News and Events
Dr Mukti Barton appointed lay canon
April 13th 2012
Dr Mukti Barton, Queen’s tutor in in Black and Asian Theology and Bible and Liberation, has been appointed by the Bishop of Birmingham to be a lay canon of St Phillip’s Cathedral. She was installed at a service on Sunday March 11th, in recognition of her contribution to the Diocese and her scholarship.
Queen’s tutor to give Michael Vasey Memorial Lecture
February 23rd 2012
Mark Earey, tutor in liturgy and worship at the Queen’s Foundation is giving this year’s Michael Vasey lecture in Durham at 7.30pm on Wednesday 7th March, on the subject ‘Beyond Common Worship: Thinking the Unthinkable’.
Michael Vasey was for many years tutor in liturgy at Cranmer Hall, St John’s College, Durham and a member of the Church of England Liturgical Commission. The annual lecture in his memory takes place at St John’s College, Durham. For more information go to www.dur.ac.uk/st-johns.college
Theological Reading Group
December 13th 2011
Your are warmly invited to the Theological Reading Group. This begins on 18th Jan from 1-1.55pm, in the Samuel Warneford Room (off the Dining Room) and thereafter each Wednesday in term time. This coming term we will be studying Paul Tillich, ‘The Shaking of the Foundations’, beginning with chp 1 on week 1. Further information: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Revs up for Robin Hood Tax
December 2nd 2011
On Friday 2nd December Robin Hood led a band of merry trainee vicars and their tutors from the leafy glades of the Queen’s Foundation in Edgbaston to Birmingham’s commercial centre to sing their support for the so-called Robin Hood tax.
Theology Reading Group
December 1st 2011
The theology reading group meets in the Samuel Warneford Room, off the Dining Room, from 1-1.55pm every Wednesday.