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What's New for March 2008
Book early for the 2008 National Conference
Fri 25 - Sun 27 July 2008
The 21st Annual Conference of Sea of Faith Network (UK) is going to be held at Liverpool Hope University
This year's topic is In the Making - Creativity in Religion and the Arts
Speakers include:
George Pattison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford
Don Cupitt, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Honorary Life President of SoF (UK).
David Boulton's new book out soon!
Who on Earth Was Jesus? — David Boulton, a long-standing member of SoF and a sometime committee member, has a new book published next month entitled Who on Earth was Jesus?, price £14.99, obtainable from the Quaker Bookshop or the publishers ('O' Books)
More details can be found on David's personal website.
David has been a keen student of contemporary Jesus studies for many years and we are pleased to announce that this month we are offering a free e-book by him. The text of Will The Real Jesus Please Stand Up was first performed in 2000 in Manchester Cathedral but is still fresh and challenging. Paper-back copies are available by post for £3.00 (inc p&p).
Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? — Download your free copy (3 Mb)
"Jesus Christ, Superstar, who or what do they say you are?"
"Jesus: Jee-zuss, Personal name, late Hebrew or Aramaic form of 'Joshua', meaning 'Yahweh is salvation'. Also an expletive".
Featured articles...
Editorial and Articles from the March edition of Sofia magazine
Listen to podcasts of the 2007 UK National Conference
Saving the Earth and Humankind — by Jonathon Porritt (6.8 Mb)
Threading a Camel through the Eye of a Needle — by Stephanie Dowrick (7.8 Mb)
Where on Earth will it End? - Consumerism as Theodicy — Tim Jackson (6.4 Mb)
For more information about podcasts go to our podcasts page
God on the Silver Screen...
God is Not Great! - In contrast to last month we have a TV show from the USA in which leading "New Atheist" Christopher Hitchens, author of 'God is Not Great', debates God and Atheism with the Rev Al Sharpton. Watch the sparks fly!Read the latest Thought Bubble...
Thought Bubbles (or TBubbles for short) are a new ventue for SoF. Every other week we are publishing short opinion-pieces by a variety of contributors on a variety of topics. Tbubbles are between 500 and 800 words long and appear on a sister website. You can receive them by email by contacting the Bubble-Master (contact details on the TBubbles site). Click on the TBubble image to browse the website
Local Group Blogs...
Sea of Faith has a network of local groups throughout the UK. Everyone is welcome to attend a local group - you don't have to be a member of the national network. Many of the groups have their own publicity sites where you can see their schedule of activities. Click HERE to see the list of groups and links to their sites.
What's New in the News?...
Stories of faith in the news — from on-line news and blog sites. Read all about it here!
This month's hot stories. Read them here and blog your own comments.
Featured website of the month...
Ekklesia - the think-tank that promotes transformative theological ideas in public life
Featured book of the month...
Stephen Mitchell reviews Impossible Loves by Don Cupitt
Articles from Sofia Magazine...
Talking with Dinosaurs by Don Cupitt
A Very Sick World by Jon Sobrino
Book reviews...
- Patti Whaley REVIEWS Jesus for the Non-Religious: Recovering the Divine at the Heart of the Human by John Shelby Spong
- David Perman REVIEWS Godless for God’s Sake – Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism, edited by David Boulton
- Nigel Leaves, of Sea of Faith in Australia and author of a two-volume study on Don Cupitt, has published a new book called The God Problem: alternatives to fundamentalism. Karen Armstrong says Nigel's book is "Engaging, insightful and illuminating". Read our REVIEW by Michael Morton.
Please contact the webmaster if you have any comments. Contact details of other SoF officers
can be found on the Trustees page
Don Cupitt's latest book is 'Impossible Loves', published on 15th October 2007
