The latest issue of the journal Theology in Scotland, titled “When Theological Landscapes Shift: Reimagining Church and Society”, is available to read online now.
It features papers from two “A Future with Hope” events held at New College, Edinburgh in 2023 and 2024:
Keynote article:
– sociologist Prof David McCrone’s insightful analysis of a changing Scottish society over the last 30 years
two in-depth studies:
– a statistical review of responses to questions on religion in the 2022 Scottish Census, by Fiona Tweedie
– a study on ethnic diaspora Christian congregations in Scotland, by Sheila Akomiah-Conteh, Liam Jerrold Fraser and Fiona Tweedie
plus papers by:
– Will Storrar on how the Church of Scotland can find radical hope in the face of the ‘cultural devastation’ it has experienced in recent years
– Sandy Forsyth, arguing that for the Kirk the concept of ‘mission’ is in need of rehabilitation as it proceeds with its task of re-negotiating the future of its ministries, buildings, and communities
and 3 shorter pieces:
– Tommy MacNeil on an innovative missional initiative in his Stornoway parish
– Richard Frazer on how a pastoral encounter helped shape his ministry
– John Sturrock, providing a lay person’s perspective on issues raised at the “A Future with Hope” events.
Also included in the new issue are:
– David Fergusson’s D. W. D. Shaw Memorial Lecture on the changing nature of the church-university relationship in Scotland
– a set of reviews of recent books – everything from James Clerk Maxwell to posthumans
– plus a seminal paper by David McCrone from our archives.
