Sea of Faith Christchurch Group

In May 29-31 1934, during the Nazi ascendency in Germany, a synod of Protestant clergy and laity met together and agreed what is now known as the Barmen Declaration. In what sounds to us rather traditional language, they stood firm against the Nazification of the church. Confessing churches were formed, breakaway minorities that stood out […]

At our next meeting, on 22 May, Wendy introduces us to the historian Jennifer Michael Hecht’s book Doubt: A History. The author traces the forms doubt has taken through many cultures and eras. “Only in modern times,” she notes, “is doubt equated narrowly with a rejection of faith.” Having listened to an interview with the […]

At our next meeting, on 8 May, Ian Crumpton talks about the telescope’s role in changing our perceptions of our place in the scheme of things. “It is now 125 years since Charles Darwin in the book “the origin of species” began to get an idea for the first time of the true dimensions of […]