Words and the Word: word, image, ritual in religion and life
This year’s conference will take place from 2-5 September 2019 at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
Conference
2019: Words and the Word
Timetable
Monday 2 September
- 3-4 pm – arrivals, registration
- 4.30 pm – Welcome from Vice-Chancellor of St Mary’s University & Head of Institute of Theology
- 5-6pm: Prof Anthony Towey, ‘A Grammar of Dissent: RE in schools and the language of faith’
Tuesday 3 September (Open Day)
- 9-10.30am: Prof David Brown, ‘Art and the teaching of theology”
- 11-12.30, 2-3.30pm, and 4.30-6pm: short papers
Wednesday 4 September
- 9-10.30am: Prof Stephen Bullivant, ‘We confess that we are atheists’
- 11-12.30: Dr Alastair Lockheart, ‘Holy places & religious language in new religious movements’
- 2-3.30pm: Roxanna Panufnik, ‘The spiritual language of music’
- 3.30-6pm: time free for networking
- 6pm: Drinks reception followed by Conference Dinner
Thursday 5 September
- 9-10.30am: Prof Janet Soskice, ‘The names of God’
- 11-12.30: Prof Lewis Ayres, ‘The apohphaticism of Christian language: lessons from Basil of Caesarea’
- 12.30 pm: Requiem Mass for deceased members
- 2-3.30pm: AGM followed by tea and departures