Free-will is fundamental to our sense of wellbeing, and underwrites our sense of morality, our judicial system and the Judeo-Christian faith.
However, science has provided evidence that free-will may be an illusion. Whilst we may not be as free as we like to think, we can still make decisions that determine our character, relationships and future.
This talk is based on Harvey McMahon's Cambridge Paper, available here.
Alongside the release of our new book, Thoughtful Eating: A biblical perspective on food, relationships and the environment, we've produced a four-part companion podcast series, 'Eating Thoughtfully'.
The podcast series features interviews with some of the leading Christian thinkers and activists on food and the environment, including Ruth Valerio (Director of Global Advocacy, Tearfund), Professor Norman Wirzba (author of 'Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating') and Caroline Pomeroy (Director, Climate Stewards). It was written and produced by the 2019 participants of the Jubilee Centre's SAGE Graduate Programme, Hannah Eves, Katherine Martin and Andrew Phillips.
The four episodes are available below. They're also available on Apple Podcast and Google Play, just search 'Jubilee Centre'.
Episode 1: Introduction
Episode 2: ‘To till and to tend’ with Caroline Pomeroy
Episode 3: ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ with Norman Wirzba
Episode 4: ‘Eating joyfully, relationally and sustainably with Ruth Valerio
Jonathan Tame unpacks the life of Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross. Dunant's story offers us many lessons for the work of Christian social reformers today.
A great number of Western Christians have laudably invested their time, money, and energy to confront the massive global challenge of religious persecution. Sadly, their effectiveness has too often been limited or undermined by several common mistakes.
This talk explores seven of these pitfalls and points to Christian principles that enable us to more effectively advance religious freedom for all.
Judd's goal in pointing out these dangers is not to condemn any particular organisation or tactical approach, but rather to commend a more considered, capacious, and constructive promotion of religious freedom.
This talk is based on Rodney Green's Cambridge Paper, available here.
Jonathan Tame unpacks the biblical foundations for social reform. He presents a biblical worldview for public engagement, articulates the importance of biblical Law and offers some suggested principles for political economy.
David Nussbaum was invited to give our first annual lecture.
He is CEO of The Elders (an independent group of global leaders working together for peace, justice and human rights founded by Nelson Mandela) and formerly CEO at WWF-UK and at Transparency International.
His lecture addressed the question, is there a way to eat that is good for me, good for others and good for the planet?
Knowing to whom we are accountable lies at the heart of integrity. Is it self, public opinion or God? We must distinguish self-referential integrity from a Christian understanding of integrity that is accountable to Christ. Integrity faces counter-currents and riptides capable of causing our scattered self to drift, sometimes to drown.
We will describe examples of these undercurrents to warn of their force; they are not always easy to discern and continually change direction and intensity to sweep us off our feet. We will also examine some of the flawed solutions that we fondly hope will be adequate to protect our integrity, but turn out to be a wholly inadequate selective moralism.
Finally, we will attempt to define the key ingredients of Christian integrity in terms of moral accountability, relational consistency and personal discipline.
This talk is based on Rodney Green's Cambridge Paper, available here.
Sport is a distillation of the God-given impulse to play. With its tightly organised form and rules, it can become a world in its own—but it is also susceptible to corruption. How can we approach this complex topic from a biblical worldview?
This talk is based on Calum Samuelson's Cambridge Paper, available here.
In this talk, given at the Social Reformers Summer School 2018, Baronness Julie Smith explores lessons from the life of prison reformer Elizabeth Fry.
In this talk, given at the Social Reformers Summer School 2018, Philip Powell explores lessons from the life of Japanese social reformer Toyohiko Kagawa, otherwise known as 'The Saint in the Slums'.
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