Our theology or God’s anthropology?

Our theology or God’s anthropology?

Feb 14, 2014 | Blog

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...
What’s your Perspective?

What’s your Perspective?

Feb 3, 2014 | Blog, Perspectives

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...
What is a Death Café?

What is a Death Café?

Jan 23, 2014 | Blog

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...
Those who are born?

Those who are born?

Dec 16, 2013 | Blog, Book review, Event

‘What if we saw ourselves first and foremost as natals (those who are born) rather than mortals (those who die)?’ asked Hannah Arendt. In Advent, Christians think of the coming of Christ as a baby and the future coming of the kingdom. Giles Fraser suggests, inspired...