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Glasgow Southside
Contact: Chris Vermeulen
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Glasgow Southside is based at Orchardhill Church of Scotland in Giffnock. Newcomers are welcome to joins us in watching and discussing the DVD series Living the Questions. There is also the opportunity to discuss various topics like Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Jesus for the Non-Religious” and Walter Brueggemann’s “Countering Pharaoh’s Production-Consumption Society Today”. Meetings take place every two weeks. From 3rd to 5th June 2011 we are hosting a conference here led by Bishop Spong. http://www.pcnbritain.org.uk/index.php/events/detail/a_new_christianity_for_a_new_world/ . We will be starting two new groups in September 2011. For more information about our programme check the Latest News below or contact us .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Glasgow Southside is part of a hub of PCN Britain groups in the Glasgow area which work together as PCN West of Scotland.
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Speaker: Mark Vernon “After Atheism”
Last updated on 18th February, 2011
Mark Vernon is an author and journalist. He has written books on friendship, well-being, belief, science and the philosophy of the everyday. His articles and reviews on religious, philosophical and ethical themes have appeared in many newspapers and magazines. He has degrees in physics, theology and philosophy, and regularly contributes to debates and festivals, also teaching at The School of Life in London.
On this evening Mark will talk about the theme of his book After Atheism (Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007). There will certainly be ample space for all to ask questions and to discuss.
The broadside against religion launched by a new breed of evangelical atheists has generated much heat but little light. Locked in battle against their Christian opponents the argument goes nowhere fast, and in an age of extremism, nurtures the dangerous vice of intolerance. Mark Vernon was an Anglican priest, left a conviction atheist, but now finds himself to be a committed and increasingly passionate agnostic. Part personal story, part philosophical search, After Atheism argues that the contemporary lust for certainty is demeaning of our humanity. The key to wisdom – as Socrates, the great theologians and the best scientists know – is understanding the limits of our knowledge.
Date: Friday 4 March 2011, 19:30
Place: Orchardhill Parish Church, Church Road, Giffnock G46 6JR
A free donation of £5 pp is asked to cover costs
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