Lectures and talks

On Wednesday 20 May 2015, Richard delivered the Chelmsford Cathedral Theological Society Lecture (in association with the Montgomery Trust) on ‘Using the Bible in ethics’.

Richard and his wife, Dr Meg Warner, presented a series of lectures in November 2014 in Mexico. View a video regarding these lectures here.

On Sunday 2 March 2014, Richard spoke at St Paul’s Cathedral Sunday Forum on his book Four Gospels, One Jesus? The St Paul’s Forum is a Sunday lunchtime series in which some of the liveliest contemporary theologians and spiritual teachers speak about the challenges, contradictions and joys of being a Christian in the world today.

On Monday 7 November 2011, Richard gave a talk entitled, ‘How Can the Academy Help the Church with the Bible?’ in the Chapel on the Strand Campus at King’s College London.

Richard gave the closing address at the Churches Higher Education Liaison Group (CHELG) Conference on Thursday 8 September 2011 at High Leigh Conference Centre in Hertfordshire. The address was entitled: ‘Sustaining Community: in the Church, the University and the World’. CHELG is the national consultation body for higher education chaplains.

Richard’s inaugural lecture as Professor of Biblical Interpretation at King’s College London was entitled: ‘(Re-)tell Me the Old, Old Story: Narrative, Genre and the Bible’. The lecture was given on Thursday 12 May 2011 in the Edmund J Safra lecture theatre at King’s. Listen to a podcast of the lecture on the link below. The