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 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
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
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