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
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
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.
Thomas Merton: Catholic humanist?
By Matthew Feldman. Professor Feldman is a specialist on fascist ideology and the far-right in Europe and the USA. He has written widely on these subjects, for both academic and general audiences. He has long researched the interaction between politics and
Hand-washing and church abuse
How does a discussion about hand-washing in Mark 7 relate to church abuse? In this edited version of a sermon delivered at Alma Church, Bristol in February 2020, Helen Paynter reflects on what defiles. In around 1670, a Dutch scientist
Porous Borders and Textual Ambiguity: Why ancient Israel is no model for modern nationalism
Consultation paper offered to the theological consultation of the Theology and Education Commission of the European Baptist Federation, November 2019. Helen Paynter, Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, Bristol Baptist College. Across Europe we are currently seeing a
Guest blog: ‘Razed’ by Carolyn Whitnall.
Carolyn Whitnall is a poet who lives in Bristol and blogs here She has generously allowed us to reproduce here her poem ‘Razed’, which takes a thoughtful look at a familar biblical story. Guest blogs are invited to stimulate thought
Guest blog: Three reviews of ‘The Violence of the Lamb: Martyrs as Agents of Divine Judgement in the Book of Revelation’ by Paul Middleton, with response by the author.
Reviews by Simon Woodman, Meredith Warren, and Alison Jack, of Paul Middleton, The Violence of the Lamb: Martyrs as Agents of Divine Judgement in the Book of Revelation (London: T&T Clark, 2018) These were presented at the Revelation Seminar of
Guest blog: The Ethics of Vengeful Psalms
Carmen Joy Imes is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Prairie College in Three Hills, Alberta. She is the author of Bearing YHWH’s Name at Sinai: A Reexamination of the Name Command of the Decalogue (Eisenbrauns, 2018)and Illustrated Exodus in Hebrew (GlossaHouse, 2017). Her
Guest blog: What happened when I told
L.E. is a survivor of domestic violence whose trauma was compounded by the way that her church handled her situation. In this poem she describes her experience when she tried to obtain help from her church. Guest blogs are invited