Rachel refuses consolation, for her children are no more. To refuse consolation in the face of great loss is an act of resistance. It is an act of resistance because it is a refusal to accept injustice, it is a refusal...
Author - Scott Kirkland
Scott Kirkland
The Disappointment of the Apocalypse
Revd Dr Chris Porter on being peace makers in a siloed world. @Theologytrinity
Theology of the Child
Often children are spoken about as sites of hope. What might it mean to hope for a child beyond projecting imagined futures? Toward the end of his time on earth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer proposed to write a theology of the...
The Interregnum
In these times in between times something about ordinary moments becomes legible. Scott Kirkland from Trinity College Theological School on 'The Interregnum'.
Getting to know the stranger: what theology can teach us
I’m convinced author and screenwriter Douglas Adams must have taken a theology course. In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy he writes, ‘There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the...
Freedom and Love
One of the things that it is easy to forget while “we” are in isolation is that not all of us are so lucky. Those who have been designated “essential” workers have been out and about, putting themselves in potential...
Meditation: Eucharist and Absence
COVID-19 has brought the frailty and vulnerability of the body into sharp relief. Some have suggested that in the wake of COVID-19 we should consider practices such as virtual eucharists. I would like to suggest we...