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Thursday, November 26th, 2015
Interfaith Week 2013
Inter Faith Week 2013
Slough Faith Partnership organised week-long events taking place to celebrate Interfaith Week this year. We had excellent speakers with plenty of opportunity for debate and discussion.
Talk and Discussion – Fear of Change: Monday 18th November at 7pm at Langley Academy, Langley Road, Slough SL3 7EF
Rev Alistair Stewart will talk on The Rhetoric of Persecution, with discussion on fear of change to one’s Faith, including the evolution of ideas, and faith and evolution.
Speakers Reverend Alistair Steward and Atta-ul Khan
Audience at a glance
Talk and Discussion – Fear through Faith: Tuesday 19th November at 7pm at Slough & Eton Business & Enterprise College Ragstone Road SL1 2PU
Speakers Dr Hugh Boulter and Khalid Abdullah with chair Monique Cunningham
Audience gather at Slough and Eton Business Enterprise College for a discussion on Fear through Faith
Dr Hugh Boulter of Oxford Diocese Committee for Interfaith Concerns talked on The Importance of Dialogue, with a Buddhist perspective provided by Khalid Abdullah.
Video and Discussion – Fear of Secularism: Wednesday 20th November at 7pm at Slough & Eton Business & Enterprise College Ragstone Road SL1 2PU
James Gibbons of St Joseph’s Catholic High School with the evening’s Chair David Sparrow.
Young People from local schools showed their video interview with prominent Humanist Professor AC Grayling, followed by discussion on doubt, and how faith and doubt go hand in hand.
Talk and Discussion – Fear of Extremism: Thursday 21st November at 7pm at Slough & Eton Business & Enterprise College Ragstone Road SL1 2PU
Revd Julie Wearing chairs the evening: Fear of Extremism
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong and Mohammed Abbassi from the Association of British Muslims, and Alfred Agius, former Director of Westminster Interfaith.
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong and Mohammed Abbassi from the Association of British Muslims, and former Jesuit priest Alfred Aguis will speak, along with young people from local schools.
Talk and Discussion – Fear and Freedom of Speech: Friday 22nd November at 7pm at Iqra School, off Wexham Road, SL2 5FF
Revd Rod Cosh, Area Dean of Burnham and Slough and Nigel Cohen of the Maidenhead Jewish Community will speak, exploring the limits and responsibilities of freedom of speech.
Conference – Overcoming Fear:
Saturday 23rd November at 2pm at Upper School, Eton College, SL4 6EU (entry via gatehouse)
Following on from our discussions, we use what we have learned during the week to identify ways of overcoming the hold that fear has on our lives and communities. The event is chaired by Eton College Conduct, Rev. Canon Keith Wilkinson.
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Who am I? – Religious Identity of Young People
Monday 19th November at 7pm – Kingsway URC Church Street
For more information, contact David 07412 974454
Who Am I? is a project in which young people explore and discuss their religious identities. It grew out of an Inter Faith 2010 event and has now been produced and filmed at Slough Grammar School, with Sixth-form students, teachers and Inter Faith groups taking part.
The resulting DVD – a resource for schools and other groups as a basis for debate and discussion – will be officially launched at Kingsway, Church Street on Monday Nov 19th at 7pm. During the evening some of the students who took part will be talking about their experiences.
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Art Beyond Belief Insight programme
Art Beyond Belief have been asked to deliver their Insight Training programme during Interfaith Week to a group of young prisoners of different faith at a prison in the Thames Valley area. See our website for more details,
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Via Dolorosa
Art Beyond Belief’s Via Dolorosa was shown throughout Tuesday at St Mary’s Parish Church. This is an interpretation of the Christian Stations of the Cross, interpreted by artists from eight different faiths.
click here to find out more about Via Dolorosa on the Art Beyond Belief website
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Art Beyond Belief – Borrow a Person at Kingsway
Ever wondered what ordinary people of faith really believe?
Or how a person of another faith lives out their beliefs?
Then come and ‘borrow’ someone for some conversation and coffee and find out some answers.
Slough Central Library (2nd floor)
Monday 16th, Tuesday 17th, Thursday 19th and Friday 20th
November any time between 1.30pm and 3.30pm
Also at Kingsway, Church Street
Wednesday 18 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Art Beyond Belief – Borrow a Person at Slough Library
Ever wondered what ordinary people of faith really believe?
Or how a person of another faith lives out their beliefs?
Then come and ‘borrow’ someone for some conversation and coffee and find out some answers.
Slough Central Library (2nd floor)
Monday 16th, Tuesday 17th, Thursday 19th and Friday 20th
November any time between 1.30pm and 3.30pm
Also at Kingsway, Church Street
Wednesday 18 1.30pm to 3.30pm
