Lectures and Conferences
Enquiries to Catherine Duce, ARCS Fieldworker, Heythrop College, Kensington Square, London W8 5HQ
Forthcoming Lectures:
Thursday, 20 May, 6.30pm
Dr Luke Bretherton, Kings College London
Title: Faithful Politics? Churches and Broad-Based Community Organising
Location: Walker Room, Heythrop College
Forthcoming Conferences:
Tuesday, 15 June, 10.00am - 5.00pm
Location: Walker Room, Heythrop College
Speaker: The Revd Jane Hedges, Canon of Westminster
Title: Turning tourists into visitors and visitors into pilgrims: the mission of Westminster Abbey in the 21st Century
Location: Walker Room, Heythrop College
Paper Abstract:
"In this lecture I will cover briefly the history of the Abbey, exploring especially its Benedictine roots and how we are still inspired by that tradition today; I will talk about the provision we make for all our visitors and how we try to help people experience the Abbey as a living church; and I will talk about the role of the Abbey in terms of its place in the nation and in the world."
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Dr Terry Veling, Head of the McAuley School of Theology, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Homelessness: Theology on the Road
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Sources of the Sacred: Migration and Religious identity in the Global City
Dr Alana Harris, British Academy Post-Doctoral Researcher and Hardie Research Fellow, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Evangelisation and Education
Professor John Sullivan, Professor of Christian Education, Liverpool Hope University
Thursday, 29th May 2008
Church and Consumerism - Who is the Evangeliser?
Dr James Sweeney CP, Director of ARCS, Heythrop College
Wednesday, 12th March 2008
‘Missing from the table: Why Adult Catholics Stop Going to Mass’
Mr Bob Dixon, Pastoral Projects Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
12th December 2007
‘Christianity in the Global City: the challenge for London's Churches’
ARCS Launch Lecture
Dr Helen Cameron, Director, OxCEPT, Ripon College Cuddesdon
10th May 2007
Previous conference papers:
Dr. Jim Sweeney & Dr Clare Watkins
'Sacraments and mission in Paul and in comtemporary practices'
Catholic Theological Association Conference, Ushaw College, Durham
7 - 10 September 2009
'Talking of God in Practice: Reflections upon data from the ARCS Project'
Dr Helen Cameron
British and Irish Association for Practical Theology, Ushaw College, Durham
14 - 16 July 2009
'A theological kind of knowing'
Dr Jim Sweeney CP
British Sociology of Religion conference, St Chad's College, Durham
30 March - 1 April 2009
‘Living Church: Practical theology as a locus for ecumenical learning’
Dr Clare Watkins
Receptive Ecumenism Conference, Ushaw College, Durham, 11th - 15th January 2009
‘The messy ‘surprises’ of fieldwork: engaging London’s religious institutions in cross-disciplinary action research’
Ms Catherine Duce
Religionising Fieldwork and Fieldworking Religion Conference, SOAS, University of London
3 - 4 November 2008
‘What Counts as Theology?’
Dr Helen Cameron and Dr Clare Watkins
Ecclesiology and Ethnography Conference, Regents Park College, Oxford
10 - 12 September 2008
‘Keeping Research Theological’
Dr James Sweeney CP
‘Researching Theological Contexts – a Grounded Theory approach’
Ms Deborah Bhatti
‘Texts and practices: the centrality of an ecclesiology of 'traditio' for pastoral/practical theology’
Dr Clare Watkins
Enquiries to Catherine Duce, ARCS Fieldworker, Heythrop College, Kensington Square, London W8 5HQ
Forthcoming Lectures:
Thursday, 20 May, 6.30pm
Dr Luke Bretherton, Kings College London
Title: Faithful Politics? Churches and Broad-Based Community Organising
Location: Walker Room, Heythrop College
Forthcoming Conferences:
Tuesday, 15 June, 10.00am - 5.00pm
Location: Walker Room, Heythrop College
Speaker: The Revd Jane Hedges, Canon of Westminster
Title: Turning tourists into visitors and visitors into pilgrims: the mission of Westminster Abbey in the 21st Century
Location: Walker Room, Heythrop College
Paper Abstract:
"In this lecture I will cover briefly the history of the Abbey, exploring especially its Benedictine roots and how we are still inspired by that tradition today; I will talk about the provision we make for all our visitors and how we try to help people experience the Abbey as a living church; and I will talk about the role of the Abbey in terms of its place in the nation and in the world."
Dr Terry Veling, Head of the McAuley School of Theology, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane
Homelessness: Theology on the Road
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Sources of the Sacred: Migration and Religious identity in the Global City
Dr Alana Harris, British Academy Post-Doctoral Researcher and Hardie Research Fellow, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Evangelisation and Education
Professor John Sullivan, Professor of Christian Education, Liverpool Hope University
Thursday, 29th May 2008
Church and Consumerism - Who is the Evangeliser?
Dr James Sweeney CP, Director of ARCS, Heythrop College
Wednesday, 12th March 2008
‘Missing from the table: Why Adult Catholics Stop Going to Mass’
Mr Bob Dixon, Pastoral Projects Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
12th December 2007
‘Christianity in the Global City: the challenge for London's Churches’
ARCS Launch Lecture
Dr Helen Cameron, Director, OxCEPT, Ripon College Cuddesdon
10th May 2007
Previous conference papers:
Dr. Jim Sweeney & Dr Clare Watkins
'Sacraments and mission in Paul and in comtemporary practices'
Catholic Theological Association Conference, Ushaw College, Durham
7 - 10 September 2009
'Talking of God in Practice: Reflections upon data from the ARCS Project'
Dr Helen Cameron
British and Irish Association for Practical Theology, Ushaw College, Durham
14 - 16 July 2009
'A theological kind of knowing'
Dr Jim Sweeney CP
British Sociology of Religion conference, St Chad's College, Durham
30 March - 1 April 2009
‘Living Church: Practical theology as a locus for ecumenical learning’
Dr Clare Watkins
Receptive Ecumenism Conference, Ushaw College, Durham, 11th - 15th January 2009
‘The messy ‘surprises’ of fieldwork: engaging London’s religious institutions in cross-disciplinary action research’
Ms Catherine Duce
Religionising Fieldwork and Fieldworking Religion Conference, SOAS, University of London
3 - 4 November 2008
‘What Counts as Theology?’
Dr Helen Cameron and Dr Clare Watkins
Ecclesiology and Ethnography Conference, Regents Park College, Oxford
10 - 12 September 2008
‘Keeping Research Theological’
Dr James Sweeney CP
‘Researching Theological Contexts – a Grounded Theory approach’
Ms Deborah Bhatti
‘Texts and practices: the centrality of an ecclesiology of 'traditio' for pastoral/practical theology’
Dr Clare Watkins

