I Dream a World
This year’s Lent series looks at five contemporary worlds, and their ability to shape our imaginations for good or ill.

Heaven and our imagination

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_ February 27th 7:30pm-9:00pm

The biblical scholar Paula Gooder will be looking at contemporary views of heaven and the life hereafter, and asking how these stack up to what was believed when the Bible was written?



    

 

Cyberspace: the world in which our children are growing up
March 12th 7:30pm-9:00pm

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_  Debbie Herring, Head of Theology at Bloxham School will be examining how the imaginations of the young have been influenced by growing up with the internet, how it shapes their possibilities, how it changes how they make   relationships.

When worlds collide: the church and the marketplace
March 26th 7:30pm-9:00pm

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_ Giles Fraser, until recently the Canon  Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, is a broadcaster and founding member of Inclusive Church.  Giles will be examining the opportunities and pitfalls of being a minister of the gospel in the financial hothouse of the City of London.

Celebrity and the promise of fulfilment

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March 5th 7:30pm-9:00pm

Pete Ward, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, will be examining how celebrity    culture has become so prevalent in our time, why is it so compelling? What promise do celebrities hold for their devotees?


Justice: working towards a new world
March 19th 7:30pm-9:00pm

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_ Ann Pettifor, is honorary Fellow of the New Economics Foundation and Executive Director of Advocacy International which undertakes    research and advises governments and     organisations on matters relating to international finance and sustainable development.  Ann will be describing her work and how it is possible to hold out for a just and equitable world.

_  All the talks are free of charge and are preceded by light refreshments.