Government & Bible series talk at St Margaret's Church

07 October 2009 at 1:10 pm

HOW SHOULD WE ‘DO GOD’ IN A ‘SECULAR’ AND DIVERSE SOCIETY?

Government & Bible series

1.10 pm – 1.45 pm (prompt)
Venue:    St Margaret’s Church Westminster Abbey
Guest Speaker:    Mr Paul Woolley

Alastair Campbell once famously said, of the UK Government at the time, “We do not do God”.  Perhaps misrepresented, Tony Blair has now left No.10 but has this idea firmly taken root in the soil of public life in Britain today and are we the better for it?  At the same time some prominent opinion-formers are very much doing “non-God” in the public arena, raising the question: should be God-free zones in certain areas of public life?  Or does the public, at half of whom still “do God” privately, deserve leadership which credits them with some intelligence?  And does multi-cultural Britain make it safer to be God-free rather than risk offence through doing the wrong God?  How should these issues impact at all on the policies and delivery of government business?

Paul Woolley, founder and director of Theos, speaks and writes on a number of faith issues affecting Britain today and will challenge us to stretch our thinking on these important questions.

This event is open to civil servants, government staff of all faiths or none and the general public.

Free talk
All welcome