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Environmental Symposium – “What Would Jesus Say About Climate Change?”

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After Climate Change: the Science and the Lies many of us are asking “where to next?” On Saturday 17th October, Playford UC will host a free environmental symposium “What Would Jesus say about Climate Change?” Keynote speakers Rev Prof Andrew Dutney, Father Denis Edwards and geoscience expert Trevor Powell. Enrol via bfreeman@sa.uca.org.au.

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Val Webb – SA book launch, Nov 20th

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November Friday Forum

On Nov 20th Val Webb will be in Adelaide and will talk to her new book at the SA launch of Testing Tradition and Liberating Theology. This event will be held at ELC at 7.30pm. Put it in your diaries now!

“Val Webb has done it again – bringing God-talk out of both the Academy and the Church; and into the everyday. This is a book of liberation in that it allows each one of us to ‘do our own theology’ – to express what we mean by ‘God’ and not leave it to the ecclesiastical or scholastic authorities to make up our minds for us. This is a brave and challenging book that puts God back in the midst of people – where God belongs!” 

Revd Dr Nigel Leaves, Canon St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane, Australia, author of Encountering God, Religion Under Attack & The God Problem

“Val Webb invites us into a broad yet comprehensive sweep of much that has influenced the theological landscape for today’s 21st Christian. In doing so Webb both encourages and provokes our thinking about who we are and what we believe. Above all, the book is a call to the lay people of the church to accept responsibility for their own theological explorations and to no longer be shrinking violets in the important matters of informed faith”.
Rev Dr Jennifer Byrnes, Executive Director of the Centre for Theology and Ministry, Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria-Tasmania.

 

Can Islam and Christianity Co-Exist?

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Can Christianity and Islam
Co-Exist? A National Dialogue –  Wednesday 2nd Sept 2015 at the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre

The Rev Professor James Haire AC
in conversation with Professor Azyumardi Azra CBE

Join us to hear two eminent Christian and Muslim public scholars discuss key issues for a multi-cultural and multi-faith Australia.

This important and timely dialogue will address Christian-Muslim relations in the Australian-Indonesian context and seek to build fresh understanding of how people of different faiths and cultures can grow together in understanding and appreciation of one another.

Check the link below for more information and registration details

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Riverdell Spiritual Centre: David Karchere presents a free public talk “Keys to Emotional Intelligence” Wed July 8th at Sophia

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On Wed, July 8th at Sophia, David Karchere (poet, author, songwriter and spiritual teacher) will be presenting a Free Public Talk entitled Keys to Emotional Intelligence – 7 Simple Steps to a Happy, Fulfilling Life. 

These steps have their origins in a reworking of the 7 Days of Creation in Genesis.  David proposes that there are 7 “virtues” which, when embodied, help us most easily navigate Life’s journey.  They are Blessing, Understanding the Heart, Taking Action, Fulfilling Mission, Enlightened Thinking, Courage and Grace – outlined in the Becoming A Sun attachment.

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