Event overview
Adam Dinham's Inaugural Lecture
Goldsmiths has the pleasure of welcoming Adam Dinham to give his inaugural lecture, the second of the new academic year.
There is a lamentable quality of conversation about religion and belief, just as we need it most. Billions of people around the world remain religious, despite assumptions of secularity. Millions of those people are in Europe and the West. Globalisation and migration put all of us in to daily encounter with an increasing diversity of religion and belief. Law and politics require us to engage with that diversity, regardless of our own religion, belief or none. Customers, service users and workplace partners reflect this diversity. How we engage is vexed and often challenging, at home, at work and in communities. This lecture will explore the challenges of religious literacy in a public sphere which struggles to talk about religion. Prof Dinham will be joined by a panel to discuss the issues: in politics, by the Rt Hon Charles Clarke (former Home Secretary and Education Secretary, and Visiting Professor of Religion and Public Life, Lancaster University); in law, by The Baroness Elisabeth Butler-Sloss (first female Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal); and in business, by Arun Batra, (CEO of the National Equality Standard at Ernst and Young).
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The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2016 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm |
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