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Ebor Lectures continue with Cambridge Professor
Published: on 2nd November 2006 by Alix Peacock in Press Releases
CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY CONTINUES THE EBOR LECTURE SERIES
Professor David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge will be the speaker at the second of the Ebor lecture series for 2006 to 2007 on Wednesday 8th November 2006. After the great success of the first lecture led by the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, the series will now continue with a lecture entitled 'God and our Public Life: A Scriptural Wisdom'.
The Ebor Lecture series has been jointly organised by York Minster, York St John University, The York Institute for Community Theology, The Carmelites and The Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber. This joint venture attempts to relate theology with public issues in contemporary society. It also acts as an ecumenical project, which wishes to build bridges between various faith communities. These lectures relate faith to public issues such as politics, economics, contemporary culture and spirituality.
Professor Ford began his career in 1976 as a lecturer at the University of Birmingham, he went on to become a senior lecturer, in 1991 he then became Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Professor Ford has had his work widely published in a range of theological and interfaith journals as well as being author and co-author of several books. He is also a co-founder of the Society for Scriptural Reasoning and is currently Director of the Cambridge Interfaith Programme. Professor Ford's interest and expertise lie in the shaping of universities and particularly the fields of religious studies and theology within universities. He is also interested in interfaith dialogue and the relation of faiths to secular cultures, traditions and forces.
The lecture will be held in the chapel at York St John University on Wednesday 8th November 2006 at 7.00pm. Admission is free but by ticket only. To book a ticket please email eborlectures@yorksj.ac.uk or write to Ebor Lectures, School of Education and Theology, York St John University College, Lord Mayor's Walk, York, YO31 7EX.
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