Charles Gore Memorial Lectures
The Charles Gore Memorial Lectures is a series of annual lectures established in memorial to Charles Gore (1853-1932), who was a Canon of Westminster between 1894 and 1902.
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The Charles Gore Lecture: The Poetics of Life with Professor Catherine Pickstock
Professor Catherine Pickstock delivered a lecture titled 'The Poetics of Life: Life as Poetry', arguing that 'to live poetically is to participate in the Trinitarian generation of image and its fulfilment as intellect or spirit'.
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2022: The roots of trust
This year’s lecture is given by Anna Rowlands, St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice at the University of Durham, and an author and commentator on political theology.
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Charles Gore Lecture 2024
The Poetics of Life: Life as Poetry.
Speaker: Catherine Pickstock is the Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Chair: Dr Jamie Hawkey is Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey,
Wednesday, 18th September 2024
Charles Gore Lecture 2023
A Theology of Monarchy for the 21st Century.
Speaker: Canon Theologian, Dr Jamie Hawkey
Chair: The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle
Friday, 3rd March 2023
Charles Gore Lecture 2022
The Roots of trust: theological and political reflections
Speaker: Anna Rowlands, St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice at the University of Durham, and an author and commentator on political theology.
Chair: Canon Theologian, Dr Jamie Hawkey
Tuesday, 5th April 2022
