Study Days 2008

  1. ‘THE QUEEN’, 8 March 2008
  2. Law and Religion, Implicit and Explicit: applying the theory, 19 April 2008
  3. The Boundaries of the Secular, the Religious and the Spiritual, 7 June 2008

TOLLERTON CHURCH, NORTH YORKSHIRE: 9.30 - 4.00 Saturday 8 MARCH 2008

Come and spend a day with ‘THE QUEEN’!

The highly praised award winning film, The Queen, was shown again over Christmas. Whether you watched it then or earlier, it will have made you think. You are invited to come and explore further. (Even if you missed it, we will be replaying the highlights of a nation’s response to Princess Diana’s death.) We will investigate the way that ritual, and religious imagery e.g. pilgrimage, shrine, homage, icon, symbol, and the needing to gather to express grief, becomes important to human beings whatever their religious or spiritual belief. Revd. Dr Edward Bailey, Anglican priest and also founder of the Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality, will lead our day from his perspective that ‘by coincidence, some of the longings which human beings have, happen to coincide with some of the things religions ‘do’’.

The cost of the day will be £15.00, which includes all refreshments and a home cooked lunch. Alternatively, you could pay £10.00 and bring your own packed lunch.

Homemade Menu to choose from...

This event is now fully booked. Please ring Ann Bowes, 01423 360339 for information and to go on a waiting list to replace those who drop out.

‘THE QUEEN’

Different people have different ‘Sacred’s: Is Spirituality sacred or secular? Is it about individual longing, or a collective experience? In order to begin to explore these issues, here is today’s suggested framework.

9.30 am

Arrivals/coffee
10 am

Session 1: Implicit Religion. Introduction. Ritual

  1. Our experience of Royalty. In groups of 3
  2. Report back together
    • Why are we so interested in Royalty?
    • What is its significance in our lives?
11 am

Coffee
11.15

Session 2: Film, Shaping by media

  1. Excerpts from The Queen
  2. Discussion: Is Royalty a National Sacred?
12.15

Lunch
1.45

Session 3

  1. What are our other ‘Sacred’?

    2. What brings us to life? About what are we passionate? In Trios.

  2. Discussion and report
2.45

Tea
3 pm

Session 4

  1. What are our Collective or Communal Sacreds?
    • What does this have to say to us?
    • How does it dictate the things which happen to us?
    • How does it dictate the decisions we make?
    • Where is our ‘free will’ in all this?
  2. What are the implications of this for public life and/or religion?
4 pm

Depart

CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY: 10.00 - 4.30 Saturday 19 APRIL 2008

Law and Religion, Implicit and Explicit: applying the theory

Philosophers of law have been known to say, ‘Yes! Of course!’, when they first met the suggestion that the legal system has an inherent religion of its own – influenced by the official religion of its social context, but nevertheless distinct from it. This Study Day will begin exploring the implications of this insight.

The Programme, which combines important contributions, with time for both plenary and informal discussion, is set out in full after the Registration Form.

Please Register. Canterbury Christ Church University is kindly providing both the venue and the refreshments, so it is all the more necessary for us to let them know how many lunches to provide, by the previous Monday (14 April), please.

LAW AND RELIGION, IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT: APPLYING THE THEORY

10.00 - 4.30, Saturday 19 APRIL 2008

Priory Cottages Room PcG01, St Martin’s Priory, North Holmes Campus, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent CT1

10 amCoffee
10.30Gwen Griffiths Dickson, Gresham Professor of Law 2005-6 Religion and Society
11.30Coffee
11.45Peter Edge, Professor of Law, Oxford Brookes University Religion and Law
12.45Sandwich lunch, provided by University
1.45Edward Bailey, Visiting Professor of Implicit Religion, Middlesex University
Implicit Religion: a very short introduction
2 pmSharon Hanson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Canterbury Christ Church University
Law as Implicit Religion
3 pmTea
3.15Plenary discussion: practical implications, and future directions for research

Cost: Free, thanks to the generosity of Canterbury Christ Church University.

Please Register, using (e.g.) the Form above, with Dr Sharon Hanson (01227 78 2215) of the Department of Crime and Policing Studies, at the above address.

FRIENDS’ MEETING HOUSE, ST GILES, OXFORD: 10.30 - 3.45 Saturday 7 JUNE 2008

The Boundaries of the Secular, the Religious and the Spiritual

The Alister Hardy Society supporting the work of the Religious Experience Research Centre at the University of Wales, Lampeter & the World Congress of Faiths invite you to a Study Day.

The cost of the day will be: AHS & WCF Members £15.00, Non-members £20.00, Concessions £10.00.

Enquiries: Marianne Rankin: 01684 772417. Friends’ Meeting House: 01865 557373.

The Boundaries of the Secular, the Religious and the Spiritual

10.30 am

Coffee
11 am

‘Implicit Religion’ – What might that be?

Revd. Canon Dr. Edward Bailey

Edward Bailey was Rector of Winterbourne for 36 years before retiring in 2006. He edits Implicit Religion, an academic journal devoted to the subject, Which he initiated in 1968.
Noon

Crossing the Boundaries: An Interfaith Perspective

Revd. Marcus Braybrooke

Marcus Braybrooke is a retired Anglican priest. He is President of the World Congress of Faiths, Co-Founder of the Three Faiths Forum and a Peace Councillor.

He is also the Author of over forty books on World Religions and Christianity.
1 pm

Lunch

(Please bring your own lunch; tea/coffee provided)
2 pm

The Personal Perspective

Mary Braybrooke

Mary Braybrooke is a social worker who has worked with children and kidney patients. She was a magistrate for 29 years in Bath and Oxford.
3 pm

Discussion
3.45

Departures

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