Talking Theology

John Barclay - How should God's gift shape the church?

March 18, 2019 Philip Plyming Season 1 Episode 5
Talking Theology
John Barclay - How should God's gift shape the church?
Show Notes

Why do we give and receive gifts? How is the Apostle Paul's understanding of gift different to that of the world in which he lived? How does the gift of Christ challenge our sense of status and hierarchy? And what might a community of gift look like today?

John Barclay is Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University.

For more about John Barclay, see here.