Charles Gore Memorial Lectures
Charles Gore (1853-1932) was a Canon of Westminster between 1894 and 1902. As a memorial to him an endowment fund for a series of annual lectures was established and since 1935 a lecture has been held at the Abbey almost every year.
Past lectures
The Charles Gore Lecture 2019
Justice, Mercy and Remembrance
Speaker: The Reverend Professor Michael Banner, Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
Tuesday, 26th March 2019
The Charles Gore Lecture 2018
Truth and Beauty
Speaker: Professor Janet Soskice; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
Tuesday, 27th February 2018
The Charles Gore Lecture 2017
Integrity and the Modern Intellectual Tradition
Speaker: Marilynne Robinson; Chair - The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
Tuesday, 7th February 2017
The Charles Gore Lecture 2016
The Staying Power of Benedict in Parliament Square
Speaker: The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord (Rowan) Williams; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
Tuesday, 15th March 2016
The Charles Gore Lecture 2014
The Faithfulness of God
Speaker: The Right Reverend Professor NT Wright, University of St Andrews; Chair: Canon Professor Vernon White
Tuesday, 4th March 2014
The Charles Gore Lecture 2010
Canon Law and the Path to Unity
A discussion chaired by Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian, Westminster Abbey with Ms Eithne D’Auria, Professor Norman Doe, Professor Mark Hill QC and Reverend Professor Aidan McGrath OFM
Monday, 29th November 2010
The Charles Gore Lecture 2009
Darwin and God
Lecturer: Nick Spencer, Director of Studies, Theos
Sunday, 29th November 2009
The Charles Gore Lecture 2008
The Mystery of Catholicity
Lecturer: Bishop Frank Griswold
Tuesday, 29th April 2008
The Charles Gore Lecture 2006
Structures of Disdain and How they may Might be Redeemed
Lecturer: Bishop Peter Selby
Tuesday, 23rd May 2006
The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 2
Public Truth or Private Conviction? The Christian Church, pluralism and Establishment in the Twentieth Century
Lecturer: Jeremy Morris
Wednesday, 28th September 2005
The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 1
Faith in Asylum
Lecturer: Canon Nicholas Sagovsky
Tuesday, 15th February 2005
The Charles Gore Lecture 2003
The Basis of Anglican Fellowship - Some Challenges for Today
Lecturer: The Right Reverend Stephen Sykes
Monday, 24th February 2003
The Charles Gore Lecture 2002
Freedom and its Loss - Hopes and Fears for the Political Order
Lecturer: The Reverend Canon Professor Oliver O'Donovan
Tuesday, 12th November 2002
The Charles Gore Lecture 2001
Science and Theology in a Trinitarian Perspective
Lecturer: The Reverend Professor Sir John Polkinghorne
Tuesday, 13th November 2001
The Charles Gore Lecture 2000
Coming Home to St Paul? - Reading Romans a Hundred Years after Charles Gore
Lecturer: N. T. Wright, DD - Lector Theologiae
Tuesday, 14th November 2000
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