Course: Is Christianity Wild?
The award-winning natural history producer and author Mary Colwell will be presenting this short course on the relationship between Christianity and the natural world at the Ammerdown Centre in Somerset from 27-29 November.
Many see Christianity as an urban faith, rooted in communities, carried out in buildings, focused on people. It can seem that the natural world is a pretty backdrop to faith, a picture window that we use to glimpse God and give thanks for beauty. But perhaps our relationship with nature is more than that? Maybe we have lost our visceral, earth sense of God in the world around us? Early Christians only knew God through their landscapes and the creatures that inhabited them. Books were for the educated and wealthy. But today the only nature in worship is in a vase or stained glass window. Can we, should we, welcome the natural world back into the centre of the Christian faith?
Mary Colwell has made TV and radio programmes for the BBC Natural History Unit and helped organise two International conferences on faith and the environment. She was voted in the top 30 conservationists in the UK by BBC Wildlife Magazine.
The full cost is £240. Deposit:Cost: £65. For more details and to book, visit: www.ammerdown.org/Is-Christianity-Wild-Mary-Colwell-2018
FURTHER LINKS
Mary Colwell's official site: www.curlewmedia.com
Ammerdown Centre: www.ammerdown.org