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The Mystic Turn: Religious Experience in the Modern World - 8 & 9 May
Jane Shaw,
Dean of Divinity, Chaplain and Fellow,
New College, Oxford is giving the
Eric Symes Abbott Lecture in Westminster Abbey - 6.15 p.m.
Thursday May 8th; repeated in Keble College chapel, Oxford, Friday May 9th at 5.30 p.m. It will include
discussion of Ralph Inge, for many years Chair of the MCU.
Religion & Spirituality - Rivals or partners? ~ 17 May, 10.00 - 4.00
A Day Seminar with Adrian Smith. £15
Sutton Craven, nr Skipton. Brochure and Booking form PCN event
JOURNEY TO JUSTICE Breaking the chains of global debt 2008 ~ 18 May from 12.30
In May 1998 70,000 people formed a human chain in Birmingham to demand that the G8 drop the debt. Ten years later some debts have been cancelled, and many lives have been transformed. But the debt crisis is not over.
International Convention Centre, Birmingham Jubilee Debt Campaign
Affirming Authority: Scripture, Tradition and Reason ~ 24 May 10.30am to 4pm.
A day conference in preparation for the Lambeth Conference with John Barton (Professor of Old Testament, Oxford), Charlotte Methuen (Lecturer in Church History, Oxford) and Mark Chapman (Vice-Principal, Ripon College Cuddesdon). Day Chair: Judith Maltby, Chaplain of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
St Mary le Bow Church, Cheapside EC2V 6AU
Registration £10 Contact: Mrs Lisa Martell, Administrator Affirming Catholicism
administrator@affirmingcatholicism.org.uk
International Conference on Natural Theology Museum of Natural History, Oxford University, details (including call for papers)
A Woman's place ... ~ June 14th
The changing role of women in society and the church. An exploration led by Hilary Cotton, Vice-Chair of WATCH (Women and the Church) which campaigns for women bishops.
An MCU NW group meeting. St Deiniol's Library, booking and other details: Word, .pdf.
Benedict for Today ~ 28th June
A study day with Fr Dermot Tredget (Bendictine monk at Douai Abbey) at The Royal Foundation of St Katharine On Saturday 2008, 10am to 4pm
£15 (including lunch)
Discounts available for unwaged & pensioners
To book email MToms@stkatharine.org.uk by Friday 20th June - details
Saving the soul of Anglicanism: the nature and future of Anglicanism
MCU Conference, 8-11 July - details
Growing Up Without Violence – Eliminating Corporal Punishment of Children~ 9 July
Churches’ Network for Non-violence (CNNV) Round Table Conference organised by CNNV multi-faith reference group and NSPCC & Children Are Unbeatable! Young Campaigners. Free – lunch and refreshments provided
Contact: Christine Dodd
Religion in the Public Space ~ 24-27 July
International Association for Religious Freedom and European Liberal Protestant Network Regional Conference
Belfast, Cost €75 Flyer, Programme
A Future for Liberal Christianity? ~ 14 to 16 July
Keynote speaker: Ian Bradley with Peter Francis who will explore doctrine, worship and other issues from a liberal perspective and ask if Liberal Christianity has had its day.
St Deiniols, Howarden, Cost: £108
Theology in the Dales - A Christology Course for the 21st Century ~ 26 July at Askrigg
For an information pack email your postal address to Theology in the Dales: Theology in the Dales Website Details (from PCN)
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Lambeth Conference at the University of Kent July 16th ~ August 3rd
MCU will have a stall at the Conference marketplace
The Contraceptive Goose & The Homosexual Gander ~ 7 October
Led by The Rt Revd Michael Bourke, former Bishop of Wolverhampton. The evening will be held at All Saints’ Church, 564 Woodham Lane, Woodham, GU21 5SU, and will begin with the Eucharist at 7.00pm, followed by coffee/talk from 7.30pm. Fee £7 - no advance booking - disable access.
Liberal Voices! Renewing Liberal Theology & Spirituality for the 21st Century ~ 16-18 October
With Brian Wren and Ian Bradley. Free to Believe Annual Conference at Scargill House. Details
2009
Liberal Theology MCU Conference on Liberal Theology, July- details to follow