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Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivers the Gifford Lecture entitled "Religion since Cicero". It is the first lecture in the series 'Religion Unbound: Ideals and Powers from Cicero to King’. The term 'religion' has roots in Ancient Rome. It can be used...
Published 05/02/17
Professor Richard English delivers a Gifford Lecture entitled 'Nationalism, Terrorism and Religion'. Between them, nationalism, terrorism and religion have substantially shaped the modern world. From the First World War to the 9/11 Wars, from the politics of Empire to the process of...
Published 03/07/17
Professor Kathryn Tanner the Marquand Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School, delivers the Gifford Lecture entitled "Which World?". The sixth lecture in the series discusses how finance-dominated capitalism encourages one to relate to oneself, which in turn has a bearing on the...
Published 05/11/16