Believing and Belonging in the Sustainability Process
John Rodwell.
Read more …Believing and Belonging in the Sustainability Process
Some recent beneficiaries of the Trust
Roger Ruston
Author of Human Rights and the Image of God; Christendom Trust Research Fellow (2000–2004) at the Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff Law School
Sponsored by the Justice and Peace Commission of the English Dominican Province, of which he is a co-opted member, Roger obtained funding from the Trust for a research and writing project on human rights and theology.
Bridge Builders Preston
Greg Smith[website]
Centre for Religion and the Biosciences, University of Chester
Professor Celia Deane-Drummond
Funding was provided to establish the centre, which stimulates research and public discussion in areas relating to religion and the biosciences, including medicine. The focus on biosciences allows areas that are not normally considered by the existing research centres to be explored more thoroughly, in particular the ethical issues associated with new developments in biological research, including both medical and environmental issues.
Read more …Centre for Religion and the Biosciences, University of Chester
Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI), Edinburgh
Dr Cecelia Clegg
A project on the theology of local and global citizenship, developed in partnership with the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College, Dublin, involving two major conferences around the theme of Civil Society:
Read more …Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI), Edinburgh
Irish School of Ecumenics
Dr Cecelia Clegg and Joseph Liechty[website]
Kenneth Leech
Community Theologian at St Botolph’s, Aldgate, London. In 2008 the Trust made a grant to the Centre for Contextual Theology to digitalize Ken Leech’s archives. [website]
In addition the Trust
- was a substantial supporter of the study that led to the publication of Faith in the City;
- over a number of years gave substantial funding to the William Temple Foundation in the University of Manchester;
- supported the Rev'd Dr Charles Elliot in his development of the Institute of Contemporary Christian Spirituality, and his interests in the workings of the City;
- contributed to the research study ‘The Gospel, the Poor and the Churches’ carried out for Christian Aid;
- contributed to the ‘local People, National Voice’ initiative of Church Action on Poverty;
- contributed to the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality for a conference on sexual violence within the Christian community;
- has supported Sr Gill Goulding working on a project on the urban marginalized.