A conference of religious progressives in Australia and the South Pacific.
"Living the Progressive Religion Dream" MELBOURNE 15-18 APRIL 2010

Saturday 17th April 2010

8.00am Registration

8.40am Scott Kearns/Music.

9.00am Welcome.

9.05am Peter Kennedy Keynote No. Sa1: Fr Peter Kennedy.
"St Mary's-in-exile. A progressive community".(Moderator: Jeremy Greaves)

10.00am Morning tea

10.30am Margaret Mayman Keynote No. Sa2: Margaret Mayman.
"Living prophetic-poetic progressive faith". (Moderator: Richard Smith)

11:40am 1. Frances McNab Keynote No. Sa3: Dr Francis Macnab.
"The 'New Faith' that's Needed and the 'New Faith' that's not
Wanted."(Moderator: Marie Yuncken)

Afternoon

1.00pm Lunch (own arrangements)

1:15pm                          Special Lunchtime Presentation: 'Children's Curriculum Project'.   Deshna Ubeda and Fred Plumer

2.15pm Workshops

1. Multifaith panel. Dr Keith Rowe,  Sherene Hassan, Rabbi Aviva Kipen. "Where is Your Faith 'Progressive' and Other Issues" (Moderator: David Merritt)

2. Sir Lloyd Geering. "Excavating Jesus". (Moderator: Rex Hunt)

3. John Smith/David Clark. "Divine necessity or human inevitability: Progressive theology beyond atonement" (Moderator: Linda Pure)

4. Norman Habel. "An Inconvenient Text: Is there a 'Green God' in the Bible?" (Moderator: Richard Smith)

5. Jason Davies-Kildea. "Transforming faith: Making progressive religion work" (Moderator: Elizabeth Burns)

 

3.15pm Afternoon tea.

3.45pmFrances McNab Keynote No. Sa4: Jo Lane.
"Midlife: A crisis and an opportunity for liberal religionists".(Moderator: Elaine Richmond)

4.45pm Conversation. 'Around the coffee pot'.

 

Evening

5.15-7.00pm Dinner (own arrangements)

7.05pm Entertainment. "Cor Bach" singers from the Victorian Welsh Choir.

7.40pmFrances McNab Public Lecture 3: Gretta Vosper. "Climbing Cardboard: The Tricky Act of Getting Out of the Box."
(Moderator: Wes Hartley)