Christian Philosophy Conference 53rd Annual Meeting

Thursday 3rd January 2013

Arrivals: from 14.00

17.30: ‘The Beauty of Christian Art’
Daniel Gustafsson, University of York

19.00     Supper

20.00   ‘Love in Dark Times: Iris Murdoch on Love and the Void’
Dr Tony Milligan, University of Aberdeen

Friday 4th January 2012

08.30/ 09.00  Breakfast

 09.30            Mass

10.15           AGM

Coffee

11.00          ‘Personal Knowledge’
Professor Timothy Chappell, Open University

13.00    Lunch

14.00         ‘Emotion, Aesthetic Experience, and Transcendence: On the Possibility of Atheist Religious Experience’
Dr Amber Griffioens, University of Konstanz

15.30           Tea

15.45       ‘In what sense, if any, may the divine be described as a 'person' or personal?’
Sister Dr  M. Finnbar Coffey, St John’s Seminary, Wonersh

17.00            Departures

Wonersh have agreed to accommodate members and speakers for Thursday night.

Conference fee: £20 (waived for those in full-time education)
Accommodation: Includes dinner (with wine), breakfast and lunch and all refreshments: £70
Day fee (without accommodation): £40
Please note that bedrooms are not en-suite though there are bathrooms and shower rooms close by.

Applications to attend the Conference should be made to:

G.N.HARBY,  (Hon. Sec.)  14 Castle Avenue, DOVER Kent CT16 1EZ , e-mail: [email protected], Tel 01304 205304

(Please indicate any special requirements, such as vegetarian food. No payment is required at the booking stage.) The conference is non-denominational and open to all.

There are good links by public transport. If you arrive by train, turn right out of the Guildford station main entrance, then left at the main road, walking over the bridge. Make your way to Guildford Friary bus station - accessible through the Friary Shopping centre, directly in front of you after crossing the Bridge. Go into the entrance in front of you, down the corridor, turn left, go up the escalator and turn right at Primark. This will bring you out at Bay 5, and Bay 7 is just on your left. If in doubt, simply follow the pavement round the block, roughly opposite the point where you crossed the road.

Buses to St John's leave frequently, normally every 20 minutes, from Stop 7 (buses 53 or 63). Do not worry that Wonersh is not shown on any signs at the bus station. Ask the driver for a ticket to St John's Seminary and ask to be let off at the first (top) entrance. You will then be dropped off at the gate about 15 minutes after departure - a taxi could hardly do better. When the bus goes into Wonersh, watch as it passes an old pub called the Grantley Arms, on the right hand side. The bus continues for perhaps 150 metres before taking a 90% left-turn and moving up the hill. That’s when you press the button to get off. Some buses have electronic signs telling you when you are nearing St John’s.

streetmap.com>  Ref: GU5 0QX may be useful.

Wonersh telephone number is: 01483 892217 (Staff)

The Conference was created to provide a slightly more informal conference than many others. St John’s Seminary provides a delightful, rural setting, close to London and very easily reached by public transport (buses run from Guildford Friary Bus Station to the gate ever 15 minutes: Routes 53/63 from Stand 7). Speakers in previous years have included Anthony Flew, Patrick Sherry, John Cottingham, Mark Wynn, and Elizabeth Anscombe. The Conference has a commitment to providing a forum for younger or less well-known scholars.

Enquiries or requests to be included on the annual mailing list may be made to Michael Wilkinson ([email protected]).