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2021 Conference
Date:
Friday 5 November 12.30 pm to Saturday 4.30 pm
Venue:
St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington
Theme:
Spirituality for a sustainable future
Key note speaker:
Ian Harris
- the Sir Lloyd Geering Lecture
Also: John Thornley
on Black Theology
in African-American Music – illustrated
by blues, gospel, soul, reggae and soul tracks,
youth panel and speakers, core group discussions,
refreshment times and socialising
More details will be added when they are confirmed.
2020 Conference
There will be no conference this year. Planning for the 2021 conference will commence soon.
2019 "Transforming Communities: Finding meaning in a consumer-driven world
The Conference Programme
Keynote summaries
Bronwyn Hayward - Beyond Consumerism
David Hanna/Hana Olds - Community transformation
Merv Dickinson - Self Transcendence and the assurance of meaning
Biographies
Bronwyn Hayward Bio
, Lloyd Geering Lecture
David Hannah/Hana Olds
Merv Dickinson
2018 "Religion for a sustainable future
The Conference Programme
Keynote addresses
Sir Lloyd Geering (powerpoint)
Sir Lloyd Geering (Video)
case sensitive Password: Sea of Faith
Byron Rangiwai
Geoff Henderson -
Biography
--
Keynote address
Charles Waldegrave
Electives
Elective by Tom Hall - A Call for Commitment- PDF Document
Elective by Tom Hall - A Call for Commitment - MP3 Audio file
2017 "Reformation 2.0, Luther lit a fuse, what happens next?"
The Conference Programme
Keynote Addresses
Sir Lloyd Geering - 500 years from the reformation of the church to the reformulation of the (Christian) faith.
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Dr Rachael Kohn - The call to reform in the worlds religions
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to listen
Sue Bradford - Making it real: Beyond reformation to transformation
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to listen
Prof Hal Taussig - Reforming toward beautiful, less arrogant and de-centralised christianities
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to listen
Panel Discussion - Click
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to listen
Electives
Rev Clay Nelson - Reformation 2
Tom Hall - On to the Past
Annual General Meeting
Minutes of AGM2016
Annual Report, Chairperson
Annual Report, Treasurer
Case for the Notice of Motion at the AGM
Membership Report
Annual Report, Newsletter/Website
Annual Report, Resource Centre
Annual Report, Archivist
Background reading for Conference 2017
2016 "With or Without God: Community in a Post-Theistic World"
Conference 2016 Programme
Keynote ddresses
Keynote
The Evolution of Human Community
Lloyd Geering, introduced by Laurie Chisholm
[Script pdf]
[Audio mp3]
Keynote
God is the Good We Do
Michael Benedikt, introduced by Norm Ely
[Script pdf]
[Audio mp3]
Keynote
With or Without God
Gretta Vosper, introdcued by Adrian Skelton
[Script pdf]
[Audio mp3]
Keynote
The Religious State We Are In
Geoffrey Troughton
[Script pdf]
[Audio mp3]
Keynote
Panel Discussion
(last 30 minutes lost), moderated by Noel Cheer
[Audio mp3]
AGM
Chairperson Report to AGM
2015 "Micawber or Cassandra? Responding To An Increasingly Uncertain Future"
Conference 2015 Programme
Keynote addresses
Keynote
The World To Come
Lloyd Geering,
[Script pdf]
[Audio mp3]
Keynote
Beyond East and West: In Search of a Global Culture
Anjum Rahman,
[Script pdf]
[Visuals pdf]
,
[Audio mp3]
Keynote
Confronting Our Souls to Save Our Hides: Responding to an Uncertain Global Future
Kennedy Graham,
[Script pdf]
[Audio mp3]
Keynote
The Theology of Economics: How our care of creation will enliven our theology and legitimise our economics
Rod Oram,
[Visuals.pdf]
[Audio mp3]
Panel Discussion [Audio mp3]
AGM
AGM: Notice
AGM: Chairperson Report
AGM: Minutes of 2014 AGM
AGM: Report Newsletter and Website
AGM: Report Local Groups
AGM: Report of Archivist
2014 "Exploring Inner Space: Can Spirit, Soul and Free-will Survive the Scrutiny?"
Conference 2014 Programme
Keynote addresses
Keynote Script
Exploring Inner Space
Lloyd Geering
Keynote Script
Psyche and Soul: A Woven Fabric
Sandra Winton
Keynote Script
Can the Spirit, the Soul and Free Will survive the scrutiny of a Neuroscientist?
Reuben Johnson
Keynote Script
Consistency's Curse
Bernard Beckett
Keynote Powerpoint Slides
Contemporary spirituality in healthcare: a re-emerging issue
Richard Egan
Electives/Workshops
Workshop Script
The Gospel of Mary
Tom Hall
Workshop Script
Consciousness and Reality
Leo Hobbis
Recommended YouTube videos relevant to the Conference theme. (They may become inaccessible in time).
Article in ODT by Ian Harris pointing to the Conference.
Analysis of Conference feedback forms.
2013 "Tell Me the New, New Story"
Conference 2013 Programme
Keynote addresses
Keynote Script:
Theology before and after Bishop Robinson's 'Honest to God'
Lloyd Geering
[mp3]
Geering Keynote delivered as audio.
By courtesy of
St Andrew's Trust for the Study of Religion in Society
. [mp3, 21mB, 58 min]
Keynote Script:
Faith's New Story:Science or Sense
Rachael Kohn
Keynote Script:
Too Many New Stories. Which One Do We Tell?
Nigel Leaves
Keynote Script:
What Is Religion For Now? A Pragmatist Inquiry
Winton Higgins
Wall scripts provided by Laurie Chisholm
Interviews by Rachael Kohn of Conference attendees. [mp3].
2012 "The Revaluing of All Values: What Values Do We Need To Survive"
Conference 2012 Programme
Keynote addresses
Keynote Script:
Nietzsche’s Contribution
Lloyd Geering
Keynote Script:
Justice, stewardship and altruism: Could religion make a difference?
Valerie Grant
Keynote Script:
Theology and values in a Secular Society?
Andrew Bradstock
Articles
Article: "Riches or ruination? Has mainstream economics reached its use by date?" by John Peet
Article: "How New Zealand Became a Green Leader" by John Peet
Workshop/Electives
Workshop:
The Writing on the Wall: being an Artist Prophet
Ralph Pannett
Lecture:
The Sea of Faith (NZ) Archives
by Alison Eng
AGM
Chairperson's Annual Report by Natali Allen.
AGM Minutes
2011 "Pulling Us Back From The Brink: Economics? Science? Religion?"
Conference 2011 Programme
Keynote addresses
Keynote Script:
Humanity at the Brink: It's a Question of Values
: Jeanette Fitzsimons
Keynote Script:
Is Economics Still a Branch of Moral Philosophy?
: Geoff Bertram
Keynote Script:
The Faith Delusion
: Bob Lloyd
Keynote Script:
Crisis, Conflict, Creativity and Compassion
: Val Webb
2010 "Compassion and Crisis: Our Human Dilemma"
Keynote Addresses
Keynote Script:
The Is/Ought Argument
: Valerie Grant
Keynote Script:
Honouring The Other
: Kevin Clements
Keynote Script:
Population, Development and Quality of Life:
Ian Pool
2009 "Who Needs Jesus? Life in the 21st Century
Keynote addresses
Keynote Script:
Do We Need Jesus?
: Lloyd Geering
Keynote Script:
Does Jesus Matter Any More?
: David Boulton
.
Keynote Script:
Who Needs Jesus? What value is a first-century Galilean holy man in today’s world?
: Greg Jenks
Plenary:
Jesus, Justice and Community: a Progressive Christian Perspective.
: Margaret Mayman
Plenary:
Who needs Jesus, when you’ve got drugs?
: Doug Sellman
Background Notes to aid understanding of this Conference: Noel Cheer
2008 "The Ecological Imperative: Is Tomorrow's God Gaia?
Keynote addresses
Keynote Script:
God, Gaia and Us: Moving Towards a New Form of Mysticism
: Lloyd Geering
Keynote Slides:
God, Gaia and Us: Moving Towards a New Form of Mysticism
: Lloyd Geering
Keynote:
In Tomorrow's Coliseum: Gaia or The Lions?
: Carolyn King
Keynote:
Prophetic and Mystic Voices
: Craig Potton
Plenary:
Communing with Gaia
: Juliet Batten
Plenary:
In Sync With The Sine Wave
: Derek McCullough
Workshops
Workshop:
No Other Hands But Yours
: Fred Marshall
Workshop:
Faith, Hope and Lovelock
: Noel Cheer
Auckland Regional Conference on Religious Terrorism 19 July 2008
Contemporary Christian Extremism: Fundamentalism, ‘Extreme Religion’, and the threat of Terror
by Doug Pratt
Some Thoughts On The Limits Of Freedom
by Jeremy Pope
2007 "Retelling The Story"
Keynote addresses
When Aslan Came Bounding In
by Colin Gibson
Jesus for the Non-Religious
by John Shelby Spong
Doing The Story
by Jill Harris
The Semantics of Story-Telling: A Secular Sermon for those "all at sea" in the Sea of Faith
by Raymond Bradley
Retelling The Story — The Other Jesus
by Fred Marshall
2006 "After Religion, What? — Is Nothing Sacred Anymore?"
Keynote addresses
After Religion — What?
Don Cupitt
The Religion of Ordinary Life
(supplement to the above) Don Cupitt
After Disbelief: Remythologising and Spiritual Renewal
David Tacey
The Fatal Flaw in Religious Humanism and How to Avoid It
Bill Cooke
From 'Supernatural' to Natural Religion
Lloyd Geering
Is the Sea of Faith Drying Up?
Ian Harris
2005 "What Makes Us Human — Dialogues With Art, Religion and Science"
The Newsletter Supplement for the Conference
Keynote addresses
What Makes Us Human
Keith Morrison (an Elective Lecture)
The End of Civilization
Alan Webster (an Elective Lecture)
The Foundation of Humanist Ethics
Bill Cooke (an Elective Lecture)
2004 "20 Years On — Faith Evolving"
Keynote addresses
The Republic of Heaven
David Boulton
The Evolving Path of Faith
Lloyd Geering
2003 "Making War — Making Peace"
Keynote addresses
The Meek are Getting Ready
Derek Evans
Parihaka and Sacred Peace
Te Miringa Hohahia
Muru me te Raupatu
Maungarongo David Williams
Excerpts from the Panel Discussion
2002 "Creative Uncertainty"
Keynote addresses
The Uncertainty of Life
Don Cupitt 2002
Assessing the Spiritual, Ethical and Political Aspects of Genetic Modification.
Richard Randerson 2002.
The Practice of Negative Capability, Buddhist Reflections on Creative Uncertainty
Stephen Batchelor 2002
2001 "You Make Community Makes You"
Keynote addresses
Personal Spirituality v. Personal Religion
Alison Cotes 2001
Reshaping the Christian Culture which Shaped Us
Lloyd Geering 2001
Fearless Leadership
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait
2000 "Beyond Belief"
Beyond Belief
Don Cupitt
From Creed to Conscience and the Constitution of South Africa
Martin Prozesky
Allegiance to One's Origins--The Consequences of Belief
Michael King 2000
Beyond Belief
The Social Responsibility Dimension Ruth Smithies 2000
1999 "Mother Earth v. Father God?"
Building An Alternative Future
Jane Kelsey 1999
A Guiding Ethic for The Socio-Economic System
John Peet 1999
An Ecological Faith For The Global Era
Lloyd Geering 1999
1998 "Inventing Reality"
Exploring Reality and Meaning in Absolute Music
Patti Whaley 1998
Some Reflections on Illusion, Reality and Relevance
Thakshan Fernando 1998
Radical Theology, Inventing or Discovering Reality
John Bishop 1998
1997 "Faith on the Margins"
Faith and Doubt on the Margins
Lloyd Geering 1997
1996
Asking The Right Questions About God
Charles Birch 1996
World Religion
Don Cupitt 1996
Diving Deep and Surfacing
Penny Jamieson 1996
Economic, Ecology, Ethics
Lloyd Geering 1996
Taking Down Fences
Joy Cowley 1996
1995
Perspectives on The Future
Lloyd Geering 1995
Our Dual Agenda
Don Cupitt 1995
1994
A Kingdom-Theology
Don Cupitt 1994
Tomorrow's Spirituality
Lloyd Geering 1994
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