Andrew Rogers

Inbetween conferences at Highgate House. @biaptheology.bsky.social annual conference about to start.

On my way to the Professional Doctorate summer school at Highgate House. Looking forward to hearing about many practical theology projects.

Very pleased to see our Religions special issue on contemporary British evangelical practices completed today. Really appreciated working with Israel Olofinjana and Helen Collins to bring this together.

Join us for our preview event tomorrow evening on a British evangelicalism journal special issue / book. Insights from the editors, contributors and our guest respondent. 14 articles on evangelical practice. Book via QR code. @roehamptontheology.bsky.social @evangelicalsnow.bsky.social

Two weeks to go - book your place!

From today until Pentecost, we will post a video of a cathedral member saying the Lord's Prayer in their home language

Join us in prayer as we gather in all our rich diversity

#ThyKingdomCome #LordsPrayer #Amen

Preview event coming up next month on contemporary British evangelical practices

Seriously deep sleeper not woken up by ship crashing in his garden A cargo ship has crashed into a man's front garden in Norway, missing his home, where he was sleeping, by just a few metres.

Seriously deep sleeper not woken up by ship crashing in his garden

A map of the UK, overlaid with a heat map that displays 'cold spots' where there is a lack of provision of social sciences and humanities higher education courses.

A map of the UK overlaid with colour coded circles that show the concentration of student numbers across different regions.

A line chart showing changes in student numbers over time.

Our map of cold spots in provision of humanities and social sciences courses and student numbers across the UK has been updated with the data for the 2023/24 academic year. Explore for yourself here: buff.ly/2x7yE5K

Glad to see that we are able to publish this. It is good to hear how our editorial member has laid the path for us in the field of #PracticalTheology and psychology.

The value of co-authorship must be recognised outside the sciences In an era of complex challenges, single authorship is no longer the only marker of significant contributions, say Jeanne Féaux de la Croix, Roger Norum and Joanna Rostek

In an era of complex challenges, single authorship is no longer the only marker of significant contributions, say Jeanne Féaux de la Croix, Roger Norum and Joanna Rostek
#AcademicSky

Big universities ‘face £20 million bill’ from foreign student tax English sector facing total bill of £620 million a year, if government goes ahead with plan to take cut of international earnings

Numbers crunched on a 6% levy on international student fees by @patrickjack.bsky.social. A £41.5m bill for UCL, £27.3m for Manchester, £21.8m for King's - but impact may be greatest for smaller unis www.timeshighereducation.com/news/big-uni...

Explore the new ecumenical resources and some returning favourites for Thy Kingdom Come, which runs from 29 May to 8 June 2025.

It's the 10th anniversary of this international prayer movement. The theme for 2025 is The Lord's Prayer.

cte.org.uk/thy-kingdom-...

#ChurchesTogether #PrayTogether

In Praise of Fragments Fr. David Tracy, widely regarded as one of the most creative and influential theologians of the past half-century, speaks about his life and work.

Very sorry to hear of the death of world-renowned American theologian David Tracy. Here is a long interview he did with Commonweal magazine in 2019.

www.commonwealmagazine.org/praise-fragm...

Ban screens for children under age of six, France told

Children under the age of six should not be exposed to screens, according to five French learned societies urging a radical change in advice to parents

Looking forward to the launch today of the Patmos World Bible Attitudes Survey from Bible Society. I hear the largest Bible survey ever undertaken.

"The church is growing..."

New research from our friends at the Bible Society and @theosthinktank.bsky.social OUT TODAY

Find out about the #QuietRevival
www.biblesociety.org.uk/research/qui...

Are you seeing it in your church?

#ChurchGrowth #ChurchesTogether

🚨 Closes on 30 April - still time to enter!

CTE MA Mission Prize 2025

Have you or one of your students completed an MA in #mission, #evangelism, #churchplanting in the last year?

cte.org.uk/mission/coor...

£ prize + opportunity to be published in Ecclesial Futures from Radboud University Press

Reimagine | LICC

It’s said that being a Christian comes down to being with Jesus, becoming like him, and doing what he did – or rather, doing what he would if he were you. Get ready to #Reimagine your life with LICC’s new small group course: bit.ly/4js0fQY

What Does the Literature of the Working Class Look Like? A portrait of life at a fast-food restaurant shows that there’s both dignity and drudgery in all kinds of labor.

Claire Baglin’s debut novel, "On the Clock," is a new entrant to the genre of workplace literature—a portrait of life at a fast-food restaurant that shows there’s both dignity and drudgery in all kinds of labor, writes Rhian Sasseen:

📢 Contributors wanted for practicaltheologyhub.com! 📢

We welcome:
✏️ Short essays, poetry, creative and experiential writing on religious practice (500-2000 words)
🙏 All faith backgrounds, interdisciplinary ideas
📝 Single or co-authored pieces

Interested? DM me or contact editor@biapt.org.

Lk 24:32 “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road...?" He is risen. Happy Easter!

How often do Britons eat an Easter egg all in one sitting?

Every time: 9%
Most times: 14%
Sometimes: 19%
Rarely: 22%
Never: 15%

yougov.co.uk/topics/consu...

The Pagan Myth of Easter In light of English Heritages new children’s booklet, George Lapshynov debunks the common claim that Easter originated as a pagan festival. 15/04/2025

🚫 No, Easter is NOT a pagan festival. 🚫

George Lapshynov critiques English Heritage's recent claim that Easter originated as a pagan festival.

Read it here: www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...

Call for papers graphic - closes 21/04

📣 Seminar Spotlight: The New Testament and Christian Theology

At our gathering in Manchester in 2025, the chairs (@sydneytooth.bsky.social and @jamiedavies.bsky.social) invite papers on the subject of “The New Testament and the Spirit.”

At this point, can we find anything good to say about SUVs? They’re both arteriosclerosis and cancer in the arteries of our lives. Time to downsize. @brenttoderian.bsky.social

As we enter Holy Week, the @churchesengland.bsky.social Presidents speaking with 'one voice and one heart' have issued a pastoral letter to mark the joint celebration of Easter 2025 and the 17th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea

cte.org.uk/pastoral-let...

#ChurchesTogether #Nicaea2025 #Unity

Europeans cancelling vacations to the US

Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane | Book review | The TLS

'The experience brings home to Macfarlane the “immense and frightening will” of the river and leads him to an epiphany.'

Veronica Strang on the case for rivers as living beings