Jonathan Gordon Smith, author of Advaita, Christianity and the Third Space: Abhishiktananda and Bede Griffiths in India, has written an article for Transforming Ministry titled, 'Interreligious Dialogue - a space for learning', about how his encounter with another religious tradition led to a deeper engagement with his own. Please read his post here: Interreligious Dialogue… Continue reading Jonathan Gordon Smith on Interreligious Dialogue
Category: Religious Studies
June Boyce-Tillman Celebration Concert
‘WE SHALL GO OUT WITH GRATITUDE WITHIN US’, a concert in celebration of the life and work of Rev. Prof. June Boyce-Tillman MBE, was held on 4 November 2019. Many friends, family, musicians, colleagues and alumni came together for the event. A video of the concert is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsbSzzdOzvU&feature=youtu.be… Continue reading June Boyce-Tillman Celebration Concert
International Network for Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing website launches
The International Network for Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing website has launched! 'The International Network for Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing embraces the social, personal, spiritual and political aspects of wellbeing. Our mission is to promote wellbeing in individuals, communities, organisations and the environment, through the use of music.' Read more about their activities here. The network… Continue reading International Network for Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing website launches
Book launch: Power-Knowledge in Tabari’s «Histoire» of Islam
Power-Knowledge in Tabari’s «Histoire» of Islam: Politicizing the past in Medieval Islamic Historiography by Amir Moghadam and Terence Lovat will be launched at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford on 22 November 2019. The launch will take place in Talbot Hall, LMH in Norham Gardens at 2 pm. All are welcome! «This is an outstanding work on… Continue reading Book launch: Power-Knowledge in Tabari’s «Histoire» of Islam
Book launch: Orthodoxy and Ecumenism
Photos from the launch: June Boyce-Tillman’s Freedom Song
June Boyce-Tillman's autobiography, Freedom Song: Faith, Abuse, Music and Spirituality, was launched on 23 January 2019 at the University of Winchester. Read more about her book and series here.
Call for papers: The Spirituality of the Music of John Tavener
Possible Book Contribution to the Peter Lang book series on Music and Spirituality Call for Chapters: Chief Editor (and series editor) The Rev Professor June Boyce-Tillman. Submissions will be considered by an international peer review panel. Following a number of successful books in the Peter Lang book series on Music and Spirituality, The Rev Professor… Continue reading Call for papers: The Spirituality of the Music of John Tavener
History Scotland article about Thomas Chalmers by David C. Jackson
David C. Jackson has published an article in History Scotland about nineteenth-century Scottish theologian Thomas Chalmers, the subject of his newly published book The Pilgrimage and Conversion of Thomas Chalmers: Following His Journey from Anstruther to Glasgow. Please click here to read the article. Dr Jackson's book follows the life and work of Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847) from… Continue reading History Scotland article about Thomas Chalmers by David C. Jackson
Book launch: The Pilgrimage and Conversion of Thomas Chalmers
The Pilgrimage and Conversion of Thomas Chalmers, by David C. Jackson, will be launched at 3pm on Wednesday 25 April at the University Chapel, Glasgow. Copies of the book will be sold during the event by the academic bookseller John Smith. The full address of the launch venue is Chapel Corridor (South), West Quadrangle, Main… Continue reading Book launch: The Pilgrimage and Conversion of Thomas Chalmers
Collective Worship and Religious Observance in Schools published
«An important achievement: ‹important› in addressing increasingly controversial issues, ‹achievement› in bringing legal and education experts together. Since the 1944 Education Act introduced a requirement for daily acts of collective worship in schools, society has become increasingly secular and diverse. How to reconcile such diversity with aspirations of many to maintain a religious perspective? This… Continue reading Collective Worship and Religious Observance in Schools published