Anglican Studies Research Seminars

Convenor: Canon Professor Michael Snape (michael.snape@durham.ac.uk)
Meetings: Selected Wednesdays (4.00-5.30pm)

Description

This seminar series is organised by the Michael Ramsey Centre for Anglican Studies, which was formed in 2016 to promote pioneering interdisciplinary research into the global Anglican tradition in all its depth and diversity.

The series aims to examine the life, thought and heritage of the Anglican Communion from a multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on the study of theology and spirituality, liturgy, music, literature, history, philosophy, ethics, ecumenism and comparative religion.

It seeks to gather prominent guest speakers, research staff and postgraduate students from a range of Durham University departments, as well as members of the Church and wider public.

Seminars are free and welcome all. No advanced booking is required.

Michaelmas Term 2024

9 Oct 2024 What makes a holy place holy? The Great Chapel at Kelham: a case study

Canon Christopher Irvine (Canterbury Cathedral) 

In-person only at St Antony’s Priory, 74 Claypath, Durham, DH1 1QT.

The Christian tradition seems somewhat ambivalent about holy places. God cannot be circumscribed or confined, and yet is met at particular times and places. This seminar will seek to articulate some of the questions around 'holy places', and will propose a model of what might constitute such a place 'where prayer is valid'.

Canon Christopher Irvine is a former Canon Librarian of Canterbury Cathedral and has spent a great deal of his ministry in theological education. He was Principal of the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and continues to teach for St Augustine's College of Theology and the Mirfield Liturgical Institute. His primary interest is in the interface between liturgical studies, art, and architecture, and his publications include The Cross and Creation in Christian Liturgy and Art. More recently he has contributed to Shaping the Assembly: How our buildings form us in worship and has co-edited the forthcoming Visual Communion: the art, architecture, and craft of the Eucharist.

6 Nov 2024 The Prayer Book Society Conference

Dr Sam Tranter (Cranmer Hall, Durham University)

Online only at Zoom: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/95599561688?pwd=It6Ub7aNr0X2DuGqg26V81EvdrcEta.1 

4 Dec 2024 Book Launch: Ian Collins: Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe, John Murray, 2024

Ian Collins is an award-winning writer and curator. He was a friend of Ronald Blythe for 35 years, and latterly his carer, executor and biographer.

Respondents: Revd Dr Angela Tilby and Very Revd Dr Frances E F Ward.

Excerpts read by David Holt.

Online Only at: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/97204008125?pwd=WSfXWptegD5T9YrpReDcbvm8Zk319H.1

Meeting ID: 972 0400 8125  
Passcode 796168 

More information: admin.cas@durham.ac.uk