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“Blood had to be Spilt” Scapegoating and the Common Good

“Blood had to be Spilt” Scapegoating and the Common Good

Peter King trained at Bristol Baptist College and was ordained in 1988, serving for eight years at Eynsham Baptist Church, Oxfordshire. He now works for the Anglican Diocese of Chichester in adult theological education.  He has been involved with the

Helen Paynter 18th January 202112th January 2021 Arts, Book Reviews, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

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

Should Christians join the military? A Forgotten Perspective.

Should Christians join the military? A Forgotten Perspective.

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 7th December 202023rd November 2020 Bible in Politics, Biblical Interpretation, Guest Blogs, Remembrance Day, 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

Response to the UK government’s ‘Declaration of Humanity’

Response to the UK government’s ‘Declaration of Humanity’

This week the UK Government has published a ‘Declaration of Humanity’ by Faith and Belief Leaders in the UK, to condemn all forms of sexual violence. Here is our response, as published on the website of the European Baptist Federation,

Helen Paynter 19th November 202020th November 2020 Uncategorised No 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

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

The Child as Viper: How Voddie Baucham’s Theology of Children Promotes Abuse

The Child as Viper: How Voddie Baucham’s Theology of Children Promotes Abuse

By R.L. Stollar. Ryan is an advocate for children and abuse survivors and a child liberation theologian. Ryan has an M.H.S. in Child Protection from Nova Southeastern University, an M.A. in Eastern Classics from St. John’s College, and a B.A.

Helen Paynter 1st June 20201st June 2020 Biblical Interpretation, Domestic abuse, Guest Blogs, Uncategorised 3 Comments Read 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.

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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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