Luther King Centre

If you're exploring the study options we offer at LKC, why not come along to one of our open events? We have taster sessions online this Saturday (4-5:30pm) and Sunday (203:30pm) as well as upcoming open evenings. Find out everything you need to know here: linktr.ee/lutherkingcent…

Our winter school 'Preaching for Ministers' starts one month today! This is your chance to join LKC students and brush up on your preaching skills in a supportive environment. To find out more and register, head to our website: lutherking.ac.uk/latest-news/20…

restricted, and settings where abortion stigma is ever-present to settings where abortion is normalised. It also demonstrates the complex connections between faith and abortion, how women and pregnant people are positioned in society and how morality is claimed and challenged.

counterpoint to right-wing faith perspectives and outlines how faith communities reimagine abortion as an issue of social, pastoral and theological concern. Providing perspectives from the global North and South, it includes settings where abortion is legal, and where it is

Our #bookoftheweek #botw this week is “Reimagining Faith and Abortion: a global perspective” by Fiona Bloomer and Kelly Turtle. In this book, faith leaders, scholars and activists from around the globe provide their perspective on faith and abortion. They reflect on examples 🧵

Join the authors and editors of 'Lived Mission in 21st Century Britain for a study day in April at LKC! Spaces are limited, so book as soon as possible: eventbrite.co.uk/e/lived-missio…

So if you follow us on twitter, we would love to see you over on this shiny new @lutherkingcentre.bsky.social account!

As an organisation we have decided that we will soon be deactivating our twitter account and moving over to @bluesky. Social media is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate, but remains an important place to connect with our alumni, affiliates and potential new students.

In February @SCM_Britain and the Centre for Theology and Justice will be running and afternoon of workshops at LKC. Join them to hear from Gen-Z activists on topics such as community building, activism and what "woke" really means. Buy tickets here: tickettailor.com/events/lutherk…

Our quad is (very literally!) the centre of what we do at LKC. It provides space for quiet reflection, group work and our annual summer barbecue. It might currently been frozen over, but we're already looking forward to warmer days when our community can gather outside again 🌸

In March we are hosting the annual 'Envisioning Worship Conference' at LKC. This conference is for anyone interested in how worship can influence the life and mission of the church. Find out more: lutherking.ac.uk/latest-news/20…

Our Ministry and Mission for Young People course, running online from 9:30-17:30, offers the perfect opportunity to fit one of our modules around a busy schedule. To find out more about taking standalone courses at LKC, head to our website: lutherking.ac.uk/latest-news/20…

Our 'Preaching for Ministers' course is the perfect opportunity for anyone with experience of preaching to brush up on their skills, refresh their thinking and challenge their viewpoints in a supportive learning environment. To find out more, email learning@lutherking.ac.uk

and hopes. Our external library membership allows you to access our whole collection, even if you don't live in Manchester. Find out more: lutherking.ac.uk/learning-resou…

theology of sex, or many contending voices in a symphony that is not at all complete. Oxford’s Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church introduces an epic of ordinary and extraordinary Christians trying to make sense of themselves and of humanity’s deepest desires, fears

Our #bookoftheweek #botw is 'Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity' by Diarmaid MacCulloch. This book seeks to calm fears and encourage understanding through telling a 3000-year-long tale of Christians encountering sex, gender and the family, with noises off🧵

rationality in natural sciences. The essays in this volume encompass nearly thirty years of Quijano’s work, bringing them to an English-reading audience for the first time. You can access this book and others like it through our external library membership lutherking.ac.uk/learning-resou…

coloniality, coloniality of power, and the colonial matrix of power. His decolonial theorizations of these three concepts have transformed the principles and assumptions of the very idea of knowledge, impacted the social sciences and humanities, and questioned the myth of

Our #bookoftheweek #botw this week is 'Aníbal Quijano: Foundational Essays on the Coloniality of Power'. The Peruvian sociologist Aníbal Quijano is widely considered to be a foundational figure of the decolonial perspective grounded in three basic concepts: