Canterbury Contemporary Theology Group


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.
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