On truth telling and storytelling

On truth telling and storytelling

Date Time Location Price
Thursday, 23rd May 2024 6.30pm - 7.45pm The Nave Free (booking required) Book tickets

Canon Dr Paula Gooder, Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, gives the annual Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture.

The Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures are given in memory of Dean Eric Symes Abbott (1906-1983), who was at various times Dean of King's College London, Warden of Lincoln Theological College, Warden of Keble College Oxford, and Dean of Westminster. The Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Fund was endowed after his death by his friends to provide for an annual lecture on spirituality and pastoral theology.

The speaker:

This year's speaker, Dr Paula Gooder, is one of today’s best known New Testament theologians, a scholar and teacher, and is a Licensed Lay Reader in the Church of England.

As Chancellor of St Paul’s, she is responsible for growing and leading the Cathedral's expanding theological and learning programme, a major part of its Christian mission and outreach.

Tickets:

Places are free but should be booked in advance via the Eventbrite website.