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On 5th and 6th November Gerald Bray delivered the 2007 Jordanstown Lectures on Biblical Interpretation.

The text of these lectures is available to read here:

Scripture - Mere Text?

The Challenge and Promise of Biblical Interpretation Today

The Latimer Trust is delighted to be able to announce that in conjunction with Wycliffe Hall, they have appointed Andrew Atherstone to the post of Tutor in History and Doctrine, and Latimer Research Fellow, at Wycliffe Hall from October 2007.

Andrew writes, I am delighted by the opportunity to be involved in this way in the training of men and women for gospel ministry, and to join Richard Turnbull’s team at Wycliffe. I am also delighted at the opportunity to continue as part of the Latimer team, and to build upon the good progress made over the last two years. I hope the Wycliffe / Latimer relationship will prove to be a fruitful one for all concerned.

"A must-have book" - that is the description of the Latimer publication, God, Gays and the Church, as reviewed in British Church Newspaper - April 2008

To read more about this book or purchase on-line, go to GGC: "God, Gays & the Church" Edited by Lisa Nolland, Chris Sugden and Sarah Finch

"Intellectual workout" - that is the description of Ben Cooper's Latimer Study, Must God Punish Sin?, as reviewed in Evangelicals Now - January 2007

To read more about this book or purchase on-line, go to LS62: "Must God Punish Sin?" by Ben Cooper

Revd. Dr. Gerald Bray is Director of Research for the Latimer Trust, with a specific brief of mentoring theologians, writing, and taking on speaking engagements, to encourage Christians to stand up for Biblical truth in church, work, and theology.

He has featured in the press recently:

- see The Irish News article of October 12th 2006

and Day Star Magazine article October 2006

Dr Bray has an impressive track record which fits him well for these tasks. He came to us from Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Alabama, where he taught church history and historical theology from 1993-2006. Prior to this, he served as lecturer in theology and philosophy at Oak Hill College in London and was visiting fellow at General Theological Seminary in New York. A prolific author, Bray has published numerous scholarly articles in addition to several books and commentaries.

He is an ordained minister in the Church of England, and is based in his Cambridge home.

He has long been an active member of the Trust’s Theological Work Group which steers the publications programme.

Truth and Unity in Christian Fellowship by The Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester.

What is the basis for fellowship and unity in the Anglican Communion? Surely we have to turn to the Apostolic testimony as found in the Bible. But how are we to understand this within our own culture and context? In this timely lecture, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali reflects on the characteristics of Anglicanism, and its strengths and weaknesses.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali is the 106th Bishop of Rochester. He is originally from Asia and was the first non-white Diocesan Bishop in the Church of England.

COMING SOON....'Heresy, Schism and Apostasy' by Gerald Bray.

The church has often been riven by divisions which have threatened its unity and integrity. Words like ‘heresy’ and ‘schism’ have been bandied about by the different protagonists, and in the Anglican Communion some bishops now travel half way round the world to minister to individuals and parishes who cannot accept the ministry of their local diocesans. What justification is there for such actions? If a bishop crosses diocesan boundaries to minister to such people, does he create a schism by his actions? Should one leave the Anglican Communion on conscientious grounds, and if so, on which ones? Can we honestly recommend our beliefs to others as the best way, the surest truth and the most satisfying life?

This booklet sets out to address these questions and others related to them, and in the process endeavours to clarify not only what we are talking about but what we should be talking about, and why these questions still matter in an age of ecumenism and globalization, when ‘tolerance’ has replaced ‘discrimination’ as the value most highly prized by our contemporaries.

Gerald Bray is Director of Research for The Latimer Trust, following a career teaching church history and historical theology. His brief includes mentoring theologians, writing, and taking on speaking engagements, to encourage Christians to stand up for Biblical truth in church, work, and theology.

God, Gays and the Church: Human Sexuality and Experience in Christian Thinking Eds. Lisa Nolland, Chris Sugden and Sarah Finch.

In contemporary discussions about human sexuality, great prominence is given to personal stories from gay people. This emphasis can also been seen in recent Christian debates, such as those in the General Synod of the Church of England in February 2007. But there it was a one-sided testimony, and this book is intended to redress the balance.

In addition to personal stories from a different perspective, this book contains academic contributions from experts in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy, genetics, biblical and pastoral theology, social ethics and cultural analysis.   Some articles have been published elsewhere; some are the result of fresh research, offering new insights.  This compilation provides a resource for those concerned more broadly with issues of human sexuality, as well as being a response to those who struggle with same-sex (and less directly, other) sexual issues, whether from a pastoral or a personal point of view.

This book was launched at a lunch-time meeting at General Synod on Wednesday 13th February. Read the press release.