Where do you call home? Turn on the television and you are bombarded with programmes on finding, designing, building, buying, restoring or furnishing your home. Meanwhile, the earth is radically polluted and millions of people worldwide are refugees.

What is “home” in Christian theology and how might a theology of home point to a wayout of the twin poles of consumerism and homelessness in the contemporary west? How might our theological understanding of “home” challenge the political appropriations of ‘home’ in current expressions of nationalism? Acknowledging the importance of the earth as home, and the need for people to have a specific place to call home, this lecture by Professor Siobhán Garrigan draws on deeper layers of the Christian tradition to articulate a theology of home that is more inclusive – and able to resist the violent implications of exclusive nationalism.

Registration is not required. This event is co-hosted with the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BJ.