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An interview with Robert Beckford and Rachel Starr

We speak to the editors of Behold the Men, publishing this month, about this collection on theologies of men and masculinities.

Signs of the times - Political instability and the shift from the secular to the post-secular

Ian Mobsby gives his view on what recent trends in society might mean for people's ideas of spiritual matters, and the implications for mission.  

Five books for 2025 from SCM Press

This year brings a bumper crop of new books for SCM Press. Assistant Commissioning Editor Rachel takes a look at some highlights to look out for.

Announcing the Biblical Intertextuality series

SCM Press is inviting submissions for scholarly monographs for the new Biblical Intertextuality series.

Why this book matters now: Ethics by Bonhoeffer

At the end of December, SCM Press publish a new English-language edition of renowned German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book Ethics. Tim Judson gives us his thoughts on the importance of this, Bonhoeffer's final work.

An interview with David Benjamin Blower

We speak to David Benjamin Blower about his book, The Messianic Commons, which publishes this month.

Gustavo Gutiérrez and A Theology of Liberation

Following the recent death of Gustavo Gutiérrez, David Tombs reflects on the influential liberation theologian and his work.

Why the church should take the rise in far right rhetoric seriously

Helen Paynter on why Christians are attracted to the far right, and how the Church should respond

Reclaiming our Prophetic Duty to Imagine the Kingdom

What has bereavement got to do with Christian spirituality?

A guest post from Joanna Collicutt

In the face of a climate crisis, what songs can be sung?

A guest post from Mark Porter

Reweaving the mat, diversifying the menu

In his afterword to Anglican Theology: Postcolonial Perspectives, (edited by James Tengatenga and Stephen Burns), Peniel Rajkumar argues that the issue isn't that large numbers of global Anglican theologians aren't speaking, it's that the Western church isn't listening.

"When you have met one trans person you have met one trans person..."

In today's guest post, trans theologian Alex Clare-Young reflects on the Cass report, and suggests a different approach

Women, the Bible and the Ballot Box

Liz Shercliff and Kate Bruce on why listening to the unheard voices in the Bible might be more important this election year than ever.

Can church be a gift?

Michael Moynagh reflects on what it means to 'give the church'.