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Scholarship Without Borders

Crossing the borders between private and public, sacred and secular, between academic disciplines, and between people.

KLC's Communities

KLC’s research primarily emerges from our various communities of scholars and practitioners. Those who become KLC fellows are encouraged to join a community and to engage with our research projects.

Research Projects

KLC’s research projects are aimed at excellent, impactful work in community and across disciplines. We choose a cluster of projects as our major focus as an organisation, using our network and resources to shape them and bring them to fruition. Additionally, we play a supporting role to several more projects within our community. 

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Click on one of the projects below to read more.

Why Become a KLC Fellow

We invite scholars and practitioners to join our community of fellows. The needs of our projects are diverse and so we welcome people of diverse gifts too.

There are no strings attached: you can apply to join simply to observe and to open avenues of connection with other scholars on your own terms.

For those who are interested in actively participating in impactful public-theological research, successful applicants can join a variety of communities for fellowship within your areas of interest, or simply follow one or more projects and contribute to the discussion or collaborate in your areas of expertise.

KLC’s staff team and our fellows gather under our three primary values:

  1. Humble: Open to change; open to improvement, oriented towards the health of the team.
  2. Human: Committed to cultivating relationships and growing community.
  3. Hungry: Appropriately ambitious to enhance the reputation of Christ.

What KLC Offers

As an organisation, KLC brings expertise to its community’s projects in several key areas, especially in honing project plans for impact, providing public-theological and technical consultation, creating access to interdisciplinary networks of scholars, and publishing. 

Missional
Direction

Join a project and use your gifts for the common good and for Christ’s kingdom

International
Community

Broaden your relationships within your own discipline or area of interest

Interdisciplinary
Networks

Extend the reach and scope of your work with collaborators across disciplines

Expertise in
Public Theology

Benefit from KLC’s expertise in public theology as a basis for Christian public action

Project
Management

Benefit from KLC’s expertise in research supervision and project management

Publishing
Outlets

KLC has developed key publishing relationships and its own publishing outlets

Become a Fellow

Click the button below to apply to join our fellows’ community. We are looking for fellows who share our mission and values, but we don’t demand high levels of involvement. Keep up to date with the work of our communities and join in when something excites you.

KLC's Publishing Outlets

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Commercial Publishers

KLC has developed relationships with major Christian academic publishers and can help to motivate the right projects for mainstream publication.

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KLC Publishing

KLC has accessible in-house publications such as The Big Picture and facilities to produce and publish books of our own to major online retailers.

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Digital Platforms

KLC offers collected project output and other digital publications on its website, and we have a growing community of readers on Substack.

KLC's Communities

Prayer Hour

Our wider community is invited to join us on the first Thursday of every month to pray for KLC and the world

Scripture Collective

Fellows involved in theological and biblical studies gather in four seminars online and at SBL

Hubs

Fellows gather in discipline-specific groups, providing fellowship and Christian wisdom in their work

PhD Programme

KLC trains PhD supervisors and guides PhD students under the auspices of Union Theological College, Belfast

Subscribe to KLC's News!

We would love to keep you updated about our up-and-coming publications, webinars and events. The primary way we do this is via our newsletter and mailing list. Ensure you don’t miss a thing by subscribing to our KLC community mailing list today.

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Opinion: No King in Israel

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Gordon Wenham: Rest in Peace

Craig Bartholomew points out that the Rome Statute defines genocide in a way that fits Israel’s assaults on Gaza, and he points to challenging recent works by Louis Theroux and

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