Christian Faithfulness in a Pluralist Society (Jan 2006)
Saturday 28th January 2006 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
10.30 – The Middle East and the theologians: response to what is happening there.- Stephen Sizer (vicar of Christ Church, Virginia Water who has written several books, the most recent being “Christian Zionism: road map to Armageddon?”, IVP 2004).
11.30 – Coffee
12.00 – Tolerance and Society- John Coffey (Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, who has recently written on “Persecution and toleration in Protestant England”, Longman 2000)
1.00 – Lunch
2.00 – Mission in a Post-Christian Society- David Smith (Lecturer in Urban Mission and World Christianity, at the International Christian College, Glasgow; his interests and publications focus on the future of mission in relation to religious pluralism)
3.00 – Coffee
3.30 – Engaging with Islam- Ida Glaser (Senior Teaching and Research Fellow, Edinburgh Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies; her research interests include comparative theology, missiology and the biblical theology of religions)