The Cost of Complacency: Are We Still Pro-Life?
A talk and discussion with Denny Hartford of Vital Signs Ministries which asks the question, 'Are we still pro-life?'...
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Jul
Spirituality and Martin Luther King Jr
We welcome you to join us for a talk by Dr Ian Randall on Martin Luther King Jr's African American Baptist background and its defining influence on the spiritual beliefs underlying his work for social justice. Reserve your free ticket...
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May
Eating People is Wrong
Andrew Fellows, Director of Round Church This talk explores what Other-centred love looks like and how the ‘inferno of self-love’ works against this. Christ alone is the reference point for understanding the greatness of the highest love....
Transhumanism: Eternity in their hearts and a chip in their shoulder
Florence Gildea If the mortal coil were updated to fibre optic cable, would we have to shuffle off it? Welcome to Gnosticism 2.0, where the positively retro fear of mortality and disdain for physical bodies collides with techno-determinism. This talk will explore the religiosity of transhumanism and explain why Jesus will probably not be ‘coming with the iCloud’....
Eating People is Wrong: A description of Other-centred Love as the better Valentine
Andrew Fellows, Director of Round Church This talk explores what Other-centred love looks like and how the ‘inferno of self-love’ works against this. Christ alone is the reference point for understanding the greatness of the highest love....
Eros and Embodiment: what the cognitive scientific and philosophical work on metaphor teaches us about romantic love
Matthew Johnson, Philosophy PhD, University of Cambridge What is romantic love? And what distinguishes it from other forms of deep social relationship such as friendship? In this talk, we'll explore how some work from cognitive science and philosophy show us how metaphors may hold the answer, and even teach us how romantic relationships go right or wrong....