The Canterbury Contemporary Theology Group is an ecumenical gathering that normally meets on the third Wednesday of each month, from January to June, at St Peter's Methodist Church, Canterbury.
A list of meetings for 2025 can be found below. Please note the change of time from previous years. Meetings this year will start at 5pm and finish promptly at 6.30pm
Cost: £5 per lecture (people in full-time education free).
2025 Programme
Wednesday 15th January at 5pm
Assisted Dying: Death, A Gift to be Received or a Threat to be Managed?
Brian Chalmers Retired Anglican priest and scientist. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TALK WILL NOT BE STREAMED OR RECORDED.
Wednesday 19th February at 5pm
The Church of the Future.
Wendy Dalrymple Precentor and Head of Worship and Events, Canterbury Cathedral, formerly a youth and community worker.
Wednesday 19th March at 5pm
Has Christianity got Forgiveness Wrong?
Stephen Cherry Dean of Chapel, King’s College, Cambridge, author of Unforgivable? Exploring the Limits of Forgiveness (2024)
PLEASE NOTE 4th WEDNESDAY not 3rd Wednesday 23rd April at 5pm
The Font of Freedom: Ottobah Cugoano’s Baptism in St James’s Piccadilly.
Ivan Khovacs Theology lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University, and self-supporting minister at St James’s Piccadilly, a church which champions freedom for refugees and asylum-seekers. St James’s recently unveiled paintings inspired by Cugoana’s story, created by Trinidad-based artist Che Lovelace.
Wednesday 21st May at 5pm
Mary: Ideal Woman, Impossible Saint, or Feminine Divine.
Nicola Slee Poet and Research Fellow, Queen’s College, Birmingham, with particular interest in Christian feminist practical theology.
THIS TALK IS SPONSORED BY THE MONTGOMERY TRUST.
Wednesday 18th June at 5pm
Science, Theology, and the Climate Crisis: Exploring Climate Change on a Spiritual Level.
Charlotte Sleigh Curate, St Paul’s, Canterbury, Associate Professor, Science and Technology Studies, University College, London.
Contact:
ADDRESS Contemporary Theology Group St. Peter's Methodist Church St Peter's Street, Canterbury, Kent. CT1 2BE
How to find us:
St. Peters Methodist Church is situated on the High Street, between My Cafe and the Oxfam Book Shop.
From the Westgate Towers, walk up the High Street until you see the Oxfam Bookshop on the right, the Church is next door.
