Summer School 2010
at UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER
21 to 24 JULY
WOMEN, RELIGION and VIOLENCE
AIM: To create an empowered space for women to explore theology, to express our hopes and see what can be achieved.
PROGRAMME
Monday : Prof ROSEMARY RADFORD RUETHER
THE POLITICS OF GOD
Tuesday : Dr BEVERLEY CLACK
VIOLENCE AND THE MATERNAL IN THE MARQUIS DE SADE
Wednesday (am) : Dr ANNA KING
ISLAM AND THE WEST
Wednesday (pm) : Prof MARY GREY
TO RWANDA AND BACK: LIBERATION SPIRITUALITY AND RECONCILIATION
Thursday : Dr MARY CONDREN
THE SACRED OR THE DIVINE, THE PHALLIC OR THE MATRIXAL, WHICH WAY FOR RELIGIOUS FEMINISTS?
There will be a full Programme of Lectures, Dialogues with the Lecturers, Seminars, Workshops, evening activities.
Seminars will include such topics as: -
Reflections on the Politics & Spirituality of Greenham Common; The Bible and Violence to Women; Theological Reflections on Jewish Women Martyrs; Reflections on Eco-Violence including the opportunity to walk the newly built ‘Cosmic Walk’ at the University.
Workshops are more practically based and will include:-
Mask Making; The ‘Blanket Workshop’ used to empower women victims of violence; Circle Dancing and a Music Workshop
Further enquiries to: Prof Lisa Isherwood
e-mail to: lisa.isherwood@winchester.ac.uk
Snail mail (with SAE) to Dept of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Winchester, Winchester SO22 4NR