Morpeth Lecture

The Morpeth Lecture was established in 1967 to celebrate the great partnership between the University of Newcastle and the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle.

The name of the Morpeth Lecture comes from the College of St John the Evangelist at Morpeth, the previous ministry training and education centre of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle

2013 Speaker:	The Reverend Professor Graeme Ward, Regius Professor at Oxford University
Topic:	Why Believe? In a time for conflicting religious fundamentalisms and the political violences that seem to follow in their wake, it is important to understand the role believing plays in being human. In this lecture I will examine the nature of believing itself, the signs of its origins both in human prehistory and contemporary investigations into neuroscience. To have beliefs is a characteristic of being human, no animals believes. We will examine the way this anthropological condition relates to religious traditions and faith, emotional life and social organisation.
When:	Tuesday 23 July, 5:45pm for 6pm at Christ Church Cathedral
RSVP:	Email corporate-relations@newcastle.edu.au or phone (02) 49216699

2013 Speaker:

The Reverend Professor Graeme Ward,
Regius Professor at Oxford University

Topic:

Why Believe?

In a time for conflicting religious fundamentalisms and the political violences that seem to follow in their wake, it is important to understand the role believing plays in being human. In this lecture I will examine the nature of believing itself, the signs of its origins both in human prehistory and contemporary investigations into neuroscience. To have beliefs is a characteristic of being human, no animals believes. We will examine the way this anthropological condition relates to religious traditions and faith, emotional life and social organisation.

When:

Tuesday 23 July, 5:45pm for 6pm at Christ Church Cathedral

RSVP:

Email corporate-relations@newcastle.edu.au or phone (02) 49216699

2012 Speaker:	Dr Tim Stanley
Topic:	Theology between Religion and Politics
	Dr. Timothy Stanley delivered the the Morpeth Lecture on Tuesday 29 May at Christ Church Cathedral. Dr Stanley is a Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle He discussed theology's place in current debates about the resurgence of religion in contemporary political life. Although secularists such as Marx and Weber predicted that religion was on a certain trajectory to oblivion in modern society, religion continues to thrive in complex new ways. The new visibility has prompted a global debate amongst scholars from a wide spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. What is theology's contribution to this vital issue of public concern?

2012 Speaker:

Dr Tim Stanley

Topic:

Theology between Religion and Politics

Dr. Timothy Stanley delivered the the Morpeth Lecture on Tuesday 29 May at Christ Church Cathedral. Dr Stanley is a Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle

He discussed theology's place in current debates about the resurgence of religion in contemporary political life.

Although secularists such as Marx and Weber predicted that religion was on a certain trajectory to oblivion in modern society, religion continues to thrive in complex new ways. The new visibility has prompted a global debate amongst scholars from a wide spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. What is theology's contribution to this vital issue of public concern?

Images from the 2012 Morpeth Lecture

2011Speaker:	Father Nicholas King
Topic:	"Whats so special about Translating the Bible?' In a year where we celebrate 400 years of the King James Version, is bible translation different for other kinds of translation?
	Held on Tuesday 13 September at Christ Church Cathedral

Images from the 2011 Morpeth Lecture

2010 Speaker:	Professor John McDowell
Topic:	Does God have a future? Darwin and the design of divinity.
Last year marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of the most celebrated and controversial of naturalists, Charles Darwin. While debate rages between the different types of ‘creationists’ and ‘evolutionists’ with regard to the origins of life, Prof McDowell examined some of the issues in order to argue that the significant questions lie in a more significant area – the understanding of what it means to speak of divine action.

2010 Speaker:

Professor John McDowell

Topic:

Does God have a future? Darwin and the design of divinity.

Last year marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of the most celebrated and controversial of naturalists, Charles Darwin. While debate rages between the different types of ‘creationists’ and ‘evolutionists’ with regard to the origins of life, Prof McDowell examined some of the issues in order to argue that the significant questions lie in a more significant area – the understanding of what it means to speak of divine action.