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Faith in
Search of Understanding

by Anthony Freeman

In this series of short lectures, Anthony Freeman selects six major themes in Christianity.

1. The Bible
2. God
3. Jesus
4. The Creeds
5. Prayer and Worship
6. The Church

He writes:
Any one of the themes
could easily justify a course of six lectures on its own. So inevitably there will be huge gaps. But I hope that the questions raised and discussed will serve to arouse interest in these topics and point the way to further study.

Because of my semi-detached status from the Church of England, I arranged with Nigel Guthrie, Rector of Holy Cross Church, Crediton (UK), where they were given, that this would not be an official parish course, but a self-financing project, with my hiring a room and making a small charge like any other organization.

To make the whole thing slightly less egocentric I have the agreement of the Progressive Christianity Network www.pcnbritain.org.uk to run the course under their name. PCN (Britain) is the British off-shoot of an American organization whose purpose is to promote an open attitude to religious faith and practice, and to support members of mainstream churches who sometimes feel under pressure to conform to conservative attitudes with which they feel uncomfortable. 

The Chairman of the British network is Hugh Dawes, who was at theological college with me. He has been very supportive throughout my difficulties with various Church of England bishops.