On the feast of St Stephen, I was on BBC Radio 4s ‘Beyond Belief’ debating consumerism. It was great to be able to be involved in such a lively conversation and to think about religious identity and how it is impacted by consumer culture as well as consider what we real…
From our Director, “It’s been a huge learning curve as I’ve experienced my first four months at UTU. The staff have been incredibly encouraging and welcoming and I’ve watched them do what they do with huge admiration for their skills and experience. “I’ve been frustrated in my plans to speak…
Welcome to phase one of our new website. Our new site is more interactive and cross-platform so we can begin to use video, podcast and text material and share it more readily among our members and friends. The little green buttons will send you to our pages on other sites…
It was great to have Anna Rowlands, political theologian and lecturer in Catholic Studies at Durham University, and some of her PhD students with us this week, as well as some other PhD students who are also practitioners in urban ministry. This was the second conversation as we looked at…
In a year of political upheaval in the UK is the church waking up to its calling to God’s justice? It’s been a year of political shocks for the Church in the UK (something much of the world experiences because of us very often!). But with the increase in welfare…
At our AGM in November 2016 UTU members agreed to a slight change in the name of our organisation. Instead of Urban Theology Unit we are now the Urban Theology Union. The physical plant will continue to be called the Urban Theology Unit and many people will carry on with…