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On the 13th February the General Synod met and discuss 'Living in Faith and Love' which is mentioned in today's episode (link below). A decision still had not been made on and three more months has been requested.

What stance should the Anglican Church take on homosexuality?

Dr. Susannah Cornwall from the University of Exeter Theology and Religion Faculty takes us through the history of the relationship between The Anglican Church and Homosexuality. She highlights the nuances of this debate that are often missed when we reflect on this relationship. While the Anglican Church were among the first to support the decriminalisation of homosexuality, it's more because they saw it as an illness rather a crime. Furthermore, as a global church, the impact that any change in Theology has to be considered against the variety of political and social contexts. Furthermore, colonialism has often pushed a western agenda insensitively onto other groups without a true understanding of them.

We discuss the importance of the adjusted position on contraception by the Anglican Church and how this is pertinent to discussions about homosexuality, as well as what the debate has been and where the Anglican Church might go next.

Living in Faith and Love

https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2025-01/gs-2386-living-in-love-and-faith.pdf

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/13-november/news/uk/living-in-love-and-faith-a-quick-guide-through-the-book

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To continue with the theme of inclusive education, I speak to Dr. Wouter Peeters about the moral importance of EDI. This is a great episode for RE teachers, for EDI leads in schools and SLT.

https://www.wouterpeeters.info/

We discuss;

• the purpose of EDI initiatives in terms of Human Rights
• the benefits to society and individuals in terms of self actualisation
• the challenges to EDI and how we overcome them
• how religion and both support and detract from EDI
• how we can teach our students the skills to uphold EDI

It's an amazing episode and both informative and practical so please share with as many colleagues and friends as possible as EDI benefits all!

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This week I continue my conversation with Dr U-Wen Low from the University of Birmingham about how to read the stories in the new Testament without a colonial lens. We focus in this episode on the book of revelation.

The episode is going to take a hermeneutical look at the book of Revelation (singular) and what it could really be saying and how it might have been misunderstood. But don't worry, this episode also isn't heavy and complicated. U-Wen has a brilliant way of making things simple and accessible.

It's a brilliant episode that I think will make you look at familiar stories in a new way which is something we love as RE teachers!

Please share with all Christians and Church leaders too!

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