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Theology event archive 2016

Taymiyyan Studies Postgraduate Colloquium

Date: Wednesday 2 - Thursday 3 March
Description: 2 - 3 March 2016University Park, The University of Nottingham?Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) was an incisive, controversial, and influential Muslim scholar from Damascus. This colloquium features papers by postgraduate researchers on this thought, context, and legacy.

Research Seminar

Date: Wednesday 2 March
Description: Dr Jonathan Tallant, Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham: The Varieties of Presentism: An Opinionated Introduction to Some Issues in the Philosophy ofTime

Research Seminar

Date: Wednesday 16 March
Description: Professor Joachim Schaper, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen: Monotheism, violence, and the "better angels of our nature"

Firth Memorial Lectures 2016: Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth and former Archbishop of Canterbury

Date: Monday 11 - Tuesday 12 April
Description: The Most Revd Rowan Williams to deliver two lectures on 'Imagining Faith: perceptions of religious belied in modern writing.' The lectures take place on consecutive evenings.

Research Seminar

Date: Wednesday 20 April
Description: Dr Rob Lutton, Department of History, University of Nottingham: Charisma and Routinization in the Cult of the Holy Name of Jesus in Late medieval England

CoTP Workshop - Metaphysics: First Philosophy after the Analytic-Continental Divide

Date: Saturday 7 May
Description: The Centre for Theology and Philosophy (CoTP) in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies hosts a workshop, 'Metaphysics: First Philosophy after the Analytic-Continental Divide'.

Lecture: Muslims in Europe - Opportunities and Challenges

Date: Tuesday 24 May
Description: Public lecture presented by Professor Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, Washington DC and former High Commissioner of Pakistan to the UK, on 'Muslims in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges' at 7pm on Tuesday 24 May in the Keighton Auditorium, University Park Campus.

The Europe Question: Theology and International Relations

Date: Wednesday 22 June
Description: On the day before the momentous EU referendum, the CoTP is holding a study day with the Theology Department of the University of Fribourg to consider the account of Europe and International Relations given by John Milbank and Adrian Pabst in their forthcoming book, The Politics of Virtue: Post-Liberalism and the Human Future.

Redemption in Wagner's Ring Cycle

Date: Wednesday 22 June
Description: Redemption in Wagner's Ring CycleA free public lecture from Professor Richard H BellWednesday 22 June7.15pmPreceded by Choral Evensong at 6.15-6.55pm

The Qurʾān between Judaism and Christianity – lecture 1, Saturday 17 September 2016

Date: Saturday 17 September
Description: The Qur?an between Judaism and Christianity is a series of public lectures funded by the British Academy, hosted at The University of Nottingham, and co-sponsored by the Karimia Institute. The first lecture takes place on Saturday 17 September 2016.

Research Seminar

Date: Wednesday 5 October
Description: The Rise of Christian Theology and the End of Ancient Metaphysics

The Qurʾān between Judaism and Christianity – lecture 2, Sunday 16 October 2016

Date: Sunday 16 October
Description: The Qur?an between Judaism and Christianity is a series of public lectures funded by the British Academy, hosted at The University of Nottingham, and co-sponsored by the Karimia Institute. The second lecture takes place on Sunday 16 October 2016.

Research Seminar - Teleology, Providence and the 'Death of God' in Wagner's Ring Cycle

Date: Wednesday 19 October
Description: Teleology, Providence and the 'Death of God' in Wagner's Ring Cycle: A Study in the Composer's Debt to G.W.F. Hegel

Research Seminar

Date: Wednesday 2 November
Description: Shari'a Courts: A Contemporary Question in Historical Perspective

Research Seminar

Date: Wednesday 16 November
Description: Marriage, Created and Fulfilled.

Research Seminar

Date: Wednesday 16 November
Description: Marriage, Created and Fulfilled.

Research Seminar

Date: Wednesday 30 November

The Qurʾān between Judaism and Christianity – lecture 3, Sunday 4 December 2016

Date: Sunday 4 December
Description: The Qur?an between Judaism and Christianity is a series of public lectures funded by the British Academy, hosted at The University of Nottingham, and co-sponsored by the Karimia Institute. The third lecture takes place on Sunday 4 December 2016.

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