A three-year project on environmental theology and ethics in partnership with the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge. The project will issue in academic and popular publications, events, and an international conference scheduled for 2011. It is funded by the generous support of The Templeton Foundation, The Kirby Laing Foundation, and a private trust.
Project Director: Dr. Robert White, Professor of Geophysics, Cambridge University
Lead Researchers:
Dr. Hilary Marlow, Faraday Institute/KLICE (until September 2009)
Dr. Jonathan Moo, Faraday Institute/KLICE
Team Member: Dr. Jonathan Chaplin
Jonathan Moo, also a postdoctoral researcher on the project and KLICE grantee, has been appointed Affiliated Lecture in New Testament at the Cambridge University Divinity Faculty. He has published articles on NT environmental theology in two leading journals of NT studies, and presented papers on eschatology and creation care at a Faraday Institute Writer’s Workshop on ‘The Root Causes of Unsustainability,’ at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, and at Oak Hill College.
A two-year project on political theology in partnership with the London-based public theology think-tank Theos, funded by two private trusts.
The first phase has been completed with the publication of God and Government, addressing the theology of government. The book is written by specialists but aimed at political practitioners and anyone interested in a Christian perspective on British politics. Co-edited by Nick Spencer and Jonathan Chaplin, it was published by SPCK in October 2009. Contributors include: Bishop N. T. Wright, Clifford Longly, Philip Booth, Nigel Wright, Julian Rivers, Andrew Bradstock, Nicholas Townsend, David McIlroy. Archbishop Rowan Williams writes a Preface.
The second phase consists of the official launch of the book at a political event in Spring 2010, followed by other seminars and discussions in various settings and. A complimentary copy of the book will be distributed to several hundred MPs and Peers known to have interest in Christian political thought.
Project team: Nick Spencer (Theos) and Jonathan Chaplin (KLICE).
A two-year project in collaboration with and funded by the Bible Society. The project aims to feed some fresh Christian political thinking into the three main British political parties via the channels of the Christian groups in each party, which are partners in the project: Christian Socialist Movement; Conservative Christian Fellowship; Liberal Democrat Christian Forum.
The first phase involves the production of three popular publications assessing the Christian contribution to the parties’ traditions and proposing how Christian thought might contribute critically to the development of the parties’ thinking and policy. This phase will be completed by summer 2010. The three writers are Stephen Backhouse (Liberal Democrats), Paul Bickley (Labour), and Joshua Hordern (Conservative). Jonathan Chaplin will edit the publications.
The second phase involves the dissemination of these publications via party conference sessions (beginning with the conference season in 2010), other events, and further print or web-based resources.
Project director: David Landrum, Senior Parliamentary Officer, Bible Society
Advisor/Editor: Jonathan Chaplin
1. Director responds to Bp Tom Wright in Parliament
2. Joint conference on sexual ethics May 15: booking form
3. Director speaks at Lords Briefing on Equality Bill.
4. Latest Ethics in Brief on assisted suicide and political forgiveness
5. Autumn 2009 Newsletter
6. Guardian article on Equality Bill by Director
7. Guardian article on faith and democracy by Director