Theme for 2006-07 lectures: Liberating Texts? Revelation, Identity and Public Life
In the contemporary context sacred texts are often regarded
as deeply problematic, seen as contributing to the rise of
fundamentalisms. In relation to the Abrahamaic faiths, the
Ebor lectures for 2006-07 seek to discover how traditions of
interpretation can be used to release the potential of sacred texts
for public life. How can sacred texts encourage respectful
dialogue and conversation in a plural context? How can sacred
texts be interpreted in ways which illuminate and re-imagine public
life? How do religious traditions negotiate their identity in
relation to the meaning of their sacred texts in ways which are
both faithful and open to new insight? How can a sacred text
contribute to the exploration of public life – liberation, justice,
truth, hope and identity?
The Speakers
13 September 2006 at York
Minster
‘Uncovering the Purposes of
God’
The Most Reverend and Right
Honourable Dr John Sentamu - Archbishop of York
8 November 2006 at York St John
University
‘God and our Public Life: A Scriptural
Wisdom’
Professor David Ford -
Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge
6 December 2006 at York St John
University
‘Text and Context: Making Sense of Islam in the Modern
World’
Dr Ataullah Siddiqui -
Director, Markfield Institute of Higher Education
7 February 2007 at York
Minster
‘Sacred Text and the Transcendence of Tradition: the
Bible in a Pluralist Society’
The Revd Professor Frances
Young - Emeritus Professor of the University of
Birmingham
14 March 2007 at York St John
University
‘The Bible and Modern Israel’
Rabbi Professor Dan
Cohn-Sherbok - Professor of Judaism, University of Wales,
Lampeter
16 May 2007 at York Minster
‘Religious Traditions in the Context of a Liberal
Democracy’
The Rt Hon The Baroness Williams
of Crosby