Mission Theology Anglican Conference - Anglican Theology and Public Engagement

Date: 24th - 27th April 2017

Venue: Diocesan Guest House, Recife

Led by: Co-chairs: Professor Joanildo Burity, Lead Researcher/Professor at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation and Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings, Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion

Anglican Theology and Public Engagement

Dates: 24th - 27th April 2017

Host Institution: Diocesan Guest House, Recife

Host: The Most Revd Francisco de Assis da Silva, Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.

Co Chairs:  Professor Joanildo Burity, Lead Researcher/Professor at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation and Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings, Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion

Location: Diocesan Guest House, Recife

Theme: Anglican Theology and Public Engagement

Confirmed Speakers and Papers: 

The Very Revd Dr Gustavo Gilson Oliveira (Lecturer in Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife; former Dean of the Recife Anglican Provincial Seminary, Recife-PE), 'Public Theology and the Brazilian Religious Field: Questions and Contributions from an Anglican Perspective'

Revd Inamar de Souza, (Vicar, All Saints Parish Church, Niterói-RJ, Anglican Diocese of Rio de Janeiro), 'God is not homophobic: An Anglican Contribution to Overcoming Homophobia'

The Revd Dr Lilian Lira (Research Fellow at the Postgraduate Programme in Education, Cultures and Identities at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation/Federal Rural University of Pernambuco; President of the Recife Diocesan Standing Committee, Recife-PE), 'Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue: A Mode of Doing Public Theology'

Dr Paulo Ueti, (Theological Advisor and Regional Facilitator for Latin America of the Anglican Alliance; Lay member, Anglican Diocese of Brasilia), 'Biblical Notes on Mission and Theology: Doing theology through activism for life'

Dr Joanildo Burity (Lead researcher at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation; Professor of the Postgraduate Programmes in Sociology and in Political Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE), 'Public religion and public theology: the message of justice and affirmation of pluralism in a divided and commodified society'

 You can see art created by the resident artist, Ribeiro Halves, here. You can see more of his work on his blog, here.

The Anglican Communion News Service published an article about the conference, which you can read here.