18th May – 20th May 2017

Organised religion is not only in crisis because it is perceived as irrelevant and its adherents hypocritical, but because the language and liturgies of faith posit a God that no longer makes sense in the age of science, or is confounding, even deadly, in its partisan logic. It is often said that we are made in the image of God, but in practice, many of the faithful have made God in their own image.

For millions the patriarch of Heaven is dead, and violence in the name of a deity that has been conscripted for every cause and conflict must be replaced by what Tillich called the ‘Ground of Being’, and Barbara Brown Taylor called ‘The Luminous Web.’ This requires new ways to worship, pray, and be faithful in the world. Atheists are coming out of the closet, including Rev. Robin Meyers.

Robin Meyers is an American Christian minister, peace activist, philosophy professor and author of seven books on Progressive Christianity and Western society. He has been a columnist and an award-winning commentator for NPR and the Senior Minister of the Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ in Oklahoma City since 1985. He is Distinguished Professor of Social Justice in the Philosophy Department at Oklahoma City University, where he has taught since 1991.

This course includes entry to God as The Luminous Web: A Public Lecture with Robin Meyers.

Residential prices start from £215, non-residential from £150. Discount rates for clergy and students apply.

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