2016 LECTURES : "Faith in......"
When science exceeds faith, and vice-versa: reflections on belief by an evolutionary biologist
Dr Robert Asher
Dr Robert Asher
Robert J. Asher is a paleobiologist specializing in mammals and the author of “Evolution
and Belief: Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist”. He is currently the Curator of Vertebrates in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, where he studies evolutionary biology.
and Belief: Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist”. He is currently the Curator of Vertebrates in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, where he studies evolutionary biology.
Think globally, act locally
Polly Jones
Polly Jones
Polly has been campaigning on international issues for 20 years, with a range of UK NGOs, including Global Justice Now which she joined a Head of Campaigns and Policy in September 2013. Global Justice Now, formerly the World Development Movement, is a democratic social justice organisation mobilising people to take action on issues of inequality and injustice, particularly in the global south.
Rev Ric Stott
Ric Stott is an artist and Methodist pioneer minister. Over the last 5 years he has developed a ministry amongst artists in Sheffield.
As a result of this he is now part of a vibrant and growing community who explore art and spirituality and who run an artspace at 35 Chapel Walk in the heart of the city centre. Ric also has his own art practice as a painter. He explores embodied spirituality and sexuality, and, more recently the impact of place on our sense of self.
As a result of this he is now part of a vibrant and growing community who explore art and spirituality and who run an artspace at 35 Chapel Walk in the heart of the city centre. Ric also has his own art practice as a painter. He explores embodied spirituality and sexuality, and, more recently the impact of place on our sense of self.
Identity, Modernity and Faith
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown came to this country in 1972 from Uganda. She is a journalist who has written for The Guardian, Observer, The New York Times, and is now a regular columnist on The Independent. She is author of several books including, “No Place Like Home” an autobiographical account of a twice removed immigrant, and “True Colours” on the role of government on racial attitudes. She is a regular international public speaker. In 2001 she was appointed an MBE for services to journalism in the new year’s honours list. In 2003 she returned her MBE as a protest against the new empire in Iraq and a growing republicanism.
In 2005, she was voted the 10th most influential black/Asian woman in the country in a poll and in another as one of the most powerful Asian media professionals in the UK.
In 2005, she was voted the 10th most influential black/Asian woman in the country in a poll and in another as one of the most powerful Asian media professionals in the UK.
Living as Christians in Multi-faith Britain and the Importance of Religious Literacy
Michael Wakelin
Michael Wakelin
Michael is a religion and media consultant, Executive Associate in Public Education for the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, Director of Coexist Programmes, and ExecProducer TBI Media, having previously been Head of Religion and Ethics at the BBC.
