Here’s what’s happening at KLC.
In the second of our series of discussions in conjunction with the World Evangelical Alliance, we ask the question, “Should we distinguish evangelicalism as it is theologically defined from any other forms of evangelicalism abroad in the world today?”
TBP 09 explores more of the theme of Craft. It features a meditation on healthy and unhealthy craft, interviews with woodworkers and musicians, discussions of reading, writing, drawing, and art-making, and much more.
KLC Fellow and trustee, Rev Dr William Olhausen, has reviewed Kimlyn J. Bender’s excellent recent commentary on 1 Corinthians in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series for the latest edition of Ethics in Conversation.
KLC Trustee and Fellow, Rev Dr J. Andrew Kirk has published a new book titled: A Tale of Two Worlds: Why Contemporary Western Culture Contends against Christian Faith.
Mr David M. J. Ball, a founding trustee of KLC and one of our Associate Fellows, has been awarded an MBE in His Majesty’s New Year Honours list for “charitable services in East Anglia”.
Every year we host four seminars at SBL/AAR/IBR, as well as our Annual Meal. And every year proves to be a time of rich dialogue, relationship building, and collegial celebration. Catch the highlights and what some of our scholars said about the events.
The Big Picture 08 explores the theme of Craft, and in it you will find articles on why art matters today; the ethics of craft; the beauty and power of photography; how paying attention and being handy can be transformative; and much more.
The Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar began 25 years ago, conceived to address key issues at the heart of a renewal of biblical interpretation that was rigorous and in service of the church. Since then it has developed into four seminars: Scripture and Hermeneutics, Scripture and Doctrine, Scripture and Church, and Scripture and the University. These now function as part of KLC’s Scripture Collective, directed by Rev Dr David Larsen.
In this biography, KLC Senior Research Fellow Dr Ian Randall traces the extraordinary journey of Georgina Gollock, who was one of the most influential women in the formative period of twentieth-century World Christianity.
Read our latest Ethics in Conversation by Mary Abma exploring the use of art to represent lives, legacies and possibilities in one city block in Ontario, Canada.
Evangelicalism is facing challenges that have the potential to fracture the global movement. To better understand these issues, the WEA and KLC have partnered together to explore what “evangelical” means for the twenty-first century.
TBP 07 explores the important themes of food and place, and includes articles on why we need to rediscover place today; the interconnection of land, food and worship in the Old Testament; church life in an African township; and much more.
Read the latest edition of Ethics in Conversation: One Language as Another: Ethics and Alterity in the Hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur by Hallam Willis.
Bill Browder is the Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign. Bill has started a campaign targeting human rights abusers and highly corrupt officials.
This issue explores the theme of the Nurture of Nature, including our calling to nurture nature and nature’s nurture of us. Our imaging of God means that we are called to relate to our fellow creatures as does God, namely with compassion.
In this latest edition of Ethics in Conversation, KLC Associate Fellow and TBP Book Review Editor, Ricardo Cardenas, reviews Richard Mouw’s recent book, How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor.
We are deeply saddened to announce that KLC Associate Fellow and law editor for The Big Picture magazine, Jon Hyde, has died.
In our latest Ethics in Conversation, Sara Osborne reflects on themes of debt and atonement in Amor Towles’s novel, The Lincoln Highway
Issue 05 of The Big Picture explores the theme of journalism, discussing topics like real news, wisdom journalism, navigating bias, and the question of truth in a post-truth world.
KLC Associate Fellow, Genevieve Wedgbury, introduces us to the vital concept of body literacy.
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.
Latest Ethics in Conversation out today, in which KLC Associate Fellow Matthew Wiley reviews Adam Ployd’s, Augustine, the Trinity, and the Church.
Issue 04 explores the important topic of Difficult Hope – a phrase borrowed from the acclaimed American writer Wendell Berry. The articles and art in this issue endeavour honestly to attend to the many difficulties we face, while pointing to hope amidst suffering.
Dr James Rusthoven reviews Reformed Public Theology: A Global Vision for Life in the World, edited by Matthew Kaemingk. With chapters covering topics such as immigration, decolonialism, euthanasia, economics, and more.
Our latest two editions of Ethics in Conversation deal with humanity, suffering and hope in Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, and an exploration of the intersection of the Christian faith and artificial intelligence.
The third edition of The Big Picture is a diverse offering that, among other things, celebrates the rich legacy of Hans Rookmaaker.
We are happy to announce that both Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition and The 30-Minute Bible have been nominated in the IVP Readers’ Choice Awards 2021and are in the final round of voting in their respective categories.
Recently Bartholomew and Ashford’s book, The Doctrine of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach, won the Christianity Today Award of Merit in Theology and Ethics.
In this short piece I will use the remarkable writings of the Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński (1932-2007) to explore what might be involved in understanding the other.
I sometimes reflect on the courage of investigative journalists who are committed to unearthing the truth.
This year Spring was cold and delayed apart from a few very hot days. Then it was summer. Plants have reacted differently to this shift, with some flowering much later than last year.
In 2016 Craig Bartholomew and Heath Thomas, released A Manifesto for Theological Interpretation as an initiative of the KLC Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar. Baker Academic has given us permission to make the introductory manifesto available on our website.
Our second issue of TBP is an exploration of all the multifaceted areas in life where Christ is present and at play. Contributions cover everything from mathematics and faith, art, poetry, the spiritual significance of rabbits, to why Herman Bavinck is an essential read for today, and John Stott’s approach to political theology
During the long months of the initial lockdown in 2020 in the U.K., I spent time making these notes of the life in my garden. There is a good reason why Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborne remains a classic. It has been described as the journal of Adam in paradise. White, a clergyman, was wonderfully attentive to the small locale of Selborne and his journaling is full of detail about what he discovered. For example he says of
