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The Feud

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In February 2022, The very reverend professor Martyn Percy left Christ Church, Oxford, as its Dean with a £1.25 million settlement. But big questions remain. In this five-part series The Times' journalist Andrew Billen returns to his old university college to try and understand why Percy and his employer got into a four year long battle, which left the priest close to suicide and cost the Oxford college millions in charitable funds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In the final episode of the series, the woman who made an allegation against Martyn speaks out about intimidation by some of his supporters. And has Christ Church tried to hide the astronomical cost of the feud? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storie…
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Martyn’s employer questions the Dean’s mental capacity as the feud shows no sign of abating. And he's in hot water over an article, published on his website, in which he references the Holocaust. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Hos…
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Two years into his tenure as Dean, a student attacks a man at Christ Church. Dealing with the crisis, Martyn Percy questions how the university college is run, but has no idea the chain of events he is about to set in motion. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetime…
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In 2014 The Very Reverend Professor Martyn Percy walks into Christ Church as the new Dean of the Oxford college. But in this ‘Alice in Wonderland’ universe has this traditional institution met its match? In this five-part series, release every Thursday, The Times' journalist Andrew Billen delves into the most bizarre story he's every covered. Clips…
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A new five-part investigation from The Times begins on Thursday 13 October. In February this year, the Very Reverend Professor Martyn Percy left Christ Church, Oxford, as its Dean with a £1.25 million settlement. But big questions remain. Journalist Andrew Billen returns to his old university college to try and understand why Percy and his employer…
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Is social justice a subordinate priority to worship, or should it be the other way around? Why do we worship God? Does God even need it? Is it so we can escape our ordinary lives? Lecturer in Theology, Dr Jacqueline Service, explores the relationship between social justice and the worship of the Triune God. This lecture challenges truncated visions…
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In these God's Story Deeper Session we seek to go deeper into a truth that we discovered in our God's Story Journey. In this session we look at the two principles that are revealed in scripture as the foundations of God's throne. To register for God's Story online sessions click here: https://www.un-limit.co.za/godsstoryonline Find all the sessions…
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The love of place is a potent and unavoidable aspect of our common life, and our sense of ourselves as a people, a nation. “I love a sunburnt country”! Love of place can seem to hold the keys to renewal and reconciliation, as in Tim Winton’s justly famous novel, Cloudstreet. But love of place can also be distorted. It can float above the reality of…
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In her recent work ‘Scars Across Humanity’ (2015), British theologian and sociologist Elaine Starkey outlines different forms of gender-based violence which women can experience across their life-cycle. This lecture draws on Storkey’s work and on feminist biblical approaches for a careful reading of 2 Samuel 15-16 which explores the violence agains…
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Barren Wilderness or Garden of Delights? Bishop-elect Dr Mark Short headlined our 40th College Anniversary event on 23 April 2018 by considering the role of the bush, both real and imagined, in Australian culture and experience, and the challenges and opportunities this creates for Christian ministry. In particular, he explored how our context diff…
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Risk, Responsibility and Redemption: Remembering Our Future The Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was released in early 2018. But even before its release, it was already clear that many Anglican organisational structures were not conducive to hearing the vulnerable, and complicitly ignored Jesus’ expe…
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Reformer. Activist. “The Red Bishop”. “A Most Meddlesome Priest”. These are just some of the ways that Bishop Ernest Burgmann came to be known in Australia. Passionate and outspoken about social justice and civil rights, his activism strove to awaken Australia from its conservative complacency. In the words of Peter Hempenstall, who published a boo…
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Australia was largely colonised by convicts rather than settlers with Christian convictions, which is why it's heartening and surprising to learn how much the Bible has woven its way into the fabric of Australian culture and society. At St Mark's National Theological Centre's 2017 Commencement Lecture, Dr Meredith Lake took us through the many myri…
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