Ebor Lectures

The Ebor Lectures are an annual series of lectures in the United Kingdom which aim to draw together theology and public life, considering the role of faith in "public issues such as politics, economics, contemporary culture and spirituality."^[1] The first series began in 2006-2007 with the theme of Liberating Text? Revelation, Identity and Public Life and transcripts for this series have been published as a book entitled Liberating Texts?. The current 2007-2008 series has the theme of Globalisation and Identity.

Organisers

The Ebor Lectures are jointly organised by the following groups and are held either at York Minster or at York St John University.

• York Minster
• York St John University
• The York Institute for Community Theology
• The Carmelites
• The Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber

2008-2009 Series: The Challenge of Climate Change: Eco-crisis, Sustainable Living and the Future of the Planet

1 October 2008

• Hope, Hype and Honesty Reporting Global Change: A Still Point on a Turning Planet
  • Mr Martin Redfern - Senior Producer, BBC Radio Science Unit

29 October 2008

• Silence in Heaven: Reading Climate Change Through the Book of Revelation
  • Professor Tim Gorringe - Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Exeter

4 March 2009

• Creation, Ecological Crisis and the Global Poor
  • Dr Elaine Storkey - President, Tearfund

25 March 2009

• Renewing the Face of the Earth: Human Responsibility and the Environment
  • The Most Rev & Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams - Archbishop of Canterbury

22 April 2009

• Disturbing the Present
  • Mr John Sauven - Executive Director, Greenpeace UK,

6 May 2009

• ‘Consider the lilies of the field’: How Luke’s Gospel Could Save the Planet
  • Professor Mary Grey - Professor Emerita, University of Wales, Lampeter

3 June 2009

• The Science of Climate Change
  • Professor Nicholas Owens - Director, British Antarctic Survey

2007-2008 Series: Globalisation and Identity

• Christian Identity amidst Global Contradictions: A Christian Humanist Perspective
  • Professor John de Gruchy - University of Cape Town

• William Blake 250 years on - Prophet for our Time?
  • Professor Christopher Rowland - University of Oxford

• Patterns of Religion in Modern Europe: A Global Perspective
  • Professor Grace Davie - University of Exeter

• Poverty and Prophets: Faith based Agencies and Social Justice
  • Dr Daleep Mukarji - Director, Christian Aid

• Globalisation and Muslim Identity in Europe
  • Professor Tariq Ramadan - President, European Muslim Network/University of Oxford

• Apocalypse Now – Global Equity and Sustainable Living, the Preconditions for Human Survival
  • The Rt. Hon. Clare Short MP

2006-2007 Series: Liberating Text? Revelation, Identity and Public Life

• Uncovering the Purposes of God
  • The Most. Revd. and Rt. Hon. Dr John Sentamu - Archbishop of York

• God and our Public Life: A Scriptual Wisdom
  • Prof. David Ford - Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge

• Text and Context: Making Sense of Islam in the Modern World
  • Dr Ataullah Siddiqui - Director, Markfield Institute of Higher Education

• Sacred Text and the Transcendence of Tradition: The Bible in a Pluralist Society
  • The Revd. Professor Francis Young - Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham

• The Bible and Modern Israel
  • Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok - Professor of Judaism, University of Wales, Lampeter

• Religious Traditions in the Context of a Liberal Democracy
  • The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Williams of Crosby

References

1. York Minster | The Ebor Lectures on Theology and Public Life