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Next Seminar - Prophecy in the New Millennium
Saturday, 12 May 2012; 9.30am - 5.00pm
Location: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE. For directions see: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/LSE_CampusMap.pdf and http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/howToGetToLSE.htm.
Tickets (include buffet lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea) booked and paid in advance of 16 April 2012 cost £38 each (£18 for students/unwaged and £10 for A-Level students). Tickets booked after 16 April 2012 cost £48 each (£28 for students and £20 for A-Level students).
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Houghton St.
London WC2A 2AE
020 7955 7654
Because of the many different perspectives present at an Inform seminar, Inform asks that all participants abide by a Code of Practice and The Chatham House Rule.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
The presence of speakers on an Inform programme does not mean that Inform endorses their position.
The aim of Inform Seminars is to help participants to understand, or at least recognise, different perspectives.
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Registration
Welcome – Professor Eileen Barker (Professor, LSE; Chair & Honorary Director, Inform)
Suzanne Newcombe and Sarah Harvey (Research Officers, Inform) Introduction
Dr Simon Dein (UCL and University of Durham) “Prophecy: Social Scientific Perspectives”
Sheila Tremlett (former member of the Worldwide Church of God) “To a Place of Safety? The Elect in the Great Tribulation”
Coffee
Dr Hugh Beattie (The Open University) “The Mahdi and the End-Times in Islam”
Abi Freeman (mid-lifer) “Living in the Time of the End”
Group Discussions
Lunch
Andrew Fergus Wilson (University of Derby) “From the Mushrooms to the Stars: 2012 and the Apocalyptic Milieu”
Kevin Whitesides (PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh) “New Age: (Still) Doing What it Says on the Tin”
David G. Robertson (PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh) “(Always) Living in the End Times: The “Rolling Prophecy” of the Conspiracy Milieu”
Tea
Wendy Grossman (freelance writer and founder of The Skeptic Magazine) “Chasing the Horizon: Prophecy in Secular Contexts”
Professor Gordon Melton (Baylor University and founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion) “Looking into the Future: Why Prophecies Will Persist”
Panel Discussion
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Code of Practice for Seminars
Inform aims to collect and disseminate objective, accurate information about alternative religions and spiritualities. Participants in Inform seminars and conferences are expected to further these aims by seeking to avoid deliberate deception or distortion. In order to be able to exchange information about a subject which can arouse strong feelings, it is necessary to lay down some ground rules for discussion. The purpose of these rules is to prevent strong feelings from undermining (a) the pursuit of truth, (b) the conduct of constructive dialogue and (c) the defence of sometimes unpopular views.
In the belief that understanding minority religions and the controversies which may be associated with them requires sensitivity to the freedom of all people to express their opinions within the law, Inform has the following policy for the conduct of its meetings:
- It is essential to show respect for the convictions of others and to refrain from behaving in ways which cause unnecessary offence
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Genuine dialogue calls for listening as well as speaking
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It is unacceptable to misrepresent or disparage other people's beliefs and practices
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It is not good practice to compare one's own ideals with other people's practices.
Inform usually records the lectures at its public events for legal reasons, but does not make the recording available without the express permission of the speaker.
The Chatham House Rule
"When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed."
For a further explanation of the Chatham House Rule, please see the Chatham House website.
Of course, if the individual speaker gives his or her express permission, then s/he may be quoted by name.
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