Podcast 18: Beauty and Sorrow: the afterlife and a “good death” This conversation is part of a miniseries of three episodes that emerge from our recent report on death, dying and afterlife beliefs and practices which you can read here. In this second episode of the three, Emma Pavey is joined by the Revd Prof […]
Podcast series around death, dying and afterlife practices
We’ve produced a ‘mini-series’ of three podcast episodes emerging from a research report on Death, Dying and the Afterlife, co-produced by SWF and Theos Thinktank. Here, SWF researcher Dr Lia Shimada introduces the series and her motivation for the research: Like many people, I had given little thought to dying. It would happen someday, somehow, […]
Podcast 17: Into the earth and into the light: practices around death and bereavement
Into the earth and into the light: practices around death and bereavement This conversation is part of a miniseries of three episodes that emerge from our recent report on death, dying and afterlife beliefs and practices which you can read here. In this first episode of the three, Emma Pavey is joined by funeral director […]
Articles: Assessing Impact Amongst Chaplains in a University Setting
A series of two articles have been published in the Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, authored by SWF Director Sue Miller, and Christopher Stephens, Head of Southlands College. The articles can be read by clicking on the links below: Assessing Impact Amongst Chaplains in a University Setting: Phase One of an Action Research Project […]
Book review: Hope Amidst Conflict
Oded Adomi Leshem, Hope Amidst Conflict: Philosophical and Psychological Explorations (2023, Oxford University Press) Hope is a key concept both for theology and for church life. It has been an interest of ours at SWF for some time and Challenging Hope is the title of our annual conference on June 18th, 2024. Oded Adomi Leshem […]
Podcast 16: Naming the Grace: faith learning in church communities
Naming the Grace: faith learning in church communities In this conversation, part of our Crafting Hope series, Emma Pavey is joined by Clare Watkins and Simon Sutcliffe to talk about faith learning in church communities and its relation to formation, discipleship, power dynamics…and compost. This episode relates to a major project around faith learning in […]
SWF Annual Conference 2024
Join us to explore ‘Challenging Hope’
Learning opportunity
SWF is pleased to be supporting a project for Christians working to support refugees and asylum seekers, hosted at Durham University. The organisers invite participation and their deadline is Jan 19th 2024. They write: Free international reflective learning programme for Christians supporting refugees and asylum seekers in local communities across Northern, Eastern and Central Europe […]