Andy Colebrooke
Anglican priest and writer
My current focus is on how films can be used to encourage conversations about faith. I’m conducting a survey to see how churches make use of films in services, during courses, in homegroups, and at film nights etc.
You can contribute to the survey here …
About me
My background is in science, studying Physics at Imperial College, London, before doing postgraduate research in Polymer Physics. Prior to ordination I taught Reactor Physics at Queen Mary College, London, followed by more than a decade teaching mathematics in secondary schools. I was ordained in 1994 and have served two incumbencies in Chelmsford Diocese. My conviction is that science and faith need not be enemies, but rather, together they can provide a rich harmony of understanding. My booklet ‘Science and Religion’ explores this conviction through considering the spirituality of the Victorian physicist James Clerk Maxwell, sometimes dubbed ‘The Scottish Einstein’. More recently I have written a Lent course called ‘Thoughts of God’ based on the life of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, as portrayed in the film ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’.
I retired from stipendiary ministry in 2016 and now live in Essex with my wife Hazel; we delight in having three grown-up children and seven amazing grandchildren.
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