It pays to book early!
Early bird discount tickets (£65 for day courses or £35 for half-day online courses) are available until 60 days prior to the course.
Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount.
Sarum College is a centre for study and research where our passion is learning that nourishes the human spirit.
The College is an inclusive, welcoming space for reflection and personal development.
Through excellent teaching, unpretentious hospitality, great food, and a break from the outside world, the College offers a safe haven for challenging exploration and conversation where everyone is valued and heard.
For us, the questions are as important as are answers.
The course programme includes both online and onsite courses, as noted. Most day courses (normally 10am to 4pm) are £70 for the standard rate.
A 20% discount on course fees (up to £100) is available to those who:
• are studying or have studied on one of Sarum College’s postgraduate courses validated by the University of Winchester;
• are training or have trained for ministry at Sarum College or previous organisations at 19 The Close, Salisbury;
• are aged 25 or under, are on low incomes or receive government benefits.
A day course with B&B at the standard educational rate is £128.
If you are eligible for a discount, please contact courses@sarum.ac.uk for the code to use when making your booking online.
Absolutely unreal location, right in front of the cathedral, best views in Salisbury from our room! Staff super friendly too. They had many options for breakfast including vegan.
Introduction to Trauma Theology
6 March, 10am to 1pm
£40 online
Faith in a Time of Dementia: The Other Side of Nothingness
13 March, 10am to 4pm
£70 onsite
Creation and Creativity – Nature Up Close
23 March, 10am to 4pm
£95 onsite
Slow Mission: Reflections on the God Who Walks Slowly
16 April, 10am to 4pm
£70 onsite
Reading Scripture Together: Women at the Wells
18 April, 10am to 4pm
£70 onsite
Exploring Rituals in a Time of Ecological Crisis
24 April, 2pm to 5pm
£40 online
Explore the impact the experience of trauma has on how we do theology and read the Bible.
With Stephanie Arel, Fordham University, USA
This workshop explores the Christian faith in the light of our experience of people living with dementia.
With Peter Kevern, Staffordshire University
Look closely at nature to create a pencil study. Price includes materials.
With Sophie Hacker, glass, sculpture and painting artist
Reflect theologically and personally on mission and ministry drawing on the work of Japanese ecumenical theologian Kosuke Koyama.
With Ben Aldous, Churches Together England
Explore biblical texts on the motif of women and water from both Jewish and Christian perspectives.
With Shoshana Boyd-Gelfand, Pears Foundation; Jayme Reaves, Sarum College
How can rituals enacting mourning, resistance and liberation help Christians respond to this overwhelming time?
With Cláudio Carvalhaes, Union Theological Seminary, USA
7 May to 9 May £190/£300 onsite
Explore the life of Vincent Van Gogh. Missionary, teacher, lover, painter, brother, son and worldfamous failure.
With Simon Parke, therapist, author and retreat leader
13 May 10am to 4pm £65/£70 onsite
A day to explore what it means to create and nurture a culture of spiritual care. With Julia Burton-Jones and James Woodward. Both specialise in ageing issues
Theology and Dieting: Feminist Explorations
15 May 10am to 1pm £35/£40 online
Explore the relationship between Christian theology and contemporary secular commercial dieting culture.
With Hannah Bacon, Professor of Feminist Theology, University of Chester
Join a free Taster Session for Postgraduate Study and/or enrol on a four-day residential module.
4 March 7pm to 8pm Online via Zoom
Scan here to book your free place
For further taster sessions see page 12.
16 May 10am to 4pm £65/£70 onsite
An introduction to the poems of Eliot’s middle period from The Hollow Men to Burnt Norton.
With Christopher Southgate, editor of the Journal of the TS Eliot Society
From Rabia to Rumi
17 May 10am to 4pm £65/£70 onsite
Encountering Islam through Sufi tales and poetry.
With Shanon Shah, director of the charity Faith for the Climate
Sarum College Open Day for Prospective Students
18 May 10am to 1pm Free onsite
An onsite day to explore postgraduate study options.
With Sarum College faculty
20 May & 8 October 8.30am to 11am £25 each
Embracing Community Organising as a Spiritual Practice
With Keith Hebden, Thames Valley Citizens; Angus Ritchie, Centre for Theology and Community and Alison Webster, Sarum College
20
21 May to 23 May
Non-residential:
£100 day Ticket/£250 full conference
Residential:
£350 ensuite room/£320 standard room (shared facilities)
Conference for spiritual directors to learn and share good practice. Opportunities for reflective and creative spaces and time to network.
Speakers include Julia Mourant, Alison Webster, Ian Adams, Stefan Smart
5 June
10am to 4pm
£65/£70 onsite
Exploring the novels of Marilynne Robinson.
With Rowan Williams, a theologian, author and former Archbishop of Canterbury
7 June to 9 June
£190/£300 onsite
Autism, Theology and Christian Life
20 June 1pm to 4pm
£35/£40 online
A weekend to walk together in the local area and explore writing about walking in prose and poetry.
With Rosie Miles, poet and author
A day to consider autism, the church and Christian life, with practical suggestions for flourishing.
With Claire Williams, author of Peculiar Discipleship: An Autistic Liberation Theology
10 June, 17 June and 24 June 7pm to 9pm Online
£60 for all three (Recordings available for evenings missed)
An invitation to uncover and appreciate the comic spirit in the Bible: wordplay, absurdity, hyperbole, satire, subversion, slapstick, and the scatological.
With Jayme Reaves, Sarum College
Day 1: Introduction to Comedy & the Comic in the Bible (Genesis 2-3)
10 June
Day 2: The Physical, Absurd & Hyperbolic: Judges, Jonah, Esther & Acts
17 June
Day 3: Wordplay, Irony, Satire, & Caustic Humour: Histories & Prophets, Gospels & Letters
24 June
24 June
10am to 4pm £30 onsite
Ideal for busy people to read, work on a project or reflect on a future direction. Includes access to the library, lunch and refreshments.
With Sarum College faculty
God is Not a White Man
26 June
10am to 1pm £35/£40 online
Explore racism and theological concepts of the imago Dei through the lens of womanist and liberation theology.
With Chine McDonald, Director of Theos
Individually Guided Retreat
2 July to 4 July
£250/£350 onsite
A two-day fully catered retreat in Salisbury Cathedral Close in an ensuite room and a session with Julia Mourant. With Julia Mourant, Sarum College
Coming to this course with Julia Mourant was like hearing a poet read their poems. It was timely for me ‘age-wise’ to consider how to ‘look back’ and ‘look forward’. I greatly appreciated the 1-1 with her.
10 July
3pm to 6pm £35/£40 online
Explore the spiritual practice of solitude and contemplation in modern life.
With Jarel Robinson-Brown, priest and author
20 July
10am to 4pm £95 onsite
Hands-on day to make ‘cyanotypes’, images using only sunlight.
With Sophie Hacker, glass, sculpture and painting artist
Beginning to learn how to read the New Testament (and the Septuagint) in Greek will change how I read it from now on and inform my spiritual life. It will deepen my appreciation of some of the meanings and nuances of the text which translations cannot convey.
Add an overnight stay
There is a discounted education rate for those on courses or using educational services. The rates apply to B&B the day before a course and the day it finishes.
11 to 16 August
From £360 onsite or online
A fun intensive week learning a language that is beautifully rich in its theology and world view.
With Rachel Montagu, Biblical Hebrew language specialist
12 to 17 August
From £360 onsite or online
An intensive study of Greek to give you the tools to better understand the Gospels and theological terms.
With Stuart MacWilliam, New Testament Greek language specialist
It pays to book early!
Early bird discount tickets (£65 for day courses or £35 for half-day online courses) are available until 60 days prior to the course.
Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount.
Consider a flexible postgraduate programme blending onsite and online learning to help you fit the course alongside other responsibilities.
Award options:
• Postgraduate certificate (1 year)
• Postgraduate diploma (2 years)
• Master’s degree (3 years)
Alternatively, you can audit a module, which means that you attend the course for interest only.
2024 Taster Session Dates
18 May (onsite)
8 July (online)
18 November (online)
Or, contact us to schedule a personal appointment: maadministrator@sarum.ac.uk
For PhD or independent guided research enquiries, contact Sarum’s Director of Research Susie Snyder, ssnyder@sarum.ac.uk
Degrees in Christian Spirituality and in Theology, Imagination and Culture are validated by the University of Winchester
To enquire about a degree in Theology, Ministry and Mission validated by the University of Durham Common Awards please contact Beth Dodd bdodd@sarum.ac.uk
Courses are led by:
Beth Dodd
Programme Leader for Postgraduate Programmes in Theology, Ministry and Mission
Michael Hahn
Programme Leader for Postgraduate Programmes in Christian Spirituality
Graeme Smith
Programme Leader for Theology, Imagination and Culture Postgraduate Programmes
Susie Snyder
Programme Leader for Short Courses, Director of Research, and Lecturer in Theology and Ethics
Theology and Film
22 April to 25 April
£420/£620 onsite
Explore how theological themes have been addressed in films, key ideas and methods in film criticism and interpretation.
With Graeme Smith and guest contributors
Erotic Desires: Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality
3 June to 6 June
£420/£620 onsite
Deep exploration of how the Christian tradition has engaged with gender, sexuality, and spirituality and the impact on contemporary debates.
With Michael Hahn and guest contributors
Monasticism, Mysticism and Metaphysics
22 April to 25 April
£420/£620 onsite
Explore the roots and types of spirituality in the Christian tradition up to the late Medieval period.
With Michael Hahn and guest contributors
Sarum Summer School 2024: Texts and the Christian Tradition
15 July to 18 July
£420/£620 onsite
Deep exploration of a specific text as it relates to the Christian Tradition.
With Graeme Smith and guest contributors
Three terms of ten weekly Tuesday evening sessions, online 7 to 9pm. The course offers intellectually rigorous, interactive, and accessible learning. There is an option to write essays.
Year A on Exploring the Bible offers knowledge and tools to read and encounter the Scriptures faithfully and fruitfully. Year B on Exploring Christian Belief opens up the bigger picture of developments and themes within the Christian tradition. This two-year course is designed so that you can join at any time.
Programme Leader - Alison Webster is a practical and mission theologian who offers spiritual accompaniment. She is also Mission Theologian in residence at Citizens UK
The Sarum Course in Spiritual Direction aims to equip those who are called to this ministry to confidently and competently accompany others.
Choose from three formats:
• Online with an optional three-day retreat at Sarum (March start)
• Onsite with online support (September start)
• Mixed mode version with two onsite sessions (October start).
Programme Leader - Julia Mourant, who specialises in spiritual direction training and supervision, pastoral supervision and vocational and life coaching
Julia is the author of Listening to Your Soul and Listening To Your Life: Creatively Discerning Your Calling
Library access
BIG thanks. Any course you go on that immediately changes your perspective and practice has got to be a good one!
The Sarum College Library has more than 50,000 books on theology, Bible studies, mission, church history and more, as well as study, writing and research space. There is free high-speed wifi throughout the buildings. Some courses include library membership.
Inspiration and Imagination: Creative Expressions of the Spiritual Life
9 to 12 September, £420/£620 onsite
Outdoor Worship
17 September, 10am to 4pm, £65/£70 onsite
Reading Scripture Together: Jews in the Royal Courts
24 Sept: Esther (online)
20 Nov: Joseph (onsite), 10am to 4pm, £65/£70 online
Christians and the General Election 2024
25 September, 7pm to 9pm £20 online
30 September, 10am to 4pm, £65/£70 onsite
Explore the relationship between Christian theology, spirituality and art.
With Michael HahnExplore the practice of worshipping outdoors, and how it might fit within parish/benefice life.
With Cate Williams
Two sessions on the theme of biblical Jews in foreign courts.
With Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand and Dr Jayme Reaves
Explore the complex question of how Christians should participate in party politics.
With Malcolm Brown
A reflective and creative day to make connections between life and faith.
With Magdalen Smith