Contemporary Society and Contemporary Religion
The Christ Church ThinkTank has been meeting since 2005. The first meeting was on 5th October 2005 and the subject was “The Causes of Terrorism, particularly between Arabs and Jews”. Plus ça change.
The ThinkTank draws on speakers from all the churches and other institutions in the Lewes area. Our speakers provide their services without charge, so our meetings are free and open to all. Whether you go to church or not, join us whenever the topic interests you.
Our meetings are usually held in the church and are also available via Zoom. All meetings are from 7.30 pm to 9 pm. The format is 45 minutes talk and 45 minutes discussion.. .
If you would like to attend any of our meetings by Zoom, please email the Church Secretary for further details.
Meeting on Wednesday 18 March at 7.30 pm
Jim Attwood will be speaking on
"The work of Citizens Advice "
Jim has been a teacher in Kenya, Papua New Guinea, and Brunei Darussalam. On returning to the UK he moved into IT and worked on administrative systems at the University of Sussex. He has been a volunteer with Lewes District Citizens Advice since 2016. He will be talking about what Citizens Advice does - helping many people each year to find a way forward by providing advice, education and support - and what kinds of cases get referred to it.
Meeting on Wednesday 20 May at 7.30 pm
Ian Christie-Miller will be speaking on
"The light shyneth in darkness - William Tyndale, 1536 "
Warning - some of the content of this talk might well distress some listeners. Ian will look at the impact that Tyndale's work made originally and its contemporary significance. Exactly 500 years ago William Tyndale produced the first-ever English printed New Testament. 80 percent of it went straight into the 1611 King James Authorised Version. Tyndale is a man of our times, as even today all speakers of English use his phrases - the powers that be - clear-eyed - and many more. Tyndale, like many others, by his unflinching death, (in his case by strangling and burning) remains a supreme example to our contemporary world.