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Brophy, Anne
Eavesdropping on Karl Barth: Occasional Essays
(ATF Press, 2026-10-03) Thompson, Geoff; Pilgrim Theological College
The book is a collection of my own essays, both previously-published and new.The title points to the mode of my engagement with Barth. Just as Barth exhorted the church to “eavesdrop in the world at large” to listen for the Word of God in surprising and unexpected places, so I have eavesdropped on some of the unexpected places in Barth’s own theology and discerned some surprising wisdom. The essays cover issues such apophaticism and the nature of theological discourse, cultural crisis, religious alterity, the non-human creation, post-truth, the nature of Christian solidarity with the world, and the nature and functions of dogmatics.
Spiritual Direction in the Workplace: Releasing Spiritual Consciousness
(WellSpring Centre Inc., 2021-08-04) Miles, Bernadette; Lock, Ann; Whitley College
As organisations navigate increasing complexity, uncertainty, and rapid change, there is growing recognition that sustainable leadership requires attention to the inner life as well as organisational performance. This chapter explores the contribution of spiritual direction and spiritual conversation to the development of spiritual consciousness in the workplace. Drawing on insights from leadership studies, organisational development, spirituality, and the Christian contemplative tradition, it argues that spiritual direction offers a practical framework for helping individuals and organisations attend to their deepest values, purpose, and identity. Central to this exploration is the concept of kardia, the spiritual centre of a person or organisation, where meaning, creativity, and transformation emerge. The chapter examines the role of the spiritual director in creating reflective and confidential spaces where leaders and groups can explore the stories, assumptions, and patterns that shape organisational life. It proposes that spiritual conversation can release creative potential, deepen self-awareness, strengthen discernment, and foster healthier organisational cultures. By integrating spirituality into workplace practice, organisations can move beyond individualism, fear, and reactivity towards greater interconnectedness, creativity, and shared purpose. Spiritual direction is presented not as a religious intervention but as a process of awakening spiritual consciousness, enabling individuals and organisations to align more fully with the life-giving spirit at the heart of their work.
Howard, Barbara
T&T Clark Handbook of Sexualities in the Bible and Its Reception
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2026) Blyth, Caroline; Greenough, Chris; Wollaston Theological College
The T&T Clark Handbook of Sexualities in the Bible and Its Reception emerges within a long and complex social, cultural and political landscape, wherein biblical texts frequently become battlegrounds over identity politics, human rights and sociocultural values. These cultural (mis)appropriations of the Bible’s allusions to sexuality can have a significant (and sometimes deeply damaging) impact on the lives of those who already inhabit minoritized and marginalized identities. Biblical passages have long been weaponized in public discourse concerning LGBTQIA+ rights, gender recognition, reproductive autonomy and HIV/AIDS, and they have likewise been located in debates around gender equity, sex work, hegemonic masculinity, misogyny, rape culture and gender-based violence (its causes and prevention). In religious education and pastoral guidance, harmful narratives around purity culture persistently leverage biblical authority in ways that undermine feminist progress and perpetuate the specific stigmatization of girls’ and women’s sexualities. Consequently, scholarly engagement in each of these areas is ethically imperative and activist orientated. The handbook contributes thoughtfully and constructively to this critical dialogue by offering nuanced perspectives that can counteract harmful misappropriations and foster more inclusive, informed and compassionate interpretations. Moreover, our aim has been to offer a wide range of insights into biblical sexualities that will speak to broad readerships, and we hope that the interdisciplinary nature of the chapters and their contextual relevance will appeal not only to scholars and students across various academic disciplines, including sexuality and gender studies, queer studies, biblical and religious studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and psychology, but also to religious leaders, activists, practitioners, faith community members and informed lay readers who seek deeper, critically nuanced understandings of sexualities in biblical traditions and their reception history, as well as their contemporary implications