Liberating Texts? Book of the first Ebor Lectures series now available
In Liberating
Texts? representatives of the great three Abrahamic faiths
reflect on the use and abuse of scriptures in public life.
They ask: How can sacred texts be used to encourage respectful
conversation and interaction among people of different
faiths? How can the scriptures be interpreted in ways that
illuminate and enhance public life? How do people negotiate
their religious identity in relation to the meaning of their
scriptures in ways that are both faithful to tradition and open to
new insight? And how can sacred texts contribute to the way
we deal with the key concerns of public life hope, liberation,
justice, identity and truth?
The distinguished list of contributors comprises: John Sentamu,
Archbishop of York; David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at the
University of Cambridge; Ataullah Siddiqui, Director of Markfield
Institute of Higher Education; Frances Young, Emeritus Professor of
Theology at the University of Birmingham and a Fellow of the
British Academy; Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Professor of Judaism at the
University of Wales (Lampeter); and Shirley Williams, former Leader
of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
Sebastian Kim is Professor of Theology and Public Life at York
St John University, Jonathan Draper is Canon Theologian of York
Minster and chairs the Ebor Lectures Committee.
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Copies of the book are for sale before each of the Ebor
Lectures or from the Theology Faculty Office, York St John
University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York. Order by E: eborlectures@yorksj.ac.uk or
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