Hopepunk: a reflection on our podcast
Podcast 12: Listening to echoes of hope
Listening to echoes of hope: Evidence-based climate stories and a hopepunk God In this conversation, part of our Crafting Hope series, Emma Pavey is joined by Dr Steven van den Heuvel and Dr Elin Kelsey for a conversation about the evidence-based hope, and how it interweaves with theology to change the narrative around climate change […]
Podcast 11: Crafting hope with churches in a climate crisis
What is in your hands? Crafting hope with churches in a climate crisis In this conversation, part of our Crafting Hope series, Emma Pavey is joined by Hannah Fremont-Brown and Dr Steven van den Heuvel for a conversation about the place of hope in theology and work with churches around the climate crisis. Listen to […]
Transforming Lives conference
On 26th April, Southlands College hosted a one-day international conference, facilitated by the Susanna Wesley Foundation, entitled ‘Transforming Lives to Shape a Just Society: Values-Based Higher Education’. This event, attended by over 100 delegates, formed the first part of a three-part series of conferences on Methodist Education designed in collaboration with Methodist Schools UK and […]
Research report: A Shared Mission for Justice: Catholics and Methodists Working Together in Social Action
We’re pleased that the Southlands Methodist Trust was able to support research culminating in this report by our University of Roehampton colleagues Dr Clare Watkins and Dr James Butler. Find out more at the launch event, May 25th, 2023, 11.30, online and in person. Contact James for details. At the heart of this project is […]
Research report: Ashes to Ashes – attitudes to death and dying
In collaboration with Theos Thinktank, we’re delighted to present this report: Ashes to Ashes: Beliefs, Trends, and Practices in Dying, Death, and the Afterlife, produced by SWF Senior Researcher Lia Shimada and Theos’ Marianne Rozario. Report summary: This project investigated current trends on, and attitudes towards dying, death, and the afterlife in the UK, and […]
SWF Annual Conference 2023: Transforming Lives to Shape a Just Society
SWF Annual Conference, April 25, 2023
Research report: Feeling Connected? Methodists’ awareness of organisational structures within the Church
Executive summary: This report outlines the findings of a preliminary study, funded by the Susanna Wesley Foundation, on the awareness of local congregation members of the different structural layers of the Methodist Church carried out by Dr Krystin Zigan, with Dr Alan Le Grys. Based on 24 semi-structured interviews with Circuit leaders, Ministers, lay leaders […]