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What is the Vancouver Island Theological Society?

Convivial souls who meet three or four times a year to discuss religious issues in a reasonable way.

Meetings are open to all those interested who are willing to do some preparation beforehand

Reading Lists are distributed before the meeting and members are expected to read some or all of them so that discussion does not consist of the pooling of ignorances.

To give you an idea of what sort of things we discuss, here is a list of some of our previous topics:

The Virgin Birth;
The Resurrection;
Creation;
The Inspiration of the Bible;
Feminist theology;
Homosexuality
Dialogue with a Buddhist
Death in Christian Perspective
Sex and family then and now as issues in Christian ethics
The Religion of the Native Peoples of the Pacfic North West
Christology
When has Christian teaching changed in the past; when should it change/not change in the future?'
Neuro-science and the soul OR The new biology and human personality OR Is Richard Dawkins right that religion is a virus of the brain or does Richard Dawkins have the brain of a virus?

Even if you cannot attend you may be interested in our reading lists from earlier discussions.
Some items from reading lists get into the permanent site library and can be downloaded.

The next meeting of the Theological Society
Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:00 a.m. till 1:30 p.m.

10:00-12:00

The Bishops and the Referendum:

Prophetic vision or pathetic fallacy?

or

What is the basis for Christian social action?

A chance to discuss the 2002 Bishops' response to the Referendum on Treaty Negotiations
Time and Place
10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. sharp
St. Luke's Anglican Church, Victoria
Suggested reading for February 18

1. William Temple: Christianity and the Social order
available free from this website - go to "Library" above

2. Anthony Harvey: By what Authority
(London: SCM 2002) ISBN 0334028493

p.s. Where is Vancouver Island? Vancouver Island is a small island the size of Scotland lying off the West coast of Canada separated from the rest of the nation by a body of salt water, a certain cast of mind, and many idiosyncracies. The main city is Victoria where all good Canadians hope to go when they die (and many of them get there.)

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