Lectures

Our first lecture explores the meaning of reconciliation. This lecture and panel discussion is hosted by St Martin’s in partnership with Embrace, a Christian development charity, supporting Christian partners in the Middle East as they work to transform lives and restore the dignity of excluded and marginalised communities.

Rowan Williams, one of the greatest spiritual leaders, theologians and teachers of our time, returns to St Martin’s to share his wisdom about the human search for meaning.

Timothy Radcliffe looks at life and mortality and the way that the gift and grace of friendship brings meaning to all we have lived through, hope for our future and upholds who we are now.

What Am I Living For? Telling Our Story In this lecture we bring together leading novelists to share with us the importance of the novel and the power of story in our search for meaning, understanding and identity.

What Am I Living For? Human Rights In this lecture we bring together three people who have confronted prejudice and oppression.

What Am I Living For? Searching for Light, Shade and Truth In this lecture four leading journalists come together to discuss their search for meaning in all they have witnessed as journalists.

What Am I Living For? God Are the words God and meaning identical? In our opening lecture we reflect upon God as the object of our search for meaning.

Part of St Martin-in-the-Fields Autumn Lecture Series 2021: We Have a Dream.

Part of St Martin-in-the-Fields Autumn Lecture Series 2021: We Have a Dream.

Part of St Martin-in-the-Fields Autumn Lecture Series 2021: We Have a Dream.

We Have a Dream The Dream and the JourneyWith Neil MacGregor, Issam Kourbaj, Ruth Padel, and Lucy...