But there are strong anti-institutional and non-hierarchical traditions in Christianity and beyond.
Can Anabaptists, Quakers, Nonconformists and loyal dissenters from within the major streams of Christianity offer a new vision of faith and an alternative to top-down religion?
Join the ‘vast minority’ at the Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh to discuss what a radical reformation in the Church has to offer - and how this relates to the wider demography of religious and belief-based change in a globalising world.
The event takes place on Thursday 9 August, from 5.45pm - 7pm, at St John’s (Venue 127), corner of Princes Street and Lothian Road, Edinburgh. £6.50 (£4.50 concessions).
Speakers: Ian Milligan, from Exploring Anabaptism in Scotland and the Bert community in Glasgow; Simon Barrow, co-director of Ekklesia, trstee for the Mennonite Centre Trust and former global mission secretary for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland; and Michael Marten, co-founder of the ‘Critical Religion’ research group at the University of Stirling. In partnership with the Iona Community and Ekklesia.
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hi please also remember that there is a strong minority of Catholics who support "disorganised church" many of us remain in the RC's because for us the liturgy transports us to heaven - it doesn't necessarily mean we support all if many of the Church's teachings. I've just had a run in with my Priest who seems to think that all Socialists are "evil" and no one whose a Catholic can also be a Labour or Liberal politician - oh dear!!!!! Have a wonderful festival - we may come next year
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed. Catholic base communities and initiatives (including religious orders) are very much part of the understanding of church as movement.
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