Space in the City
Lent 2010
at the United Church, Jewry Street, Winchester
Wednesdays 12:30 – 13:00
Mammon’s Revenge
the global finance crisis, its roots and its results
by Rt Revd Dr Peter Selby, formerly Bishop of Worcester and Bishop to HM Prisons,
now President of the National Council for Independent Monitoring Boards
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| 24th February |
Money: what it has become
The handout for the talk is available here.
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| 3rd March |
The System Money Drives
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| 10th March |
Putting Money in its Place
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| 17rd March |
Money in Faith and Practice
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Each talk will last about half an hour; for those who are happy to stay after 1 p.m., each talk will be followed by a fifteen-minute ‘Question Time‘ chaired by Debbie Thrower.
Wednesdays at 12:30
Sandwiches available after each talk
Admission is free, but we rely on donations to fund expenses.
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In his book ‘Grace and Mortgage’ first published in 1997, Peter Selby, then Bishop of Worcester, and a noted theologian, established the connection between the biblical language of faith and the reality of global indebtedness. Contrasting the divine economy of grace with the slavery produced by debt, Selby argued that in “spiritual-ising” the Gospel message we falsely allow ourselves to worship both God and Mammon. He demonstrates how to break that idolatrous collusion.
O God, Maker of the heavens and the earth, all that we have is your gift.
You have enabled us to create money to be an instrument of trade for our wellbeing.
Make us wise stewards of this and every gift, so that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you, our God.
Amen
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Future series
- The Spring series, on 28 April and 5, 19 and 26 May, will be called Aspects of Alfred.
- The Autumn series, Sanctuary, will be on 29 September, 6, 13 and 20 October, and 3, 10, 17 and 24 November.
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Previous series
- The Autumn 2009 series of Space in the City was seven talks under the general title “Prohpets for our Time”. The programme page has recordings of all of the talks in the series.
- The Spring 2009 series was four reflections on the nature of Inspiration and Place under the general title “Inspired”. The programme page has recordings of two of the talks in the series.
- The January 2009 series was four talks by Revd Dr Martyn Atkins under the general title “The Audacity of Hope”. The programme page has recordings of all the talks in the series.
- The Autumn 2008 series was titled “When I’m Sixty-Four ... A Celebration of the Third Age!” The programme page has recordings of all the talks in the series.
- The Spring 2008 series was titled “What can Christianity do for you?” The programme page has recordings of all the talks in the series.
- The January 2008 series comprised four talks by Bishop Richard Harries (Lord Harries of Pentregarth) under the overall title “The Re-Enchantment of Morality: Wisdom for a Troubled World”. The programme page has recordings of all the talks in the series.
- The Autumn 2007 series was titled “Spirituality & ...”. The programme page has recordings of all the talks in the series.
- The May 2007 series was titled “After Anne Frank”. The programme page includes the recording of Prof. Michael Taylor’s talk.
- In January-February 2006, Rev. Joel Edwards gave four talks under the general title “Respect”. The texts of his talks have been made available by the Evangelical Alliance.
- In 2004 Bishop John Baker (formerly Bishop of Salisbury) gave a series of four talks on the Lord’s Prayer. The text of those talks is here.
- Another series of talks by Bishop John Baker, “Between Faith and Doubt” (about God, about Jesus, about Good and Evil and about Life and Death), is available here.
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Space in the City is organised by members of the United Church, St Bartholomew’s, St Peter’s and St Lawrence with St Swithun, in conjunction with the School of Spirituality.
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