Professor R.J. (Sam) Berry We are sorry to hear that Prof R.J. (Sam) Berry died on 29th March 2018. He had several health issues in the last few years. Sam was Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College, London, and had a distinguished scientific career. His work on the genetics …
Joy Gadsby was the secretary of Christian Rural Concern for many years and when CRuC joined in partnership with JRI to prepare a Christian Rural and Environmental Studies (CRES) certificate and diploma Joy was one of those instrumental in bringing that into being. Joy’s “rather wonderful young man” was killed …
Mysticism and Word According to Chambers’ 21st Century Dictionary (1999) the primary meaning of mysticism is ‘the practice of gaining direct communication with God through prayer and meditation’. Probably few Christians today would deny that such communication happens. Mysticism in some other faith systems includes different ideas such as the …
Saturday 5th May 2018- Conservation, the Environment and Theology: Views from the Southern Hemisphere. CRES Day at Ripon College Cuddesdon with Rev Dr Selwyn Yeoman and Rev Dr Rachel Mash We have now fixed the programme for our CRES Day in May. We are very pleased to welcome Rev Dr …
BOOKING STILL OPEN Our annual environment conference will be co-hosted again with ForMission College. The conference will be held at the Westmead Hotel in Birmingham on Saturday 17th March 2018 (9.30am – 4.30pm). Full details and how to book can be found HERE Play our video below!
Modern societies for many in the West are characterised by the continual flows of people, objects, images, information and ideas. Hypermodernity or supermodernity presents a view of this world as alienating and marginalising, as increasingly the local is displaced by the global. For many, this is heightened in spaces of …
