Conferences
The Institute for Theological Partnerships will be hosting a number of events in 2011-12, if you would like to book a place or receive further information about any of the conferences please contact Lisa.Isherwood@winchester.ac.uk.
This conference will draw upon the experiences of African and Caribbean Christians in the UK to develop a viable and challenging postcolonial theology. The issues related to be a diasporic community and the way in which theology is created and understood within that context will be the central theme of this conference.
5-8th April, 2012 Re-visioning Easter within the Earth Story
The Cosmic Walk at the University is an integral part of the Institute for Theological Partnerships with issues of embodiment, ecology and cosmology being central to research interests and ethical concerns. It is a garden in which you wander through the cosmos!! That is to say the garden itself, the art work, the planting and the objects placed in it are meant to immerse you in the unfolding story of the cosmos which after all is the story that tells us all- we are particles of that story and to ask you to engage with what this may mean in our own unfolding spiritual journeys.
Fr Diarmuid O’Murchu who is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute and leading thinker in the area of quantum theology and spirituality will be leading an Easter Reflection in the Cosmic Walk at the University. He aims to enable us to think again about the events of the Easter story in the light of the Earth Story and unfolding cosmology. This will be explored through a series of lectures, reflective times, guided meditations, Easter liturgies and time to walk and talk together as we experience the gift of creation.
Remembering the Future: Commemorating a Decade of Change in Ireland and Britain 1912-1922
The immediate past violence in Northern Ireland had roots in earlier events which took place in Ireland between 1912-1922, the most defining events in Irish history. They shaped the political history of Ireland for the rest of the 20th century and the current peace process still has to struggle with that legacy and its unfinished business. Commemoration is a way for a community to look once more at its identity. Britain has been slow to acknowledge its part in the events of 1912-1922 and so the Institute for Theological Partnerships and the University are pleased to be part of this commemorating and healing process through a decade of conferences which will reflect on significant moments in that difficult period of Irish history. The first conference will be:.
9th/10th May 2012 ‘The Ulster Covenant’ to be held in Derry venue TBA.
A conference about how people are making primary schools into peaceful communities where all children are valued, listened to and helped to develop into well-rounded human beings and effective learners.
Theology will be holding their conference ‘Feminist Futures’ at the university. This conference will explore via a range of keynote lectures and seminars the ways in which feminist theology can shape religious and secular discourses in the future. Keynote speakers will include Catherine Keller [Drew University] and Hon Professor in the Institute for Theological Partnerships, University of Winchester, Dr Hannah Bacon, University of Chester & Prof Ulrika Auga, Humboldt University, Germany, Please contact Prof Isherwood for further details and the full programme.
10th November 2012 ‘The Spirit of Dissent’
The Spirit of Dissert is a joint conference with ITP and the Congregational Federation to be held in Whitney which will explore the ways in which dissenting theology has challenged not just the theological landscape but also the political and economic. Further details will be made available.