The Established Church: Past, Present, Future

A Day Conference at St John’s College, Oxford. 24^th October 2009

Day Chair: Canon Prof Sarah Foot (Christ Church, Oxford)

• 10.00 a.m. - 10.05 a.m.: Introduction and Welcome by Prof Foot
• 10.05 a.m. - 11 a.m. Session 1: Theology and Establishment Canon Prof Nigel Biggar (Christ Church, Oxford): ‘Why the Establishment of the Church of England is Good for a Liberal Society’
• 11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. COFFEE
• 11.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Session 2: Case Studies Dr Matthew Grimley (Merton College, Oxford): ‘The dog that didn’t bark: the Prayer Book Crisis and the failure of disestablishment’
  
  Rev’d Dr Mark Chapman (Ripon College, Cuddesdon): ‘“A Free Church in a Free State”: Anglo-catholicism and Establishment’
• 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. LUNCH
• 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Session 3: Contemporary Issues Canon Dr Judith Maltby (Corpus Christi College, Oxford): ‘Gender and Establishment’
  
  Prof Elaine Graham (University of Manchester): ‘Establishment, multiculturalism and social cohesion’
• 3.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. TEA
  
  4- 5.15 pm Session 4: Comment and Roundtable Comment: Revd Prof David Martin (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics)
  
  Roundtable responses, opening to a Q&A/Discussion session.

Costs: £15 student/unwaged, £25 waged.

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