THE S. PAUL'S STUDY GROUP
THE OMEGA COURSE
Thursdays on ZOOM, 8.30 -10pm.
All are welcome.
What is the OMEGA COURSE?
Fr Paul, the Rector of SPD, began 'The Omega Course' during the Covid lockdown as a way to encourage Christian education in the parish. It is named from the last letter in the Koine Greek Alphabet, ('as far away from Alpha as is possible', let the reader understand.)
The Course on ZOOM is also what some might call a 'Home' or 'Fellowship' Group, where we catch up with one another, offer support, prayer and solidarity, as well as doing some participatory theological study together. The Course is lively and enjoyable! Please do login and join the Course. We look forward to your contribution.
Next Omega Group online on ZOOM
THURSDAY, 29th January 2026,
8.30pm - 10pm
when we will begin our discussion of
TRANSCENDENCE FOR BEGINNERS
by Clare Carlisle.
French paperback with flaps, 184 pages
Published 11 September 2025
Transcendence for Beginners examines life writing and philosophy across certain European and Indian traditions, exploring questions of childhood and mortality, art and religion, beauty and loss. Informed by her experience as a biographer of Søren Kierkegaard and George Eliot as well as her own life, Clare Carlisle asks what one human existence can reveal, and how writing can transmit its truth. Intellectually stimulating and deeply moving, Transcendence for Beginners enacts a philosophy of the heart, told by a generous and compelling guide. This bold, enlivening work asserts Carlisle’s place as one of our most innovative thinkers.
Clare Carlisle is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London, and the author of eight books on philosophy and philosophers, including Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaardand most recently The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life. She grew up in Manchester, studied philosophy and theology at Trinity College, Cambridge, and now lives in East London.
Further info in the Rector’s Weekly Email. All welcome
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Previous studies on the OMEGA COURSE (most recent at the bottom of the list)
Fratelli Tutti, the recent social encyclical by Pope Francis.
Silence and Honey Cakes: The wisdom of the 4th & 5th century desert fathers and mothers, by Bishop Rowan Williams,
JESUS: AN HISTORICAL APPROXIMATION, by Fr José A. Pagola, Convivial Press
The Story of Christianity: A History of 2,000 Years of the Christian Faith,” by David Bentley Hart, Published by Quercus, 2009
THE REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE by Julian of Norwich.
A History of the Bible, by Revd Professor John Barton.
Loving and Hating the World: Ambivalence and Discipleship, by Fr James Lawson
Dogmatics in Outline‘‘ by Karl Barth
The Ecclesiastical History of the English Church', by the Venerable Bede, c. 731 CE
The Bampton Lectures 2024: Rowan Williams - Recognizing Strangers: Solidarity and Christian Ethics
‘All Christians Are Monks: The Monastery, the Parish and the Renewal of the Church,’ by Fr George Guiver CR, Sacristy Books, 2024.
‘The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist Dorothy Day’ (1897 - 1980), “Servant of God”, co-founder with Peter Maurin of the Catholic Worker Movement, published by HarperCollins, (1952)
'God’s Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible' by Candida Moss, published by William Collins (2024)
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