Grace was recently diagnosed with cancer and died at home on 25th May. John and her children were with her. Grace has touched many lives in UTU and in the Ashram Christian Community for the last fifty years and has been a member at the heart of UTU since it’s beginning. There will be a … Read more
Extremists and hate-preachers like Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins are being defended by their acolytes on social media. These are people who will defend the indefensible tirelessly and their war cry is always ‘free speech’. But freedom of speech is not what they think it is. Here’s why. Freedom and Power Let’s start first with … Read more
The Urban Theology Union is a member-led learning organisation of Christians in UK urban contexts. Our long-serving, retiring lead administrator saw us through the transition from a residential centre to our city-centre teaching unit. We are looking to employ a well-organised people-person as Office Manager for our next phase of change and growth. If you enjoy … Read more
History tells us that if the elites upset the people they will kick back and national loyalty will not always keep them passive and patriotic. This may make some sense of the US situation. In 410 Alaric and his Visigoths sacked Rome, despite its 18 km wall that in some places was an incredible 20 metres … Read more
This week we had two days with our 2014 cohort of our Graduate Study Seminar. As staff we always leave these seminars buzzing with the new ideas and possibilities that we hear from our members as they assemble their writing and research plans or begin to wrestle with the ethical and practical questions of doing fieldwork … Read more
Sheffield Church Action on Poverty, Sheffield University Chaplaincy and the Urban Theology Union came together yesterday (4th May 2017) with food bank volunteers from across the city with a big question: how do we go beyond food banks? A big thanks to Jeremy Clines, from the University Chaplaincy for bringing us all together. The event was … Read more