Sharp Faith (Week 2) – Sunday Theology Talks

How do we know God? The Role of Faith

Sunday, April 23, 2023
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom

An on-demand video of this class is available above and on our YouTube channel.

“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope [the faith] that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” (1 Pt 3:15)

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The First Letter of Peter asks this not just to theologians, but to all Christians. Faith is not blind. There are reasons why we believe in God, and theology helps us to make these reasons more explicit, test them, find new and deeper ones.

In this Sunday Theology Talk, led by the Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia, Theologian in Residence, we explored the topic of FAITH:

What is faith?
How does faith allow us to know God?
Does faith count as a way to know God?

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Before coming to Saint Thomas Church in November of 2022, the Revd Dr. Luigi Gioia was Associate Priest and Director of Formation at St Paul’s Knightsbridge, London, and a Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute at the University of Cambridge (UK). He was a Benedictine monk for 25 years and did his doctoral studies at the University of Oxford. He taught theology for almost 20 years in France and at the Pontifical University of St Anselm in Rome. He discovered the beauty of the liturgical and theological traditions of the Anglican Church during his time in Oxford and eventually became an Anglican a few years later.

Luigi is a writer in theology and spirituality. He gives talks, preaches retreats, leads workshops, and teaches courses as an invited lecturer in universities, theological colleges, and parishes all over the world. He is fluent in English, French and Italian. His books have been translated in five languages. His spiritual meditations have been published by The Tablet, Crux, The America Magazine, The Church Times and broadcast by the BBC.

Besides his academic work on St Augustine, Luigi has written several wide-audience books on spirituality. His book Say It To God. In Search Of Prayer was chosen as the Archbishop of Canterbury Lent Book for 2018.

His latest book, The Wisdom of St Benedict. Monastic Spirituality and the Life of the Church received the First Place in the category of Spirituality Award by the CMA (Catholic Media Association, USA) in 2021.

Luigi is from Matera, in the South of Italy, and has worked in Italy, France, England, and the United States. He is married to Claudio, also Italian from Naples, who works in Digital Marketing. In recent years Luigi has discovered a love for gardening and Claudio, who lived for years in Spain between the Canary Islands and Madrid, loves beach volleyball and goes crazy for sushi (both eating it and making it). Luigi and Claudio share a passion for the Amalfi coast, movies and, of course, ice creams.