Café Theology

Café Theology is an ecumenical groups that meets at 6:00 - 7.30 pm on Mondays at St Mary's Church cafe for a short talk followed by friendly discussion over a glass of wine. Each week we look at an aspect of belief or tradition, or how any of this might shed light on current affairs and cultural issue. Atheists, sceptics, churchgoers, cultural Christians: all are welcome.

Please bring your friends. Let me know if there is a topic you would like to lead on.

They have a packed programme in the coming weeks

• 1  June  Religion and Superstition, How do we tell them apart? Introduced by Paul Donnelly.

• 8  June  Spirit: comforter, guide, advocate, Holy Ghost - what is the third person of the Trinity?

• 15 June  No meeting (WI)

• 22  June Acts of the Apostles: Luke's purpose in writing this sequel to his Gospel

• 29 June  Iran, Theocracy and Shia Islam

• 6 July The Final Victory of God: He will come again in glory to judge the quick and the dead. What is the end time? 

• 13 July  No meeting (summer break)

• 20 July  No meeting (WI)

• 27 July  The Marriage of Figaro and the theology of Original Sin. Introduced by James Roche.

• 3 August  Magnifica Humanitas. Paul Norris will elucidate Pope Leo's recent encyclical on what it means to be human and how AI must serve humanity. 

• 10 August  Greek words lost in translation: how the inadequacy of English can distort our theology and veil the true character of Jesus.

For further details, please contact the Co-ordinator Jenny Norris here.