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History In The Round Talks

The Round Church is one of Cambridge’s oldest and best-known buildings. It predates the University by almost a century. It is one of only four round churches still standing in the UK. It has been much loved and discussed by poets, preachers, antiquarians, and journalists down the centuries. And yet so much about its past remains a mystery. Debunking some popular stories about wandering Knights Templar, this talk, held in the beautiful setting of the Round Church itself, uncovers the far more fascinating truths that lay behind this amazing building. It looks at the foundation of the church in the early decades of the twelfth century and some of the ideas which led its founders to make it round.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/26144425/robert-evans-deciphering-the-round-church.mp3[/embed]...

A talk on Martin Luther King Jr's African American Baptist background and its defining influence on the spiritual beliefs underlying his work for social justice.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/25114521/ian-randall-spirituality-and-martin-luther-king-jr.mp3[/embed]...

In this History in the Round Talk, James Patrick explores the positive tradition of philosemitism, or love for the Jewish people, which has distinguished British Christianity from Anglo-Saxon times through to the British Empire.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12170116/james-patrick-british-christian-history-and-the-jewish-people.mp3[/embed]...

In the inaugural History in the Round Talk, Robert Evans addresses the practice of history in the early middle ages and some questions it raises for today.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12170307/robert-evans-god-and-history-in-the-early-medieval-west.mp3[/embed]...