The Royal Society of Edinburgh Gifford Discussion Forum

Religion Unbound: Ideals and Powers from Cicero to King

Event Details

Date: Wednesday 10 May 2017, 6.00 - 7.30pm

Venue: The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 - 26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ

Gifford Discussion Forum

We are delighted to invite you to this year's Gifford Discussion Forum, hosted by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in partnership with the University of Edinburgh.

Professor Jeffrey Stout will be joined by leading international academics to discuss questions from the audience arising from his Gifford Lecture Series, "Religion Unbound: Ideals and Powers from Cicero to King".

Panel Members:

• Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion, Princeton University
• Professor John Bowlin, Robert L Stuart Professor of Philosophy and Christian Ethics, Princeton Theological Seminary
• Professor G. Scott Davis, Lewis T. Booker Professor in Religion and Ethics, University of Richmond
• Professor Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University

Dr Alison Elliot, Associate Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh will chair the discussion.

Professor Mona Siddiqui, Professor in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Edinburgh, will give the vote of thanks. 

Tickets are available but need to be booked in advance.

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