Mon 3-Wed 5 Jun – The Kingdom and the Power: Legacies of Empire in Scripture and Beyond

When: Monday 3^rd June 2pm – Wednesday 5^th June 12noon 2024
Where: Woodlands Church, Bristol, UK and accessible online
Price:
General Admission:          £120
Clergy:                                 £80
Students:                             £80
Online:                                 £60
Global South (online):       £5
Booking: https://thekingdomandthepower.eventbrite.co.uk
Further Details: https://www.csbvbristol.org.uk/annual-conference-2024/ - reida a_t bristol-baptist d_o_t ac d_o_t uk
 
The Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence are delighted to announce their sixth annual research conference, being run in partnership with the Cateclesia Institute titled “The Kingdom and the Power: Legacies of Empire in Scripture and Beyond”. It will take place between 3rd and 5th June 2024, in person at Woodlands Church, Bristol, UK and it will also be accessible online.
 
Sessions include: ‘(Mis)appropriation of Empire’, ‘Nuance of Empire’, ‘The Holy Spirit, Christian Faithfulness, and Empire (Practical Theology)’, and a workshop on the difficult texts of Esther 8-9.
 
With contributors including Bishop Dr Zac Niringiye, Dr Oleksandr Geychenko, Revd Dr Helen Paynter and Revd Dr Peter Hatton.