Faith and Formation Power
Power makes us deeply uncomfortable. You associate it with corruption, or you feel it is something you simply do not have. But theologian and ethicist Dr Selina Stone sees power differently: beginning with breath, ending with choice, and answering the fundamental question of how we use what we carry. "Power" is a seven-episode class on seeing power clearly and theologically: where it comes from, how it is unequally distributed, how it can be built in communities, how vulnerability shapes it, and what it looks like when used with precision and care. In this class, you will practise recognising power in moments, naming it in relationships, and using yours in a way that serves rather than dominates.
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The premise
What you'll practice
Recognise power as life itself, not just domination
You will learn to see power not first as corruption or control, but as the fundamental energy of existence—the breath in your lungs, the possibility in your hands. You will notice power in moments you had not recognised before.
Name the power inequalities shaping your world
You will examine how power is distributed unequally through systems, institutions, and relationships—through race, gender, class, sexuality, disability, and access. You will ask who holds power and who is overlooked.
Build relational power from the ground up
You will explore how communities considered powerless discover and develop power together, through listening, trust, and common cause. You will see how power is built not top-down but through connection.
Use power with care: following the example of Jesus
You will examine how to hold privilege and authority without using them to dominate, and to stand in solidarity with those whose voices are unheard. You will explore what it means to use power to serve rather than to protect yourself.
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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Dr Selina Stone
Dr Selina Stone is a theologian and ethicist whose research explores power, liberation, vulnerability, and justice—both in Christian communities and in social life. She is a Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, author of A Heavy Yoke: Theology, Power and Abuse in the Church (SCM Press, 2025), and host of the Sunday School for Misfits podcast. Before academia, she worked as a community organiser in South London, challenging exploitative systems alongside people in socio-economic precarity—an experience that shapes her justice-oriented, practical approach to theology and her conviction that knowledge must contribute to healing and liberation.
Ready to see power the way it actually works?
Seven episodes rooted in Scripture, theology, and real practice. Seven moments to pause and ask where power is at work in your life. Seven chances to learn not just how power works, but how to use yours with care.
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