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    The Blessing of Ishmael

    The Blessing of Ishmael

    On March 13 one of the RCL O.T. Readings (Lent 2) is Genesis 15.  CSBV Research Associate Ashley Hibbard invites us to read on to Genesis 16 and to consider the place of Ishmael in the O.T. story and beyond. The character of

    Helen Paynter 10th March 202210th March 2022 Biblical Interpretation, Preaching, racism, Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning No Comments Read more

    Black and “Blue”

    Black and “Blue”

    It’s been said that America, as South Africa did, must confront its past, especially in terms of white supremacy and racism, and hopefully through honest, deep dialogue across the chasm of race.  How do you do that?  Well, maybe a

    Helen Paynter 12th July 20211st March 2022 Arts, Guest Blogs, racism No Comments Read more

    Canadian Residential Schools – one Canadian Christian responds

    Canadian Residential Schools – one Canadian Christian responds

    If someone told me of the discovery of an unmarked mass burial site, containing 215 (or 104 or 751) little bodies disposed of like so much garbage, I would guess that perhaps it was done by the Nazis. Or the

    Helen Paynter 28th June 202126th June 2021 Bible in Politics, current affairs, Domestic abuse, racism, Uncategorised 2 Comments Read more

    The Holocaust: Church Complicity and Indifference

    The Holocaust: Church Complicity and Indifference

    Guest blogger Revd Bruce D. Thompson reflects on church compicity with antisemitism, and the role that the Bible sometimes plays. I had long suspected it be the case.  The confirmation however, came at a time, and in a way, I

    Helen Paynter 22nd June 202123rd June 2021 antisemitism, Biblical Interpretation, Guest Blogs, racism 5 Comments Read more

    Preaching Judas

    Preaching Judas

    “The Chernobyl of Christian anti-semitism” This is how the late Israeli writer Amos Oz described the figure of Judas in the gospel stories.  As we approach Easter, and our annual retelling of the passion story, maybe it is time to

    Helen Paynter 15th March 202121st March 2022 Biblical Interpretation, Preaching, racism, Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning, Uncategorised 1 Comment 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

    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

    Guest blog by Matthew Rowley For all the debate over the public commemoration of statues, there is considerable common ground on one issue: monuments mould the societies that they preside over. Neither side looks at them as merely neutral or

    Helen Paynter 1st November 202021st March 2022 Bible in Politics, current affairs, Guest Blogs, racism 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?

    By CSBV director Helen Paynter 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

    Helen Paynter 21st June 202023rd June 2021 Bible in Politics, Black Lives Matter, current affairs, General, racism No Comments Read more

    The Christian imagination: Theology and the origins of Race

    The Christian imagination: Theology and the origins of Race

    The Christian imagination: Theology and the origins of Race, by Willie James Jennings. London: Yale University Press, 2010. Book review by Sara Améstegui Deik Introduction Willie Jennings is an associate professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity

    Helen Paynter 15th June 202023rd June 2021 Bible in Politics, Biblical Interpretation, Black Lives Matter, Book Reviews, racism No Comments Read more

    Sermon: The Way of Jesus in a World on Fire

    Sermon: The Way of Jesus in a World on Fire

    Sermon on 1 Peter 3:8-22, preached at St Nic’s, Durham, by CSBV Research Associate Brandon Hurlbert, on 7th June 2020, in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests in the USA and across the world. Sermon transcript is as

    Helen Paynter 9th June 202023rd June 2021 Bible in Politics, Biblical Interpretation, Black Lives Matter, racism, Sermon No Comments Read more
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