning for prospective students - theology, ministerial, youth and families and Disciple-makers. We offer training at access, undergraduate, and postgraduate level (including PhDs). DM us here for more information.

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I'm re-re-reading @paynter's book The Bible Doesn't Tell Me So, as I'm writing a review for the Journal for the Study of Bible and Violence.

I'll post the review when it's public, but I highly recommend this book. Accessible,Bible-centred (ergo also victim-centred), pastoral.

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