̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge - Anna Rowlands /taxonomy/people/anna-rowlands en ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Sermon on ‘Epiphanies of the Human: Faith and Migration’ /news/university-sermon-on-epiphanies-of-the-human-faith-and-migration <div class="field field-name-field-news-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="cam-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/styles/content-580x288/public/news/news/anna-rowlands.jpg?itok=GJfrxTkx" alt="" title="Credit: None" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dr Rowlands, who is currently Lecturer in Theology and Ministry at King’s College, London and also a Research Associate of St Edmund’s College, works at the interface of Political, Moral and Practical Theologies.</p> <p>She has an academic background in social sciences as well as in theology and has engaged with both community and faith-based organisations to promote the application of theology to public discourse in civil society, as well as in academia and the Church.</p> <p>She was formerly Director of Studies at ̽»¨Ö±²¥Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology and spent seven years in Cambridge educating those training for ministry in the Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and United Reformed traditions.</p> <p>She is the founding Director of a new Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice and last year was the organiser of a major symposium on theological ethics and the crisis of capitalism.</p> <p>Her doctoral research was concerned with the British social philosopher Gillian Rose, and she continues to work with the writings of Gillian Rose, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt.</p> <p>Dr Rowlands is currently focusing on responses to migration, and in particular around asylum-seeking and public policy.</p> <p>All are welcome and there will be a wine-reception in Michaelhouse afterwards for those present.</p> <p>Members of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ attending should wear their gowns.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-content-summary field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><p>Dr Anna Rowlands, who is a member of both Girton College and St Edmund's College, will preach the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Sermon in Great St Mary's, the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Church, at 11.15 am on Sunday 3 February.</p> </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-cc-attribute-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/"><img alt="" src="/sites/www.cam.ac.uk/files/80x15.png" style="width: 80px; height: 15px;" /></a></p> <p>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. If you use this content on your site please link back to this page.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-show-cc-text field-type-list-boolean field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Yes</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Related Links:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk/">Great St Mary's Church</a></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:05:50 +0000 admin 28662 at