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New SOF Book!
The new SOF book This Life on Earth, edited by Dinah Livingstone, will be published at the SOF Conference in Leicester (21st-23rd July).
The book contains 176 pages with 38 contributors, 19 women and 19 men. It will sell at £9.50. Orders by post (which will be despatched after the publication date) may be sent to:
Sea of Faith, 3 Belle Grove Place, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4LH.
Please send a cheque for £11 (to include postage) made out to 'Sea of Faith'.
Philosophy Bites!
Philosophy Bites is a fairly new website that features audio-interviews with leading philosophers which can be played on-line or downloaded as podcasts. As the name suggests the programmes are bite-sized chunks of philosophical discussion -- each programme lasts no longer than 15 minutes.
One of the first podcasts, which will be of interest to SoFers, features Don Cupitt talkining about Non-realism and God. Other topics that are well worth listening to include the Problem of Evil, the Meaning of Life, Multiculturalism, Atheism, Moral Relativism, Happiness and Humanism.
SOF National Conference 2009
Book now for the National Conference at Leicester University this summer:
"Making Meaning: Science and Religion"
at Leicester University
Tue 21 – Thu 23 July 2009
Speakers:
Tom Shakespeare
Research Fellow Newcastle University
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS
Visiting Professor of Astro-Physics: University of Oxford
and President of the Institute of Physics
Michael Reiss
Professor, Institute of Education, University of London
Booking details and forms from: sofconf09@yahoo.co.uk
phone: 01983 740172
Sofia - The Sea of Faith magazine
Editorial and Articles from the March 09 edition of Sofia magazine
Sofia is the magazine of the Sea of Faith Network (UK) and is published quarterly. It is free to all members of the UK network but non-members can also subscribe to the magazine. Further details...
Read Faith in the Classroom —
A report of the Sea of Faith Commission on Faith Schools.
We have pleasure in presenting Faith in the Classroom, the report of the Sea of Faith Commission on church schools. We believe that the three recommendations, unanimously agreed by all the members of the commission, present a way forward in the debate on faith schools.
Who on Earth Was Jesus?
Who on Earth Was Jesus? — David Boulton, a long-standing member of SoF and a sometime committee member, has just had a new book published entitled Who on Earth was Jesus?, price £14.99, obtainable from the Quaker Bookshop or the publishers ('O' Books)
Read the review
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 we are offering a free PDF 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".
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.
Please contact the webmaster if you have any comments. Contact details of other SoF officers
can be found on the Trustees page
New to SOF? Then start here with our new introduction and FAQ
Don Cupitt's latest book: 'The Meaning of the West'
Sea of Faith
See the Film!
The Film of the TV series of the Book is still available from our Publications Department. It's on DVD and is available in both region 1 and region 2 formats (please indicate which region you want when ordering ). The cost is £23 (inc p&p)
