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Christian learning resources

Explore Christian spirituality, faith and social justice with our unique library of films, podcasts, panel discussions and specially-commissioned reflections.

Find films, podcasts and written reflections exploring a huge range of subjects – from Rowan Williams’ talk ‘Jesus Christ: The Unanswered Questions' to 'A Spirituality of the Body’ to David Suchet’s mesmerising reading of the whole of the Gospel According to Mark.

Audience
Peter is a white man with a bald head and wearing a pale blue shirt under a navy jumper. He is smiling.
Written reflection
Epiphany
Magi
New Year
Peter Graystone rediscovers some forgotten British celebrations.
Richard is a white man with short grey hair and black rimmed glasses. He wears a clerical collar and black shirt under a casual light jacket and stands holding onto the wooden railing of a boat or a jetty on a lake. The shoreline in the distance has trees, and some buildings, and there are mountains in the distant background. The sky is pale blue with some clouds and the sun is shining on Richard.
Written reflection
Advent
Christmas
Holy Land
Richard Sewell, Dean of St George's College in Jerusalem, reflects on Advent in the Holy Land.
Bob Gilbert, a white man with short grey hair, wearing a white shirt and a grey waistcoat, talks in the Wren Suite at St Paul's
Film and video
Contemplation
Environment
London
Nature
Bob Gilbert talks about the wonders of inner-city nature, and the pleasure and inspiration to be drawn from observing and connecting with the everyday. He explores whether it's possible to feel as close to God in the ordinary streets of a city as in the natural world.
Alan Smith, a black man with bald head and black glasses wearing a navy blazer over a pale blue shirt, stands in front of large glass windows.
Written reflection
Artificial Intelligence
Capitalism
Economics
Inequality
Money
Parables
Alan Smith considers issues of equality, fairness and justice in money and the economy.
A screenshot of Eve Poole and Paula Gooder smiling during their online conversation.
Film and video
Artificial Intelligence
Identity
Science
Soul
Technology
Science
Eve Poole and Paula Gooder talk about AI and why it draws us into the big questions about existence. What does it means to be human? What is a soul? What really matters about human life?
The west front of the cathedral with tourists milling round and sun shining over head
Information sheet
Cathedral
SEND
Use our visual story to help prepare for your visit with us. Designed for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to support familiarity with the space, the experience and the people here before your visit.
The west front of the cathedral with tourists milling round and sun shining over head
Information sheet
Cathedral
SEND
Use our visual story to help prepare for your visit with us. Designed for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to support familiarity with the space, the experience and the people here before your visit.
Karen is a white woman with light wavy hair pinned up and glasses, wearing a pale green rollneck sweater, smiling at someone to the side of the camera.
Written reflection
Darkness
Evil
Faith
Hope
Light
Suffering
Karen Kilby reflects on faith in times of light and darkness.
Chine, a black woman with long dark hair wearing a patterned black dress, speaks at the lectern in the Wren Suite of St Paul's Cathedral.
Film and video
Belonging
Black experience
Black History Month
Christ
God
Race
Chine McDonald reflects on what happens when we face hard and painful truths about race, identity and the imago Dei - the idea that every human, no matter what their colour, has a special quality that resembles the divine beauty of God.
Rowan Williams stands at a lectern on stage at St Paul's Cathedral
Film and video
Jesus
Mary
Motherhood
New Testament
Rowan Williams explores Mary’s life in the Gospels, from the Annunciation to the Cross and Pentecost: a story where heaven and earth come close together.

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