On Truth Telling and Storytelling

Canon Dr Paula Gooder, Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, gives the annual Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture.

Date and time

Starts on Thu, 23 May 2024 18:15 GMT+1

Location

Westminster Abbey

20 Deans Yd London SW1P 3PA United Kingdom

About this event

The Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures are given in memory of Dean Eric Symes Abbott (1906-1983), who was at various times Dean of King's College London, Warden of Lincoln Theological College, Warden of Keble College Oxford, and Dean of Westminster. The Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Fund was endowed after his death by his friends to provide for an annual lecture on spirituality and pastoral theology.

The speaker:

Dr Paula Gooder is one of today’s best known New Testament theologians, a scholar and teacher, and is a Licensed Lay Reader in the Church of England. As Chancellor of St Paul’s, she is responsible for growing and leading the Cathedral's expanding theological and learning programme, a major part of its Christian mission and outreach.

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