Sea of Faith Conferences


Sea of Faith National Conference 2011

Friday 22 – Sunday 24 July 2011
University of Leicester
“Brain, Belief and Behaviour”

The subject of this year’s conference is religion and psychology, getting to the heart of our understanding and appreciation of religion as a human creation, the evolution of our brains, and our behaviour as the earth’s most intelligent species.

Our principal speakers will be:

Full details and booking form can be found on the conference website. Book now to avoid disappointment.

Please note, the email address on the booking form for enquiries is now:

sofconf11@yahoo.co.uk

In fact, if you have any enquiries about our annual conference 2011, please email:

sofconf11@yahoo.co.uk


Sea of Faith London Conference 2011

Saturday 26 March 2011
‘The Lust for Certainty’
St John's Church, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY
10.30 – 5.00pm

Speakers: Kenan Malik, David Boulton, Julian Baggini, Mark Vernon

Full speakers' details can be found on the conference website.

A transcript of Kenan Malik's talk is now available on the following link http://www.kenanmalik.com/lectures/moral_certainty.html

A 4-disc audio CD set of the conference is now available. Cost per set of 4 discs including P&P is £11 from:

Chris Avis, 37 Clifton Road, Exeter EX1 2BN

Please make your cheque payable to C. Avis, not SoF.


2010 National Conference

The 2010 conference was held in July at Leicester University and was on the topic of Religion and Justice

Speakers were:

You can listen to the podcast of Maryam Namazie's talk, No Sharia Law in Britain or download the transcript

You can also listen to the podcast of Kumi Naidoo's talk, Witness, Wisdom and Justice or download the transcript


2009 UK National Conference

Science and Religion

The Sea of Faith's 2009 UK annual conference, 21 - 23 July, held at Leicester University, explored the The Sea of Faith's message that both religion and science are human creations which enables us to value religion and science as insights for which humanity is totally responsible, both for their content and for the use we make of them.


2008 UK National Conference

Creativity in Religion and the Arts

Speakers were:


2007 UK National Conference

The Good life

The Sea of Faith UK annual conference, 24-26 July at Leicester University, explored the relationship between spirituality, sustainability and the good life. Speakers included:


Jonathon Porritt, co-founder of Forum for the Future and chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission;


Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey, and Director of a new research group on Lifestyles, Values and the Environment";


Stephanie Dowrick, author of Forgiveness and other acts of love.



Podcasts and texts of the talks will follow shortly


2006 UK National Conference

Taking each other seriously: exploring the Otherness of the Other

You can listen to audio versions of these talks on our Podcast page

2005 UK National Conference

Beyond Good and Evil: the challenge of reconciliation

The Sea of Faith welcomed Richard Holloway and Mary Midgley to join Don Cupitt in discussing the nature of good, evil, forgiveness and reconciliation in a post-realist context. Here are some of the conference materials:


2004 UK National Conference

Sea of Faith: the first twenty years

The Sea of Faith conference celebrated twenty years since the original Sea of Faith TV broadcasts with a conference featuring Don Cupitt, Keith Ward and Nigel Leaves. Some highlights:


2003 UK National Conference

Taking a stand: Radical theology as social and cultural critique

The Sea of Faith UK annual conference and AGM was held at Leicester University, on 22-24 July. Featured speakers included Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, writer for The Independent; James O'Connell, Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at University of Bradford and President of the Partnership for Theological Education; and our own Don Cupitt.


2003 London Conference

The Sea of Faith London Group held its fourth open conference, titled "A World of Difference: Diversity and Division within Religious Traditions", featuring speakers Peter Clarke, Don Cupitt, Dan Cohn-Sherbok, and Merryl Wyn Davies. Here's a report of the day.

2002 UK National Conference

Faith and Fantasy


Oct 2001 One Day Conference

I'm Talking about Jerusalem

SOF Magazine and the journal Political Theology held a one-day conference featuring Tony Benn, Leslie Griffiths, former president of the Methodist Conference, and Christine Evans, Executive Director, Catholic Institute of International Relations. David Boulton provided a report on the conference.


2001 UK National Conference

A Faith Odyssey


Sept 2000 One Day Conference

Religious Humanism

David Boulton and SOF magazine hosted a one-day conference on Religious Humanism in September 2000. Here are the main papers from that conference:


2000 UK National Conference

Faith in the future?


1999 UK National Conference

What is religion for?


1998 UK National Conference

What on earth is spirituality?


1997 UK National Conference

1996 UK National Conference

1995 UK National Conference

And from earlier conferences:

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