Ethics in our time
Wednesday’s from 26th April 2017 to 24th May 2017
26th April 2017 - Ethics and Migration - Revd Bonnie Evans-Hills, Inter Faith Advisor Diocese of St Albans
3rd May 2017 - Just War - Revd Canon Dr Peter Sedgwick, Retired Principal and Warden of St Michael’s College Cardiff and Ethicist
10th May 2017 - Environmental Ethics - Revd Dr John Weaver, Chair of the John Ray Initiative
17th May 2017 - Ethics and Medical Science - Rev Dr Nick Goulding, Professor of Pharmacology & Medical Education
24th May 2017 - Ethics & Poverty - Sue Richardson, Christian Aid Relations Development Officer
Wednesday’s from 26th April 2017 to 24th May 2017
26th April 2017 - Ethics and Migration - Revd Bonnie Evans-Hills, Inter Faith Advisor Diocese of St Albans
3rd May 2017 - Just War - Revd Canon Dr Peter Sedgwick, Retired Principal and Warden of St Michael’s College Cardiff and Ethicist
10th May 2017 - Environmental Ethics - Revd Dr John Weaver, Chair of the John Ray Initiative
17th May 2017 - Ethics and Medical Science - Rev Dr Nick Goulding, Professor of Pharmacology & Medical Education
24th May 2017 - Ethics & Poverty - Sue Richardson, Christian Aid Relations Development Officer
Saturday 18th February 2017
The Very Reverend Jeffrey John Dean of St Albans Cathedral spoke to BELIEF about
"All generations shall call her blessed" Mary in the New Testament and in the Church
The Very Reverend Jeffrey John Dean of St Albans Cathedral spoke to BELIEF about
"All generations shall call her blessed" Mary in the New Testament and in the Church
INTRODUCTION TO CHURCH HISTORY
A ten week course with the Revd Dr Kenneth Padley, Vicar of St Michael with St Mary, St Albans
This course was an introduction to the study of ecclesiastical history, covering the church’s history in a broadly chronological manner. The course focused on the Western tradition, but included material relating to the Orthodox churches and to Christianity in Africa, Asia and South America, as well as Europe and North America.
It could have be taken as a module of the St Albans Certificate in Theology.
Tuesdays 10 January -28 March (excl. 14 February and 21 March), 7.45pm. Cost: £110
A ten week course with the Revd Dr Kenneth Padley, Vicar of St Michael with St Mary, St Albans
This course was an introduction to the study of ecclesiastical history, covering the church’s history in a broadly chronological manner. The course focused on the Western tradition, but included material relating to the Orthodox churches and to Christianity in Africa, Asia and South America, as well as Europe and North America.
It could have be taken as a module of the St Albans Certificate in Theology.
Tuesdays 10 January -28 March (excl. 14 February and 21 March), 7.45pm. Cost: £110
Stages of Life
Wednesday’s from 20th September 2017 -11th October 2017
20th September 2017 Conception & Birth Sue Armstrong
27th September 2017 From Childhood to Maturity Margaret Pritchard-Houston
4th October 2017 Growing Through Life Revd Dr John Weaver
11th October 2017 What Happens When I Die? The Very Revd Dr Jeffrey John
Wednesday’s from 20th September 2017 -11th October 2017
20th September 2017 Conception & Birth Sue Armstrong
27th September 2017 From Childhood to Maturity Margaret Pritchard-Houston
4th October 2017 Growing Through Life Revd Dr John Weaver
11th October 2017 What Happens When I Die? The Very Revd Dr Jeffrey John
Saturday 30th September 2017
Christopher Rowland
Christopher led a discussion entitled “Gospel and Empire in the New Testament”
Christopher taught Biblical Studies at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge and most recently Oxford, before his retirement in 2014. He has written on Christian origins, and the history of apocalypticism, liberation theology and most recently on the visionary artist and writer, William Blake, who was inspired by John of Patmos and a modern prophet against empire. He spent a decade on the Board of Christian Aid and chair of its Latin American and Caribbean Committee, which gave him first-hand experience of the churches work in countries like Brazil. He has a long-standing interest in the relationship between biblical studies and practical and theology. His most recent book, In A Glass Darkly, written with Zoë Bennett of the Cambridge Theological Federation, and published in December, looks at the interface between the two. He is married to Catherine. They have four adult children and now live in Cambridge.
Christopher Rowland
Christopher led a discussion entitled “Gospel and Empire in the New Testament”
Christopher taught Biblical Studies at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge and most recently Oxford, before his retirement in 2014. He has written on Christian origins, and the history of apocalypticism, liberation theology and most recently on the visionary artist and writer, William Blake, who was inspired by John of Patmos and a modern prophet against empire. He spent a decade on the Board of Christian Aid and chair of its Latin American and Caribbean Committee, which gave him first-hand experience of the churches work in countries like Brazil. He has a long-standing interest in the relationship between biblical studies and practical and theology. His most recent book, In A Glass Darkly, written with Zoë Bennett of the Cambridge Theological Federation, and published in December, looks at the interface between the two. He is married to Catherine. They have four adult children and now live in Cambridge.
Saturday 21st October 2017
Dr Sebastian Brock - Sebastian led us in a discussion entitled “The Christian Churches of the Middle East: from their origins to today”
Sebastian has taught at Birmingham, Cambridge and Oxford Universities. His special interest is in the Middle Eastern Churches of Syriac tradition, and their language and literature. He is the author of The Luminous Eye: the Spiritual World View of St Ephrem (1992; now translated into several different languages), and he has edited and translated many new Syriac texts.
The talk gave a bird's eye view of the different indigenous Middle Eastern Churches, how they came into being, and their role in modern ecumenical dialogue. This involved an explanation of why the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451), with its attempt to define the relationship between the divinity and the humanity in the incarnate Christ, proved so controversial at the time, leading to a three-way split in Eastern Christianity by the early 7th century, when the situation became fossilized by the Arab invasions and the advent of Islam. Only in ecumenical dialogue of the last half century have there been serious attempts to unravel the issues at stake.
This event was held at St Andrews Church Kimbolton Road Bedford MK40 2PF
Dr Sebastian Brock - Sebastian led us in a discussion entitled “The Christian Churches of the Middle East: from their origins to today”
Sebastian has taught at Birmingham, Cambridge and Oxford Universities. His special interest is in the Middle Eastern Churches of Syriac tradition, and their language and literature. He is the author of The Luminous Eye: the Spiritual World View of St Ephrem (1992; now translated into several different languages), and he has edited and translated many new Syriac texts.
The talk gave a bird's eye view of the different indigenous Middle Eastern Churches, how they came into being, and their role in modern ecumenical dialogue. This involved an explanation of why the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451), with its attempt to define the relationship between the divinity and the humanity in the incarnate Christ, proved so controversial at the time, leading to a three-way split in Eastern Christianity by the early 7th century, when the situation became fossilized by the Arab invasions and the advent of Islam. Only in ecumenical dialogue of the last half century have there been serious attempts to unravel the issues at stake.
This event was held at St Andrews Church Kimbolton Road Bedford MK40 2PF
