culture, identity and the public square
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13 December 2010
Church in the public square conference
Members of the CTBI networks met to reflect on how the Church should relate to our changing society. You can listen to some of the presentations, including those from The Most Rev'd Vincent Nichols, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, and Revd Dr Kathy Galloway, Head of Christian Aid Scotland.
CTBI Networking Conference 2010: Church in the Public Square
9 June 2009
thePROJECT:2, 'In the Flesh'
thePROJECT, a Scottish festival of arts, culture and faith, launches its first, physical event on Saturday 20th June in Edinburgh. It promises a "clanjamfrie of music, poetry, creativity, conviviality, workshops and worship".
thePROJECT website 
10 March 2009
BIAPT 2009 Conference
Public Theology: Dialogue in the Public Square
Keynote talks include 'What Makes a Good City? Public Theology and the Urban Church', 'Friendship: A Model for Interfaith Dialogue' and 'Passionate People, Passionate Places: Regeneration and the Churches' Role in a Changing North East'. 14th - 16th July, 2009 at Ushaw College, Durham.
The British & Irish Association for Practical Theology
26/27 August 2008
Faith and Citizenship: Friends or Enemies
This conference explores the academic debate concerning the historical, theological and philosophical relationship between faith and citizenship; looks at political action and the community organising as a means of relating faith and citizenship; and addresses the relationship between the two in schools and education.
Programme (PDF)
London Metropolitan University website
13 May 2008
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor gives a personal perspective on Faith in Britain today at the Cardinal's Lectures: Faith and Life in Britain .
4 April 2008
Tony Blair talked on Faith and Globalisation at the Cardinal's Lectures: Faith and Life in Britain .
29 January 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, presented the James Callaghan Memorial lecture entitled Religious Hatred and Religious Offence
28 March 2007
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor delivered the Thirtieth Thomas Corbishley Memorial Lecture on The Kingdom of God and this World: the Church in Public Life.
