At KLC, Public Theology means the joyful and rigorous attempt to explore and provide answers to the question how then shall we live?
Following Lesslie Newbigin we believe that “Christ is the clue to all that is.” This means pursuing Christ-the-clue in all of life.
As an academic research centre concerned with public theology we seek to do rigorous scholarship across the disciplines addressing the great issues of our day from a Christian view point. We also seek to foster and nurture Christian scholarship that is rooted in spirituality and practised in community, all with Christ-the-clue at its heart.
Gerard Manley Hopkins famously wrote: “Christ plays in ten thousand places”. Public Theology is of little use if it does not enter into that play in every area of life. The Big Picture is our magazine in which as a community we give expression to our celebration of life and explore the question, how then shall we live? In The Big Picture you will find discussions covering theology, Scripture, economics, food, nature, art, poetry, film, music, sport, medicine, education, spirituality, science, and even motorcycles!
For those in the U.K. you can purchase your print copy today.*
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TBP is also available as an online magazine, accessible on your computer, tablet or mobile.
You can access and share individual articles from the magazine free of charge.
Join us in-person or online for our Official Launch Day, 1 September 2022, with three daytime gatherings and culminating in our Evening Launch Event at Margaret Beaufort Institute in Cambridge.
Join us for our Becoming a Missionary Church online event on Thursday 18 August 2022, 5:30-7PM UK time, in which Mike Goheen and Tim Sheridan will introduce us to their new book.
Latest Ethics in Conversation 26.6 in which Matthew Wiley reviews Adam Ployd’s Augustine, the Trinity, and the Church.
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As a not-for-profit organisation we rely on and are deeply grateful for every one of our donors who support us financially. If you believe in our mission to foster Christian scholarship across the disciplines and do public theology practiced in community, rooted in spirituality, for the glory of God and the good of the church and world, please consider supporting us with a regular or once-off donation.
KLC is an Associate Member of the Cambridge Theological Federation.
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The Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge. Charity registered in England and Wales. Charity Number: 1191741
Margaret Beaufort Institute, 12-14 Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DU
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