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November 2021

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We are delighted to let you know that we have a face-to-face event coming up soon! We are looking forward to welcoming you back to Lindisfarne House, with our guest speaker,  Rev. Dr. Stephen May, who many of you will remember from previous talks.

 

THE GALILEO CONTROVERSY

Rev. Dr. Stephen May

Tuesday  16th November
Lindisfarne House, 4 Barbourne Terrace,
Worcester WR1 3JS

 

Rev Dr Stephen May

Galileo: the Man and the Myth

For more than a century – and today as much as ever – the story of Galileo’s 17th Century clash with the Catholic Church has been gleefully seized upon by detractors of the church as evidence for “the war of science and religion”. Theologian and historian Stephen May will examine the truth (or otherwise) of this claim. In particular, does the Galileo Controversy still have lessons for the church today?

Stephen is a former lecturer in Systematic Theology at the University of Auckland, and a former member of the Bible and Science committee, with an early love of astronomy, a first degree in history, and continuing interests in it, as well as the relation of science and faith.

Doors open at 7.30pm for coffee and cake.
The event begins at 8pm.

ALL WELCOME

Entry and refreshments free – optional donation – free parking

CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN A POST-MODERN SOCIETY – WHO NEEDS IT?

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The sexual revolution as a case study

Rev. Dr. Mathew Clark

Tuesday 17th October

8pm at Lindisfarne House

4 Barbourne Terrace, Worcester WR1 3JS

Dr Mathew Clark

A popular book once argued that men and women come from different planets – Mars and Venus. This useful metaphor can be invoked in understanding differences in the basic understanding that each of us brings to any discussion of issues such as human sexuality, science and religion, and the value of human life. In 1945 both religious and public morality affirmed (yes, often hypocritically) that legitimate sexual intimacy should occur solely within the bounds of a permanent hetero-sexual marriage covenant. For a sixteen-year old in 2017 UK, 1945 sounds like an alien planet. This talk focuses on the philosophical and cultural transition underlying the change, and reflects on the dynamics of two opposing world-views in conflict: Judaeo-Christian and secular humanist.

Rev. Dr. Clark is the Dean of Doctoral Studies at Regent’s Theological College, Malvern.

All welcome – entry and refreshments free (coffee and cake) – optional  donation – free parking.  For more information, please call 01905 641987.  

 

Christianity and the Development of Science – A Historical View

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Tuesday 19th January 2016 at 8:00pm, Lindisfarne House, 4 Barbourne Terrace, Worcester, WR1 3JS.

It is sometimes claimed that without Christianity there would have been no modern science. While this view is an exaggeration, intimate links between Christian doctrine and the growth of the empirical sciences were forged during the Industrial Revolution.

Professor John Hedley Brooke

Professor John Hedley Brooke

 

Prof. Brooke will consider the way in which scientific research has been justified in theological terms and will refer to some of the great names of 17th centuryscience (Boyle, Bacon, Newton …) and to arguments that Christianity provided some of the pre-conditions of an enduring scientific culture.

About Professor John Hedley Brooke

Prof. Brooke is currently Professor of the History of Science at Lancaster University and Visiting Professor in the School of Philosophy, Religious Studies and the History of Science, University of Leeds. A former Editor of the British Journal for the History of Science, he has been President of the British Society for the History of Science and of the Historical Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.