Scott Holland Symposium: Postcolonial Anglicanism

‘POSTCOLONIAL ANGLICANISM’

An online symposium, Friday 26 January 2024, 12:00pm-5:00pm

This symposium offers a range of postcolonial perspectives on Anglican traditions, via keynote lectures and selected short papers, bringing fresh and critical perspectives that constructively address long-standing debates on issues such as human sexuality, theological education, and racial justice.

Please join the symposium via the following Microsoft Teams link:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGVlN2VmNmItODE0MS00NGJlLWIyYTctNTFkMmM1NTgwZWI2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227250d88b-4b68-4529-be44-d59a2d8a6f94%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22bb9bc426-f209-4c19-8664-f77c4f9d0a48%22%7d

Programme

1200          Welcome (Venerable Dr W.M. Jacob)

1215          Keynote Lecture:

Professor Kwok Pui-Lan (Candler School of Theology, Emory University), ‘Telling the Story of Anglicanism Contrapuntally for the World’

1330          Break

1345           Short Papers

Rev Dr Hannah Cleugh (Durham University), ‘Post-colonial or neo-colonial theology? Contesting ‘orthodoxy’ in the contemporary Anglican Communion’

Philippa Evans (Durham University), ‘A critique of the appeal to biology as justification for heterosexual marriage in Church of England documentation’

Dr Richard Gauvain (British University of Egypt), ‘Reclaiming Anglicanism: Bishop Mouneer Hanna Anis and the Moral Imperative of the Egyptian/African Anglican Tradition’

1515          Break

1530          Keynote Lecture:

Dr Jennifer Leith (Westcott House, University of Cambridge), ‘Anglicanism and the Reproduction of Peoplehood’

1645          Thanks and concluding remarks (Venerable Dr W.M. Jacob)

Download the programme here: Scott Holland symposium 2024 - PROGRAMME 

Programme

1200               Welcome (Venerable Dr W.M. Jacob)

1215               Keynote Lecture: Professor Kwok Pui-Lan (Candler School of Theology, Emory University), ‘Telling the Story of Anglicanism Contrapuntally for the World’

1330               Break

1345               Short Papers (x 4)

1515               Break

1530               Keynote Lecture: Dr Jennifer Leith (Westcott House, University of Cambridge), ‘Anglicanism and the Reproduction of Peoplehood’

1645               Thanks and concluding remarks (Venerable Dr W.M. Jacob)