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What's New for July 2008
Editorial and Articles from the June edition of Sofia magazine
Conferences! Conferences
We are offering two conferences this year: the annual national conference in Liverpool in July, which is a three day event, and a one day event in London, in November. Come to both!
The 21st Annual Conference of Sea of Faith Network (UK) is going to be held at Liverpool Hope University, Fri 25 - Sun 27 July 2008
This year's topic is In the Making - Creativity in Religion and the Arts
The 6th Day Conference of Sea of Faith Network (London)
will be taking place at Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London — Saturday 22 November 2008
The topic is Living with Difference
David Boulton's new book out now!
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 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 from our archive
Francis McDonagh writes about the radical Brazilian Archbishop, Hélder Câmara, who died in 1985.
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
Don Cupitt's latest book is 'Impossible Loves', published on 15th October 2007
