Lectures with Sarah Coakley

Sarah Coakley
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Recordings of lectures by the Rev'd Professor Sarah Coakley, formerly Norris-Hulse Professor at the University of Cambridge. These series are sometimes from various parish contexts, or are teachings attached to her personal website created for both the Church and academy.

  1. 12/18/2021

    Coda for What is the Good of the Church? (Part 5 of 5)

    ‘What is the Good of the Church?’: A Series of Reflections on Ecclesiology for Advent 2021 Session V: ‘Coda’ with the Rev'd Dr. Sarah Coakley.  Find further information at www.sarahcoakley.com.

    15 min

  2. 12/17/2021

    The American Heritage of Racism: Can an Ecclesial Vision of Hope be Found? (Part 4 of 5)

    ‘What is the Good of the Church?’: A Series of Reflections on Ecclesiology for Advent 2021 Session IV: ‘The American Heritage of Racism: Can an Ecclesial Vision of Hope be Found?’ with the Rev'd Dr. Sarah Coakley, Dr. Vincent Lloyd and Dr. Jonathan Tran.   Find further information, as well as the accompanying handout, at www.sarahcoakley.com.

    38 min

  3. 12/09/2021

    Contemporary Ecclesiological Crises and Questions (Part 3 of 5)

    ‘What is the Good of the Church?’: A Series of Reflections on Ecclesiology for Advent 2021 Session III: ‘Contemporary Ecclesiological Crises and Questions:  How Should We Reimagine the Episcopal Church within the Anglican Communion Today?’ with the Rev'd Dr. Sarah Coakley, Dr. Scott MacDougall and Br. James Koester, SSJE.   Find further information, as well as the accompanying handout, at www.sarahcoakley.com.

    46 min

  4. 12/02/2021

    Learning from History: Select Visions of the Church (Part 2 of 5)

    The Rev'd Dr. Sarah Coakley, Dr. Hannah Matis, and the Rev'd Dr. Benjamin King discuss 'Learning from History: Select Visions of the Church from the Constantinian Settlement through the English Reformation and to the Great Renewal Movements of the 19th Century'. This is the second of five sessions of "What is the Good of the Church?, where Sarah Coakley examines afresh the fundamental question of how we should think of, imagine, and hope for the life of the Church today. The focus is on the effects of the global pandemic and of intensified political and ecclesiastical divisions in the Anglican Communion and within the Episcopal Church itself. For more information on this series, or to access the handouts, please visit www.sarahcoakley.com.

    48 min

  5. 11/25/2021

    The Kingdom and the Church in the New Testament (Part 1 of 5)

    The Rev'd Dr. Sarah Coakley and the Rev'd Dr. Richard Hays discuss 'The Kingdom and the Church in the New Testament'. This is the first of five sessions of "What is the Good of the Church?, where Sarah Coakley examines afresh the fundamental question of how we should think of, imagine, and hope for the life of the Church today. The focus is on the effects of the global pandemic and of intensified political and ecclesiastical divisions in the Anglican Communion and within the Episcopal Church itself. For more information on this series, or to access the handouts, please visit www.sarahcoakley.com.

    37 min
  6. The Spirituality of the Rule of Benedict: Mutual "Listening" to God and the Building of Transformative Communities

    08/07/2020

    The Spirituality of the Rule of Benedict: Mutual "Listening" to God and the Building of Transformative Communities

    The Rev. Professor Sarah Coakley and Fr. Luigi Gioia discuss 'The Spirituality of the Rule of Benedict: Mutual "Listening" to God and the Building of Transformative Communities'. This is the fourth and final session on 'Deepening Prayer in a Time of Pandemic and Social Unrest', held via webinar at Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes, Washington DC.    If you would like more information about the School of Theology and Prayer, to access the handout from this session, or to listen to this as a podcast, visit: https://www.asa-dc.org/formation-archive   Taught by:    Rev'd Professor Sarah Coakley. Coakley was formerly Norris-Hulse Professor at the University of Cambridge. She is an assisting priest and theologian-in-residence at the Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes.   Fr Luigi Gioia was a Benedictine Monk for 25 years in Italy and France and is now Assistant Priest and Head of Formation at the Anglican Parish of St Paul Knightsbridge in London. He was a professor of systematic theology at the Pontifical University of Sant'Anselmo in Rome for many years and now is a research associate at the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry at Cambridge University (UK). A retreat leader in several countries, he is the author of several books of spirituality, including Say It to God: In Search of Prayer (the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2018) and Touched by God: The Way to Contemplative Prayer.

    1h 2m
  7. The Problem of Negative "Thoughts" in Prayer According to the Desert Tradition: Approaching Sickness through the Lens of Deepened Prayer

    07/29/2020

    The Problem of Negative "Thoughts" in Prayer According to the Desert Tradition: Approaching Sickness through the Lens of Deepened Prayer

    The Rev. Professor Sarah Coakley and Fr. Martin Laird, OSA discuss 'The Problem of Negative "Thoughts" in Prayer According to the Desert Tradition: Approaching Sickness through the Lens of Deepened Prayer'. This is the third of four sessions on 'Deepening Prayer in a Time of Pandemic and Social Unrest', held via webinar at Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes, Washington DC.    If you would like more information about the School of Theology and Prayer, to access the handout from this session, or to listen to this as a podcast, visit: https://www.asa-dc.org/school-of-theology-and-prayer.html   Taught by:   Rev'd Professor Sarah Coakley. Coakley was formerly Norris-Hulse Professor at the University of Cambridge. She is an assisting priest and theologian-in-residence at the Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes.   Fr. Martin Laird, O.S.A., is an Augustinian friar and Professor of Early Christian Studies at Villanova University.  He has written a host of articles on books chiefly in patristics and Christian contemplative life, especially Into the Silent Land; A Sunlit Absence; and An Ocean of Light from Oxford University Press.  Fr. Martin lectures widely throughout the United States, Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

    1h 1m

  8. 07/23/2020

    The Desert Fathers and Mothers: Rediscovering the Early Monastic Tradition and Its Surprising Application to Today's Crises

    The Rev. Professor Sarah Coakley discusses 'The Desert Fathers and Mothers: Rediscovering the Early Monastic Tradition and Its Surprising Application to Today's Crises'. This is the second of four sessions on 'Deepening Prayer in a Time of Pandemic and Social Unrest', held via webinar at Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes, Washington DC. If you would like more information about the School of Theology and Prayer, to access the handout from this session, or to listen to this as a podcast, visit: https://www.asa-dc.org/school-of-theology-and-prayer.html   Taught by:   Rev'd Professor Sarah Coakley. Coakley was formerly Norris-Hulse Professor at the University of Cambridge. She is an assisting priest and theologian-in-residence at the Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes.

    1h 1m
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Recordings of lectures by the Rev'd Professor Sarah Coakley, formerly Norris-Hulse Professor at the University of Cambridge. These series are sometimes from various parish contexts, or are teachings attached to her personal website created for both the Church and academy.

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