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Reading the Book of Esther the Jewish Way

Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz made it clear she is no eminent Jewish scholar. Yet at the event on Tuesday 17 May she provided participants with a Jewish understanding of the Book of Esther, locating it in the wider history of the Israelite people. We were then given the...

#StoriesOfLeeds

Daniel Ingram-Brown takes us on a journey through the city’s literary forests and festivals. Stories from the Forests of Leeds If you would like to purchase a copy of the book, details can be found here. Delivery 2-3 weeks. Imagine Leeds as a Forest in a fairytale....

What attracts churches to Leeds Citizens?

What attracts churches to Leeds Citizens? Dr Helen Reid asks how participating in Community Organising can be a distinctively Christian endeavour. Perhaps the most common way Christians seek the welfare of their neighbours is through the pastoral care of individuals,...

What's new in ecumenical mission in Leeds?

What’s new in ecumenical mission in Leeds? by Clive Barrett MEMORY AS FOUNDATION “Leeds is a place where ecumenical things happen”. So begins the doctoral thesis of the late Lewis Burton, the first County Ecumenical Officer for West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council...

Unfurling poetry, performance and prayer

Unfurling poetry, performance and prayer Revd Tom Lusty reflects on the experience of the ‘Unfurling’ poetry event at LCI on 21st April This year, as a family, we have once again become addicts of Britain’s Got Talent. A lot of the offerings have moved us. A case in...

Hook Lecture 2016

Tuesday 24th January 2017 7.30pm at Leeds Minster, LS2 7DJ. Lord Bhikhu Parekh 'Religion and British Public Life' How do secular changes in British society, and it's diversity, affect the public role of religion? Lord Bhikhu Parekh has helped shape the British...