Theologians in Conversation

First published in 2012, Professor Agata Bielik-Robson discusses the various ways that western thinkers have viewed what we mean by 'life.' Is life a force that is larger than individuals who are merely passing expressions of this force; or is life primarily the lives of individuals?

First published in 2012, Dr Mary Cunningham and Professor Tom O'Loughlin look at one of the great 'wounds' in Christianity is the division separating the churches of 'the east' and of 'the west.' The council held, on and off, in Florence between 1438 and 1445, was the last time they formally met to discuss their differences in the hope of finding reconciliation. That meeting failed in its objective, but discussing it not only helps Christians today see how they are separated, but possible ways towards greater mutual understanding.

This conversation was first published in 2012. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) is famous as the author of five 'proofs for the existence of God' (the 'quinque viae'). But these are not 'knock down' arguments such as one finds in maths or in a law court -- rather ways of coming to realise how different divine existence is from created existence. They are part of Thomas's search for an answer to the question: what is God?

First published in 2012, Professor. John Milbank and Dr Simon Oliver discuss one of the most significant developments in English-speaking theology in the last 20 years. 'Radical Orthodoxy' emerged from the writings of John Milbank -- and here the man himself discusses some of its basic ideas.

First published in 2012, Professor Tom O'Loughlin and Dr Holger Zellentin discuss how Jews and Christians look back on their origins. The discussion not only focuses on how people today look back on the period around 2000 years ago, but looks at how writers in the period before the third century, C.E., constructed their origin narratives to explain their religious situation.

First published in 2012, Karen Kilby and Simon Oliver, two Nottingham theologians, discuss the different ways each of them sees philosophy playing a role in theological discourse.

First recorded in 2012, Alan Ford and Thomas O'Loughlin, both professors in Nottingham, discuss, how and why religion is so often involved in ethnic divisions, situations of communal violence, and the politics of identity

Alan Ford and Thomas O'Loughlin, both professors in Nottingham, discuss the current interest in 'Celtic Christianity' and how what is imagined as the form of Christianity in the British Isles in some far-distant past may tell us more about today's desires that about the early middle ages

First published in 2012, Dr (now Professor)Karen Kilby and Professor Tom O'Loughlin discuss how Christian theology looks at the most distinctive central feature of Christian theology - the discourse on the mystery of God: Father, Son, and Spirit

Recorded in 2012, Prof. John Milbank and Dr Simon Oliver discuss how Christian theology can make a contribution to discussion of the future of modern urban societies: what sort of society, and economics, do we need if we are to flourish as human being

Recorded in 2012, the Second Vatican Council, which took place in Rome between 1962 and 1965, was the watershed event in the history of modern theology among Catholics. Here two theologians, both of whose lives and work have been shaped by the Second Vatican Council discuss its long-term impact on Catholicism and Christianity more generally.

The Second Vatican Council was one of the most significant events in the history of Christianity in the Twentieth century: it changed the outward face of the Catholic Church and has had an impact on all the other churches. Two historians discuss its legacy, how it was perceived at the time, and whether its legacy is on-going.