Bespoke evangelism begins with everyday conversation. This might involve chatting about vegetarian cooking, fish and chips, the royal family, detective dramas, sport, social events, photography, poetry, travel in exotic locations, gangster films and Hollywood stars. We find out what people Read more
Whatever stage of research we’re at, we can benefit from a masterly overview of how everything fits together. And here at Faith-in-Scholarship we’re sometimes asked what introductions to Christian thinking we can recommend for academics. First, there are some general principles Read more
‘Calling’ or ‘vocation’ is something we mention fairly often at Faith in Scholarship. In modern English it’s mostly used, in both secular and church contexts, to refer to profession: often to a certain kind of demanding, valued profession, such as medicine or pastoral work. Read more
In 2003 football hard man and actor Vinnie Jones admitted assaulting an airline passenger and drunkenly claiming he could have a flight crew “murdered for £3,000”. Jones became incandescent with rage when a fellow passenger, Stephen Driscoll told him he Read more
In my work as a lecturer over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of working particularly closely with students from a number of different nationalities and cultures. This has been especially exciting for me because it fits into a Read more
It was thanks to a conference called “Laws of Nature, Laws of God?” that I had the invitation to join a project of the International Society for Science and Religion about holistic biology – where I was to bring expertise in the science of ecology. So Read more
Richard Vytniorgu is a PhD candidate in English Literature at De Montfort University with Midlands3Cities (AHRC). You can find him at www.richardvytniorgu.com. I’m supposed to be on holiday. And on holiday we (sometimes) relax: we take stock of our lives and Read more
Gareth Jones, our Thinking Faith Network director and I have recently started talking about bespoke evangelism. Gareth is quite good at this but not as good as me! The heart of bespoke evangelism is to find out what a person Read more
Last week, I discussed the first half of a talk Biblical scholar and philosopher Richard Middleton gave for FiSch a few weeks ago. I will pick up where we left off. This week I’ve included quite a few Biblical references, Read more
A few weeks ago, Biblical scholar and philosopher Richard Middleton visited FiSch as part of a UK tour. This got me very excited, as I’ve read some of his work and found it very helpful, and Anthony and I managed to go Read more