The Susanna Wesley Foundation Conference will be on Thursday 13th June 2019 The theme is: Creating Compassionate Communities of Inclusion: enabling and disabling theology and practice It will be held at Southlands College, University of Roehampton, London, SW15 5SL. This conference will explore various approaches to creating inclusive community and belonging, through the lens of […]
Short Online Course on Women, Leadership and Ministry
Still time to sign up for the 6-week online course on Women, Leadership and Ministry through Catherine of Siena College, led by Esther Stevenson. Cost is only £150. Course runs Feb 5 – Mar 23, 2018. This course will focus in particular on recent developments in women’s formal and informal church leadership roles. Drawing from a variety […]
Essentials of Theory U – book review
At the Susanna Wesley Foundation, we find Theory U a valuable resource for working with transformational change. Here, our Communications and Resources Officer Emma Pavey reviews the 2018 book Essentials of Theory U, a shorter introduction to the theory. ******** The Essentials of Theory U emerged as a 160-page alternative to the 500-page Theory U tome, […]
Diversity monitoring using free-text responses
Christopher Stephens and Lia Shimada recently completed preliminary research exploring the impact of gathering data about people’s identities using free-text responses rather than tick-box options. This post summarises their project. ******** Organisational studies show that the positive effects of diversity amongst members are numerous: stronger teams, more creativity, broader perspectives, improved problem-solving, and greater commitment […]
Studying Diversity Using Free-Text Responses
For contemporary organisations, whether secular or faith-based, the ‘tick-box’ approach to diversity monitoring is the default method for collecting demographic information. However, while undoubtedly helpful for statistical analysis, the limitations of this process are that the tick-box format struggles to respond to ‘mixed’ categories, to changes in collective understanding of identity, and to the sheer […]
In search of empathy – disability theology, Edith Stein and Susanna Wesley
In this conversation, DTh student Cristina Gangemi tells SWF Director Sue Miller about her studies in empathy as a form of practice through the lens of disability theology, in conversation with Edith Stein and Susanna Wesley.
Leading Transformational Change: Theory U – Ermal Kirby
In this video from the 2018 SWF conference ‘Leaderful Church?’, SWF Research Officer Ermal Kirby describes how the principles and practices of Theory U have impacted his work.
Theological reflection on Methodist church leadership – Sam McBratney
From the 2018 SWF conference ‘Leaderful Church?’, SWF Research Officer Sam McBratney offers his theological reflection on leadership in the Methodist church.