There are three webinars available to Common Awards staff and students over the coming weeks:
(1) Thursday 16th February 1.30–3pm
Trauma, Theology and Pastoral Care
Delroy Hall and Katie Cross
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-trauma-theology-and-pastoral-care-tickets-483785293837
Dr Hall is a counsellor with over 30 years experience in a range of settings including churches, the NHS and universities. His PhD focussed on black pastoral care in Britain and his recent book A Redemption Song (SCM press, 2021) address the themes of racial trauma, pastoral care and theology. Dr Katie Cross is Lecturer in Theology at the University of Aberdeen where one of her major research and teaching areas is feminist trauma theology. She has co-edited two books in this area including Bearing Witness: Intersectional Perspectives on Trauma Theology (SCM Press, 2022) and Feminist Trauma Theologies: Body, Scripture and Church in Critical Perspective (SCM Press, 2020).
(2) Thursday 2nd March, 2.00–3.30pm
Should Christians Celebrate Passover?
Debbie Young-Somers and Jon Morgan
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/should-christians-celebrate-passover-tickets-533712226637
In recent decades, it has been quite common for Christians to celebrate Passover meals – Passover Seders – using words and rituals developed over the centuries by Jewish people. This is sometimes done with the intention of celebrating Christianity's Jewish roots, or as an interfaith gesture. The history of Christian anti-semitism, however, makes this a deeply problematic thing to do. In this webinar, Debbie Young-Somers (a Rabbi at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue) and Jon Morgan (an Honorary Research Fellow at Exeter University) will explore this question in depth.
(3) Thursday 9th March, 11.30–1pm
What have animals got to do with Christian ministry?
David Clough, Cherryl Hunt, Sarah Lawrence and Joel Pierce
This webinar is based on work done in the 'Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare' project, based at the University of Aberdeen and led by David Clough. The project helps churches and individual Christians think through their responsibilities to the farmed animals that surround them. In this webinar, the presenters will explore some of the ideas behind the project, and some of the ways in which animal welfare can and should feature in theological education and in the life of the churches.
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Mike Higton
Professor of Theology and Ministry
Durham University