Carrs Lane Lectures in Radical Christian Faith

Lelcture 3 of the 2016 Carrs Lane Lectures in Radical Christian Faith

Theme: Biblical literalism - a Gentile Heresy

Speaker: Revd Dr Robert Reiss

1. The need for reasonable Christianity
2. Grave considerations
3. Afterlife?
4. Traditional beliefs?
5. The resurrection
6. The empty tomb and appearances
7. Gospel differences
8. Inconsistencies
9. Death - the end?
10. Memories

Introducing the theme of the 2016 Carrs Lane Lectures in Radical Christian Faith

Theme: Biblical literalism - a Gentile Heresy

Speaker: Julie Grove MBE

1. Introduction
2. A brief explanation of the recorded sessions and accompanying videos from 2015 by Chris Avis
3. Eliminating biblical fundamentalism
4. Matthew's liturgical synagogue stories
5. Filling the gap
6. Matthew's 'signs'
7. The Watches
8. Easter dawn - myth or reality?
9. A Jewish lens

Lecture 2 of the 2015 Carrs Lane Lectures in Radical Christian Faith

Theme: BELONGING without BELIEVING

Speaker: Revd Dr Harriet Harris

1. Introduction by Julie Grove MBE
2. Preparatory conversations - Revd Dr Harriet Harris
3. Views and opinions
4. Belief data?
5. Bodily life
6. Spiritual neglect
7. Empirical or metaphorical?
8. The creedal paradox

Questions and Answers:

• Essential belief
• Bodily resurrection

Lecture 1 of the 2015 Carrs Lane Lectures in Radical Christian Faith

Theme: BELONGING without BELIEVING

Speaker: Canon Brian Mountford

1. Welcome and introductions - Julie Grove MBE
2. Opening remarks - Brian Mountford
3. The pluralistic supermarket
4. 'Christian atheism'
5. More freedom to doubt
6. Christian atheist interests
7. Defining terms
8. Book writing after effects
9. More on theological impressionism

Questions and Answers:

• Defining theological experiences
• Challenging relationships

Lecture 3 of the 2014 Carrs Lane Lectures in Radical Christian Faith

Theme: Re-imaging God

Speaker: David Boulton, with Q&A session to David Boulton and Donald Horsfield

1. The old old story
2. An anticipated deliverer
3. Mark's agenda
4. Luke's perspective
5. Parables
6. Creedal power
7. Jacob Bottomley
8. A Ranters' carol
9. The power of reason
10. Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
11. A Humanist manifesto
12. Ours the responsibility
13. A peroration

Questions and Answers:

• Prayer and worship?
• Time on an unbelievable God?
• 'A cloud of unknowing'?
• 'No man cometh...'?
• What is the evidence?
• These topics and young people?
• Expectations at funerals?
• Being the hands of God?
• Oneness with the Universe?

Lecture 2 of the 2014 Carrs Lane Lectures in Radical Christian Faith

Theme: Re-imaging God

Speaker: David Boulton

1. Introduction by Julie Grove MBE
2. Opening comments
3. Troublesome and in trouble
4. My story
5. Fun and games
6. Crusader Bible Class
7. 'Social intercourse'
8. World in Action
9. 1652 country
10. The Sea of Faith
11. God's story
12. Origins
13. El versus Yahweh
14. A violent god
15. Hannah
16. Love songs

Lecture 1 of the 2014 Carrs Lane Lectures in Radical Christian Faith

Theme: Re-imaging God

Speaker: Donald Horsfield

1. Introduction by Julie Grove MBE
2. Welcome to the hors d'oeuvre
3. What's in a word?
4. God as 'Is'
5. A point beyond
6. An imprisoned God
7. Interconnected creation
8. A people in exile
9. Spirit of oneness
10. Clearing the baggage
11. Conclusions