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Our main series this term ‘In Other Words’ continues tonight. Each of the evenings are devised and facilitated by our Education Officer Penny Boxall and the response so far has been super. University Church is an environment that constantly affirms and celebrates the connections between literature and theology, whether in our sermons or in our discussions with each other. The lineup of speakers over the six weeks is diverse and impressive. Tonight Margaret Keane, the Dame Helen Gardener Fellow in English at St Hilda’s, will speak on Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ and next week Susanne Sklar will look at William Blake’s vision of Christianity. Each session begins at 6.45pm in the Old Library.

Services
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Tuesdays & Thursdays at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Eucharists

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Sunday 22nd May Trinity Sunday

10.30am - Choral Eucharist

Preacher - The Revd Andrew Allen, Chaplain of Exeter College

Mozart, Coronation Mass K.317
Leighton, Hymn to the Trinity

5.45pm: Corpus Christi College Evensong

Preacher: The Revd Canon Jeremy Davies

Formerly Canon Precentor, Salisbury Cathedral

‘Short Service’ – Tallis

‘O lux beata Trinitas’ – Makor

In other words
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What is it about a great poem that resonates with us? Why do we feel a sense of the ‘other’ when we read a novel? This series explores the links between literature and theology.

Events take place on Wednesday evenings in the Old Library (above the Vaults and Gardens Café) at 6.45pm.

18 May –'Coming into our inheritance': theological debate in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials'

This talk will concentrate on some of the theological ideas debated in The Amber Spyglass. It will look in particular at the big questions of death, salvation and a community of believers.

Margaret Kean is the Dame Helen Gardner Fellow in English at St Hilda's College.

25 May – William Blake’s Visionary Christianity

Blake emphatically called himself a Christian, though he belonged to no particular church. We’ll explore, in his poetry and painting, how forgiveness, erotic spirituality, and the embrace of what he calls ‘contraries’ lead to joyful life in ‘the Divine Body.’

Susanne Sklar is a member of the Cumnor Fellowship and has a DPhil from Oxford in theology.

‘Illuminating Oxford’: Children’s Historical Art Workshop

This workshop for children aged 7+ will explore the rich tradition of Oxford’s medieval manuscript production. Mix your own egg tempera using techniques which are hundreds of years old; restore the colours to a piece of medieval art; and create your own ‘initial portrait’, using decorative techniques from the period.

The workshop is led by the art educator Arianna Sangiovanni, who has extensive experience of producing art with children in several countries including England, the Netherlands and Italy.

The workshop will run from 4.15-5.45pm in the Old Library of the University Church (above the Vaults Café): the very centre of the medieval book production industry. All materials will be provided, along with refreshments.

£7 per child; places are limited, so booking is essential. Book via 01865 279110 or penny.boxall@universitychurch.ox.ac.uk.

Forthcoming Concerts & Other Events

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Tuesday 24th May 7.30pm Hertford Music Society Trinity Concert

Tickets on the door.

Check out our website and Facebook pages.

http://www.universitychurch.ox.ac.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/smvoxford/

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Poetry Corner

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I GAINED it so –
By climbing slow –
By catching at the twigs that grow
Between the bliss – and me –

From ‘Life’ – Emily Dickinson

This quotation is used at the beginning of one of the chapters in The Amber Spyglass, the third book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Pullman places these little snippets – often from the Metaphysical and Romantic poets – as mini epigraphs which enrich the nugget of story following on. They also serve – in a book whose primary audience is young adults – to acquaint the reader with a huge range of poetry; they stick in the mind, altered and emboldened by their relationship to the story. Pullman has initiated a wonderful relationship of text to text.

Margaret Kean will explore theological discourse in Pullman’s work in tonight’s lecture, the third part of our In Other Words series.

St Mary's Church, High Street, OX1 4BJ, Oxford, United Kingdom

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