Upcoming Events

Life in the Round

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. In this Round Church Talk, Florence Gildea explores the religiosity of transhumanism and explains why Jesus will probably not be ‘coming with the iCloud'.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12165912/florence-gildea-transhumanism.mp3[/embed]...

27 Oct

Is there any good news for the suffering self? For Brené Brown, Houston based 'vulnerability researcher' and TED Talk phenomenon, empathy – vulnerability meeting vulnerability – is the only antidote. But Bob Dylan finds something else to say: 'Thank God, I'm not me.' This is the route I'll take, both the 'thank God' as this talk will draw on the resources of Christian theology and the 'I'm not me' as I'll suggest that 'I' am not the final answer to the question 'Who am I?'   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12164941/jonathan-linebaugh-im-not-me-shame-and-the-self-with-st-paul.mp3[/embed]...

28 Apr

The lives of universities are inherently directed towards that which is considered valuable. Currently, issues of purpose, justification, funding, and freedom flare up regularly and point toward questions of ultimate value. Contemporary accounts of human life and thought, however, struggle to answer these questions satisfactorily. Alden McCray examines what a Christian account of the intellectual life, human flourishing and the world might offer to the current discussions about the life of the university.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12165229/alden-mccray-whats-the-point-of-the-university.mp3[/embed]...

27 Jan

If you could live forever, would you want to? At first glance it seems an easy question. But wouldn’t such an existence become utterly boring? Assuming one would desire immortality, are there any reasons to hope for it? In this Round Church Talk, Jon Thompson draws on philosophy, poetry and art to explore these questions and possible answers.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12165040/jon-thompson-who-wants-to-live-forever.mp3[/embed]...

25 Nov

Everyone aspires to be happy. This Round Church Talk looks at what happiness is and provides a brief history of happiness, examining ancient, Enlightenment and modern prescriptions for the satisfied life.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12164623/andrew-fellows-the-department-of-supreme-happiness.mp3[/embed]...

The American filmmaker Terrence Malick (known for A Thin Red Line, Tree of Life and Knight of Cups) is one of cinema’s most mysterious figures. Notably camera shy and often called a recluse, Malick has released only seven films since his 1973 debut – five of them after a twenty-year hiatus. Philip Johnston (L'Abri Fellowship Hampshire) traces how Malick's canon reveals a compelling ideological trajectory from nihilism to a more Christian sensibility.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12164234/philip-johnston-nature-and-grace-in-the-work-of-terrence-malick.mp3[/embed]...

07 Feb

Stephen Meyer delivers introductory remarks at the Round Church during the opening session of the Conference on Intelligent Design vs Chance.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/13145539/stephen-meyer-intelligent-design-vs-chance-round-church-conference.mp3[/embed]...

This talk looks at how the Christian sexual ethic speaks to the insecurities of the modern world.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12163703/florence-gildea-sexual-consumerism-how-we-buy-and-sell-ourselves.mp3[/embed]...

Glynn Harrison, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Bristol, discusses the relationship between functions of the brain and spiritual experience.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12163126/glynn-harrison-god-in-the-brain-is-belief-an-accident-of-human-neuropsychology.mp3[/embed]...

23 Nov

Arif Ahmed and Tom Simpson discuss the topic of miracles and whether belief in the supernatural is irrational. The discussion follows a lecture given by John Lennox the previous evening.   [embed]https://roundchurchcambridge.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/13150046/ahmed-and-simpson-debate-on-miracles-is-belief-in-the-supernatural-irrational.mp3[/embed]...