Monday 15 – Thursday 18 September Kalyan Dey tries to uncover the original writer of the gospel of John and to reveal his message and his purpose in writing. A fascinating and surprising, almost Sufiistic approach, to John’s gospel that reveals a new understanding of the text.How much of a text is tied to …
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  Sunday 31 July – Thursday 4 August Advance booking is recommended.Intended for those who have completed Robert’s earlier course (either this year or previously) this course will take your hard-earned grammatical knowledge of Latin forward to the next step, and from there – who knows?The inimitable Robert Parker returns to Gladstone’s Library ready to marshall …
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  Monday 18 – Sunday 24 August Non creditis nos? Cernere ipsos! Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was your Latin. Robert Parker returns for another year to lead you by hand down the dusty annals of Classic Latin.  Does the possessive go there? or does that word belong to that gender? Is …
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  Monday 11 – Sunday 17 August ??? ??? ?????????; ????? ??? ????? ??? Profess and philosophise with Aristotle! Ideal for anyone wishing to learn New Testament Greek or even those wanting to improve their knowledge of it.  This tried and tested course – a very successful way of learning the basics of New Testament Greek – …
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  Monday 4 – Sunday 10 August ?? ??????? ???? ??? ????? Lyn Bechtel offers this exciting way in which to enjoy and understand Biblical Hebrew.  This staple of the Gladstone’s calendar is a tried and tested means of either beginning from scratch or revising. Tickets: Fully inclusive price £564 – £504 residential/ non-residential £294

  Monday 28 July – Sunday 3 August For the old or young; the seasoned gossip or the blossoming  bard. Intended for all interested participants, this is for you and requires no prior knowledge. Julie Brake will ensure that you leave us with a new language.Nid ydynt yn credu i ni? Gweler er eich hunan.’ All …
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  Friday 18 – Sunday 20 July Gladstone’s Library, a national memorial to the Grand Old Man, is the perfect setting for the annual colloquium for scholars and Gladstone enthusiasts. This weekend includes a trip to Gladstone’s Temple of Peace at Hawarden Castle.   Tickets: Fully inclusive price: £168 – £188 residential/ £98 non-residential

  Friday 4 – Sunday 6 July Does liberal theology have a future? Or is it a concept that has had its time? Ian Bradley, Garry Dorrien, Peter Francis, Martyn Percy, Keith Ward and Linda Woodhead investigate how we can re-present liberal theology for the 21st Century.Liberal Christianity has an honorable history but does it …
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  Friday 23 – Sunday 25 May ‘…For your self firstly, and then if other people want to join in then there we are.’ – R.S. Thomas John G. McEllhenney, author and a long time correspondent with Thomas, offers a fresh insight on the poems of R.S. Thomas in a course which will allude to …
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  Friday 25 – 27 April 2014 This hugely successful film course returns to Gladstone’s for the seventeenth outing of this annual film and theology weekend. Over the course of these three days films will be viewed, discussed and reflected upon. To be included: Banard’s The Selfish Giant (2013), Trapero’s White Elephant (2013), Hardy’s The Wicker Man …
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