Thinking Allowed
Looking at issues in faith and society. All welcome, no matter your faith or background.
Contact Revd Dr Donald MacEwan (dgm21@st-andrews.ac.uk) for further information.
Weekly on Thursday evenings, 8 - 9:30 pm
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Programme
| 28 January | What is a Christian? |
| 4 February | Religion divine and human. What to make of certain challenging depictions of God in the Bible? How to discern true from false prophets? |
| 11 February |
Migration and faith |
| 18 February |
Prayer: who, what, where, when, how and why |
| 25 February | Is Christianity hostile to the body? Does it prioritize the intellectual and spiritual side of human being as true existence? |
| 4 March | What does our perception of time tell us about eternity? |
| 11 March | How can we gain ethical standpoints from the Bible for our current society given the different historical context of the Bible (especially with regard to family/ marriage/ relationship/ sexuality)? Why should we turn to the Bible when it comes to moral or ethical issues? |
| 18 March |
Justice divine and human |
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Spring Vacation |
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| 8 April |
Is Christian mission even now a form of (Western) colonialism? How can we prevent it becoming imperialistic? |
| 15 April |
Churches and denominations |
| 22 April |
Kingdom of God, eternal life and heaven |