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Seven lessons we should learn about theology in a new normal

In an exclusive extract from his introduction to Doing Theology in the New Normal, Jione Havea considers what global theology might look like in a post-pandemic world.  

Recognising Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse

 Jayme Reaves talks to David Tombs about Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse and why this matters. (CW: Sexual violence)

Summer with SCM Press

Here's a sneak peek at what is coming this summer...

When did you last hear a sermon on Huldah?

Kate Bruce on why we need to hear the voices of the hidden women of scripture

Towards a theology of disagreement

Former BBC correspondent Christopher Landau, on why he wrote A Theology of Disagreement  

"I needed a pastoral theology of childlessness, so I wrote one myself"

Emma Nash reflects on the journey that led to her writing 'A Pastoral Theology of Childlessness'

8 reasons for thinking theologically about surveillance.

Eric Stoddart, author of The Common Gaze, on why surveillance should be on Christians’ radar.

5 reasons we should rethink ministerial formation

David Heywood, author of 'Reimagining Ministerial Formation', on why now is the time for us to rethink what ministerial formation looks like.

"As fresh and groundbreaking as ever..."

Thia Cooper on why the work of Marcella Althaus-Reid matters today - perhaps more than ever.

Spring 2021 at SCM Press

Here's an early look at some of the titles we have coming over the horizon this spring...

Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse

Jayme Reaves and David Tombs explain why it matters that we acknowledge Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse.

How do we respond to genome editing?

Alexander Massmann and Keith Fox, authors of Modifying our Genes consider the issues, and misconceptions surrounding genome editing.

The books that inspired our Theology Slam Finalists

The Theology Slam Live Final is livestreamed on Thursday 18th at 7pm. Ahead of the big night, we asked our finalists to list some of the books that have inspired them.

After Pestilence

Stranded in lockdown in a poor district in Santiago, Chile, Liberation theologian Mario Aguilar began to reflect on faith, liberation and how an interreligious theology of the poor might offer a viral response in a time of pandemic. After Pestilence was the result. Here is an extract:  

God's Faulty Memory

In an edited extract from her groundbreaking new book Trangressive Devotion, Natalie Wigg-Stevens reflects on God's faulty memory