Gowland Public Lectures
The Gowland Public Lectures have their origins in a separate science-religion organisation 'The Christ and the Cosmos Initiative, founded by the Revd Bill Gowland (a former Chairman of the Methodist Conference). This organisation merged with the Science and Religion Forum in 2003 and the lectures have continued at our conferences ever since where they have been warmly welcomed.
2022 Lecture - UPCOMING
Title: The God with Clay: Theology in a World of Mass, Energy, and Information
Speaker: Prof. Niels Henrick Gregersen, University of Copenhagen
Date: 26th May 2022
A public link will be posted here nearer the time for viewing. This lecture is part of our wider conference on 'Information and Reality – Questions for Religions and Science' running May 26th - 28th 2022.
2021 Lecture
Title: Transformative Creatures: Theology, Gender Diversity and Human Identity.
Speakers: Professor Susannah Cornwall with a response from the Rev. Canon Rachel Mann.
Date: 26th May 2021
Title: Where Tech and Humanity Meet: Practice and Formation in the Church and Posthumanism
Speaker: Dr Michael Burdett
Date: 11th April 2019