Thirty-second Annual Conference
April 7, 2019
The thirty-second annual conference of the Society met 5-7 April 2019 in Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. More information and reports of the proceedings will appear on this site in due course.
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- Frances Godden introduces the conference, and our first speaker, Professor Norman Doe, speaking on the Church in Wales and a century of national churches.
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- Dr Colin Podmore continues exploring the century of national churches from the perspective of the Church of England
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- Dr Malcolm Brown provides some theological considerations of establishment
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- Fr Paul Benfield led worship in the library during the Conference
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- Friday evening dinner
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- Professor Robert Blackburn speaking on constitutional considerations of establishment, moderated by our chairman, Professor Mark Hill QC.
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- Sir William Fittall gives an insider’s perspective on the practice and politics of Establishment
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- A pause in the academic procedures while the Society’s Annual General Meeting was held.
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- Canon Norman Boakes hosts perspectives from outside the Church of England.
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- Imam Monawar Hussein giving a Muslim perspective on Establishment.
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- Dr Paul Goodliff delivers a Baptist and ecumenical perspective.
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- Professor Grace Davie speaks on the advantages of a weak Established church.
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- Our chairman Professor Mark Hill QC introduces the after dinner speaker.
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- The Rt Revd Graham James proposes a toast to the Ecclesiastical Law Society.
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- The Rt Revd Graham James giving the final lecture on Establishment and the parish clergy
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- Cumberland Lodge – an exceptional venue for the conference