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
Charles Gore Lecture 2024
The Poetics of Life: Life as Poetry.
Speaker: Catherine Pickstock is the Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Chair: Dr Jamie Hawkey is Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey,
Wednesday, 18th September 2024
Charles Gore Lecture 2023
A Theology of Monarchy for the 21st Century.
Speaker: Canon Theologian, Dr Jamie Hawkey
Chair: The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle
Friday, 3rd March 2023
Charles Gore Lecture 2022
The Roots of trust: theological and political reflections
Speaker: Anna Rowlands, St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice at the University of Durham, and an author and commentator on political theology.
Chair: Canon Theologian, Dr Jamie Hawkey
Tuesday, 5th April 2022
Charles Gore Lecture 2021
God, Gratitude, and Being at Home in the World.
Speaker: Professor Miroslav Volf, Founder and Director of Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology, Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT.
Chair: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Canon of Westminster
Thursday, 25th March 2021
The Charles Gore Lecture 2020
A Theology of Hope for the 21st Century
Speaker: Professor Jürgen Moltmann, Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology, University of Tübingen;
Chair: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Canon of Westminster
Tuesday, 3rd March 2020
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
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