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Our theology or God’s anthropology?

Our theology or God’s anthropology?

When explaining how she approaches biblical texts, Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz referred to Abraham Joshua Heschel who taught that ‘The Bible is primarily not man’s vision of God but God’s vision of man.’ In this way, the text can be seen as God’s anthropology not our...

Lunchtime Conversations: Entry Point

Lunchtime Conversations: Entry Point

Tuesday 6th May, 12.30-2.30 at LCI Lunchtime Conversations is a book club for theological books. On the first Tuesday of each month a group of between 10 and 20 people from different theological backgrounds meet in LCI’s library to discuss a particular title over a...

Lunchtime Conversations: The Misunderstood Jew

Lunchtime Conversations: The Misunderstood Jew

Tuesday 1st April, 12.30-2.30 at LCI Lunchtime Conversations is a book club for theological books. On the first Tuesday of each month a group of between 10 and 20 people from different theological backgrounds meet in LCI’s library to discuss a particular title over a...

How to write a press release

How to write a press release

Tuesday 25th February, 2-4pm at LCI Come along to this session led by John Carter, Diocesan Press and Communications officer, to find out how to write a press release. To book, please email [email protected] or phone 0113 245 4700.

What’s your Perspective?

What’s your Perspective?

The Perspective Preaching Series is an LCI initiative. We want to see Christians in Leeds growing in their own faith and understanding of Scripture through learning from Jewish commentary and the perspective of their Jewish neighbours. This learning is important given...

Will it ever get easier to find a job in the North?

Will it ever get easier to find a job in the North?

 On the news we hear that the level of unemployment is down, but analysis shows this isn’t unreservedly good news. People may be in precarious employment, perhaps with a ‘zero hours’ contract and no job security (Philip Bee in Unemployment and the Future of...

What is a Death Café?

What is a Death Café?

On Friday night, Ellie Harrison gave a performance of her solo show Etiquette of Grief at LCI. People who attended went on to talk about the performance. It was seen as a celebration of life and exploration of loss. There was a clear theme of denial, which is...

Do you feel at home in Leeds?

Do you feel at home in Leeds?

‘A place where we can understand who we are.’This is how Gary M Burge describes ‘land’,  a place, perhaps a nation or a geography, that people can call home.For many people, naming ‘home’ is straightforward in as much as it is where they grew up and their family has...