Manchester Cathedral Event: The Samuel Ferguson Lecture with Prof. J. Kameron Carter (University of California, Irvine)
| Dates: | 6 March 2025 |
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| Times: | 12:00 - 13:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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The annual Samuel Ferguson Lecture will be delivered by J. Kameron Carter who will give his presentation on Beyond Idolatry (Political and Otherwise) at Manchester Cathedral.
Inaugurated in 1976, the annual Samuel Ferguson Lecture provides an opportunity for senior theologians from across the globe to present on a theological or philosophical topic of their choice.
J. Kameron Carter, PhD, is a Professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
Speaking on this year's presentation at the Cathedral, he said: "The core crises of our time - from political despair to economic and ecological collapse - are fundamentally theological in nature. With the 20th century African American social theorist W. E. B. Du Bois and his contemporary the German Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin as my muses, I resuscitate a language of ‘idolatry’ to get at the theological dimensions of these crises. I also consider the kind of fugitive or anarchic hope, if we can even call it that, that Du Bois and Benjamin propose for a world reimagined beyond the idols of our time."
This hour long presentation is free to attend, includes a Q&A session and will be followed by lunch at the Cathedral. A lecture will be delivered by J. Kameron Carter at the University of Manchester at 4pm.
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