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September 2013
Monday 2 Sep - 7 October
Monday 2 Sep - 7 October
Spiritual Practice in the World Faiths
Where: London Centre for Spirituality
When: Monday evenings 6.30-8.30
Cost: Free, but donations invited
Information: London Centre for Spirituality
2 September: Christianity, Derek Collins
9 September: Sikhism, Param Singh
16 September: Buddhism, Lauri Bower
23 September: Hinduism, Madhoosoodan
30 September: Wicca, Magnus Randall
7 October: Judaism, Rabbi Janet Burdon
September 2013
Saturday 17 Sep - 1 October
Saturday 17 Sep - 1 October
The Common Ground - Interfaith
Where: The Meditatio Centre,
St Marks, Myddelton Square, London EC1R 1XX
When: Tuesday evenings 6.30-9.30
Cost: £15 per session
Information: The Meditatio Centre
Contact: meditatio@wccm.org Tel: 020 7278 2070
17 September: Jewish Scriptures, Jonathan Gorsky
24 September: Christian Scriptures, Michael Kirwan
25 September (Wednesday): Zen Gifts, Robert Kennedy SJ
1 October: Islamic Scriptures, Ahmed Achtar
October 2013
Wednesday 2
Wednesday 2
Ecclesiastical sex crises: the lack of a theology of desire?
A Public Lecture by Professor Sarah Coakley, Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, Fellow of Murray Edwards College
Where: Heythrop College, The Marie Eugenie Room
Kensington Square, London W8 5HN
When: 6.0 pm
Followed by a wine reception
Free but register by sending an email to f.ellis@heythrop.ac.uk
October 2013
Saturday 5
Saturday 5
St Ethelburga's, London - Beyond Honest to God: What John Robinson did not say
Where: St Ethelburga's Centre, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG (map)
When: 10am - 5pm
Cost: £30 including tea and coffee and a light lunch.
Contact: simon@stethelburgas.org or phone 020 7496 1610
This conference will concentrate on three areas attended to in Robinson's later writings: feminist theology; inter-religious dialogue; and contemplative spirituality. In each case it will try to see how they are linked with Robinson's perceptions in Honest to God and, subsequently, look forward to the future shape of an Honest to God inspired faith. Speakers will include Jonathan Clatworthy, Nicola Slee, Alan Race and Patrick Woodhouse.
October 2013
Monday 7
Monday 7
On being a senior woman priest in a male dominated institution
Clare Herbert interviews June Osborne
Where: St Martin in the Fields, London
When: 7.0 pm
Information: Sally Barnes
October 2013
Wednesday 16
Wednesday 16
What's Wrong with Poverty? Archbishop Blanch Lecture by Sam Wells
Sam Wells is Vicar of St Martin in the Fields, London
Where: Liverpool Hope University
When: 7.0 pm
October 2013
Friday 18 - Sunday 20
Friday 18 - Sunday 20
Gladstone's Library - Reflections on Ministry in the Eye of the Storm
Where: Gladstone's Library, Church Lane, Hawarden (map)
Cost: £270-£290 residential, £210 non-residential
Information: www.gladstoneslibrary.org/courses
Contact: enquiries@gladlib.org
Gene Robinson reflects on his journey of faith, his life experiences, the concerns that matter most to him as a bishop and the controversy that has rocked the church he loves and to which he is committed.
October 2013
Saturday 19
Saturday 19
Making and using visual art in prayer & worship
Where: St Brides Liverpool map
Leader: Carol Marples of Soul Marks
When: 10.0 am - 4.0 pm
Soul Marks is a charity based in Edinburgh, using the visual arts as a tool for prayer, worship & community. Carol Marples has been running art and prayer workshops across Scotland and around the world for the past 15 years.
Cost: £25 including lunch & refreshments
Information & booking: www.soulmarks.eventbrite.co.uk
October 2013
Friday 25 - Saturday 26
Friday 25 - Saturday 26
University of Manchester - Churches, Communities and Society: Public Negotiations and Interventions
Where: University of Manchester (map)
Information: http://religionandcivilsociety.com/churches-communities-society/
In contemporary British society, Christian religion refuses to stay in its place. Unruly, it is established in some places (England, Scotland) and yet in all places numerically in decline; public, and yet caught off guard by an Occupy movement; suborned, and yet capable of protest; lordly, and yet attempting to represent the common good; proactively interfaith, and yet caught up in its own internal concerns; national, yet present in very different ways in city and country. This two-day conference explores some of the issues, concerns and contradictions generated by this remarkable state of affairs. It does so from a variety of perspectives: theological, ethical, and social.
November 2013
Friday 1 - Sunday 3
Friday 1 - Sunday 3
Gladstone's Library - Any Dream Will Do: The Spirituality of the Musicals
Where: Gladstone's Library, Church Lane, Hawarden (map)
Cost: £170-£190 residential, £110 non-residential
Information: www.gladstoneslibrary.org/courses
Contact: enquiries@gladlib.org
Arguing that the musical is the "most ubiquitous and dominant cultural icon of our age", scholar Ian Bradley unpacks the theological significance of the musical. Bradley argues that musicals provide millions of people around the world not just with entertainment but also with spiritual and theological values, a philosophy of life, and an encounter with God.
November 2013
Monday 4
Monday 4
Honest to God 50 Years On
Speaker: Jonathan Clatworthy
Where: St Brides Liverpool map
When: 6pm, refreshments from 5.30
Information: St Brides Liverpool
Contact: Jonathan Clatworthy 0151 727 6291
November 2013
Friday 8 - Sunday 10
Friday 8 - Sunday 10
PCN and Modern Church - Being Honest about God
Where: The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire (map)
When: From 6pm Friday
Cost: £190 residential (£175 members of PCN Britain/Modern Church or before 30 April)
Information: www.modernchurch.org.uk/conference/htg.htm
Contact: Paul Onslow 07815 685047/01423 538798
A conference celebrating 50 years since the publication of Honest to God. The conference will be chaired by Prof Elaine Graham (Chester University) with speakers Simon Barrow (Co-director, Ekklesia), Prof James Crossley (Sheffield University), Richard Holloway (formerly Bishop of Edinburgh) and Canon Dr Martyn Percy (Principal, Ripon College Cuddesdon).