Firth Lectures 2016: Imagining Faith; perceptions of religious belief in modern writing - Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, looks at three piece of contemporary fiction to explore how they descibe the religious person and how within those stories there is a portrayal of holiness. This is first of the two Firth Lectures in the University for 2016.
The Firth Memorial Lectureship was founded by the Reverend John d’ewe Evelyn Firth in memory of his father, John Benjamin Firth, Historian of Nottingham and his mother Helena Gertrude Firth. The lecturer is appointed biennially by the Council of the University on the recommendation of the Senate of the University, and under the terms of the Trust the lecturer delivers a public lecture or lectures on some aspect of the Christian Faith in relation to contemporary problems.The first person to hold the Lectureship was the renowned theologian Paul Tillich and there has been a series of eminent theologians and philosophers who have included among others Baroness Warnock and Professor Jϋrgen Moltmann.
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The nice man in the black shirt was really mithered before asking his question, but rightly too, as it was a really good and brilliantly expressed question! Well Done my Friend!
"Is what is loved by the Gods, just, because it is just? or is what is just, just, because it is loved by the Gods? From 'The Republic' c.380 BC Plato ( 429bc - 347bc )
Patrick Moore 1923 - 2012 English Amateur Astronomer, Writer, Researcher, Radio Commentator and Television Presenter.
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"I dote upon the thoroughbred look."
Lord Byron ( 1788 - 1824 )
Couldn'y work out the 2 writers he mentioned, can you help me? Ian McEwan and who else? thanks