Sam Wells - Full Interview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2024
- Since 2012 Revd Dr Sam Wells has been Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, a church which has an honourable history in social justice and as a centre for the arts.
He has served for many years as a parish priest in situations of social deprivation. He also spent 7 years in North Carolina, where he was Dean of Duke University Chapel.
A distinguished theologian, Sam has published 35 books, on subjects ranging from Christian ethics, mission, ministry, scripture, liturgy and preaching.
He is one of the most respected exponents of the sermon in the Anglican Communion.
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Interview timestamps
0:00 Childhood: A mother Ukrainian Jewish Convert to Christianity, Nazi Germany, and Cancer
31:14 Converting Nazis to Christianity in East London
34:17 A Father: Sam’s place in his lineage of Anglican clergymen
41:43 Childhood memories: Rogation, beating the parish bounds and harvest
45:16 His mother’s fatal illness and writing as a retreat
53:53 University and theological education: Oxford, Liverpool and improvisation
1:16:59 Being with People: Reflections on formative ministry in Tyneside in the 1990s
1:21:04 Developments in thought: The Nazareth Manifesto and Being With
1:24:28 COVID pandemic and putting Christian ethics into practice
1:31:34 Preaching and the Press: Being Dean of Duke Chapel, Duke Divinity School
1:56:40 Return to the UK: St Martin-in-the-Fields
2:02:55 Nazareth Manifesto: the importance of being with people, rather than working for them
2:08:54 The Church and the Future of Welfare
2:13:58 Abundance and scarcity: “Poverty is a mask we put on people to hide their true wealth, and wealth is a mask we put on people to hide their true poverty”
2:21:27 Covid and the future of the Church
2:20:36 A formula: Looking to the future.