You Tube Theology

A practical and theologically grounded training for church leaders, this session aims to help churches respond with courage, clarity, and compassion to Christian nationalist ideologies & the impact it may have in our churches and communities.

We will be joined by Revd Dr Helen Paynter. Helen is Director of Theological Education at Bristol Baptist College, and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. An Old Testament scholar by training, she works on the interpretation of biblical violence, and the weaponisation of the Bible in a violent world. Since 2022 she has been leading a project looking at the use of Scripture and Christian imagery by far-right groups.

You can pre-order Helen's new book "Faithful Presence in a Fractured World: A Church Toolkit for Resisting the Far Right" at https://canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781786227386/faithful-presence-in-a-fractured-world

To find out more and for resources, email [email protected]

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction & Prayer
2:27 Presentation: Thinking about Christian Nationalism
43:56 Q&A Introduction
45:06 Q: How much of the anger from Christian Nationalists stems from feeling under-represented by politics?
48:15 Q: How do we empower people to think for themselves in the midst of AI.
50:23 Qs surrounding The Quiet Revival
50:30 Q: Issues around the manosphere finding a place in nationalist groups
57:00 Q: Is there a need to teach Christians critical thinking, particularly in church?
59:30 Q: How can we help migrant/asylum seeker members of our churches to feel welcome?
1:01:57 Hope for what churches can do & book resource
1:03:10 Presentation: Considering our response
1:22:37 Outro and further resources
1:25:47 Thanks and The Grace