'Sea of Faith' is not a church, but a network of people who are seeking a radical reappraisal of past religious traditions in order to meet today's spiritual challenges.
The SoFiA Network promotes the open exploration of religion, spirituality and meaning. The Network affirms the continuing importance of religious thought and practice even though it acknowledges that religion, like art and poetry, is a purely human creation.
Program: Lectures are followed by questions, discussion and refreshments.
All viewpoints are welcome.
Where: Carlton Library Meeting Room, 667 Rathdowne Street (corner Newry Street), North Carlton. Melways Map: 2B J2.
Cost: Gold coin donation appreciated.
15 December 2016
Dr. Colin Goodwin (Independent Scholar) "Christian Doctrines and Intellectual Respectability: A Reappraisal of Thomas Aquinas."
16 February 2017
Carl Turney (Sunday Assembly) "Love: Saint Valentine and his Day."
16 March 2017
Tim Harding (Australian Skeptics) "Europe's Dark Ages."
20 April 2017
Neil Blood (UCA) "Exploring Don Cupitt's suggestion: To give ethics priority in defining and shaping religious life."
18 May 2017
Andrew Rooke (Theosophical Society) "Ghosts: Do they actually exist? If so, what are they?"
15 June 2017
Peter Sanders (UCA) "Pondering the Universe."
20 July 2017
Paul Tonson (Progressive Agnostic Christian) "The Faith-Freethought Divide is a False Dichotomy."
17 August 2017
Jennifer Jaeger (Ankh Antiquarian Books) (Topic will be an aspect of Egyptology.)
21 September 2017
Reem Sweid (Muslims for Progressive Values) "Can Islam be a progressive religion?"
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SoFiA Network Website: www.sof-in-australia.org
SoFiA Victoria Email: sofmelb@yahoo.com.au
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