Here is a link to the talk that I gave this morning at the conference of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain here in Durham: New Movements and New Media.
I am probably going to regret making the generalisation which I used to try to give some structure to the talk since it can be shot down easily. We had half an hour for questions and discussion which proved challenging and thought-provoking. Putting it tactfully without using labels, CTA members are drawn from a wide range of theological viewpoints so there was some disagreement about some of the major points of the talk.
Since some questions were raised that deserve a more considered answer, I have made some notes so that they can be raised here in due course.
The programme includes an optional tour to "Bede's World" which I declined in favour of having a look around Durham. It was therefore disappointing that it started drizzling, raining and drizzling again shortly before lunch. Looking out of my window at St Chad's College, I see that the sun is fighting back so I am off to the Cathedral and the Castle to see whether I can get some good photographs.
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3 comments:
Thanks for sharing your excellent and thought-provoking talk.
dear father read your lecture online and found it interesting you are right re changes in new movements as they mature think durkheim talked about routinization of charism am typing on old phone so bear with me. if you are still at the conference perhaps ask the cta why they are so control concerned who can attend references required to join if not a member then a member can invite a friend. i have two degrees in theology plus two years in seminary and live in would have loved to have been there. how many theology people are there on the dole at the conference like myself. worth a question me thinks. somewhat ironic a trip to bede world when the tomb of a doctor of the universal church is two hundred yards away...will post properly whem get to local lib oremus in invincem stuart seg810@ gmail .com
To be fair, there were also prayers at the tomb of St Bede before the closing dinner of the conference.
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