By Rebecca Masker

WINCHESTER Cathedral has announced its adult education and spirituality programme for the autumn, writes Rebecca Masker.

Professor Tom Griggs, the Marischal professor of divinity at University of Aberdeen, will be leading a free lecture on ‘The God who is transcendent in our midst: Divine and Creaturely Action according to the Reformation.’ on September 7. It will be exploring how daily actions relate to God and Professor Griggs will be drawing on the work of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer - a theologian who was executed by the Nazi’s due to his alleged involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler. The free event is at the King Alfred Campus of the University of Winchester.

On September 18 Revd Dr Susan Durber will be continuing the Reformation lecture series with ‘Renewal and Reform: Finding Common Ground on the Reformation after the Ecumenical Movement.’ She will be reviewing the ecumenical movement and assessing the possibility for healing across the Christian churches at 7pm at the Wessex Learning Centre.

On September 20 there will be ‘A Reforming Imagination: Conversation Points for Today,’ led by Revd Dr Michael Jagessar. He will questioning whether the reforming imagination is really radical enough at 7pm in the Taylor Selwyn Room of the Cathedral education centre.

Professor Neil Messer will be giving a lecture on September 25 on what makes us human.Professor Messer, the professor of theology at the University of Winchester, will be exploring the theologians Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth. The event on September 25 begins at 7pm in the Wessex Learning Centre.

Professor John Barclay will be finishing off the series on Saturday, September 26 with ‘Luther, Paul and the Radical Power of Grace.’

Professor Barclay is the Lightfoot professor of divinity at the University of Durham, and will be examining the two most important figures of the Reformation tradition – Paul the Apostle and his interpreter Martin Luther. He will be discussing their relationship to each other and exploring current cultural relevance of their perspectives. The lecture will take place at 7pm the Wessex Centre.

England has had cathedrals for the last 1800 years, but although much has been written on their architecture, the everyday history of these institutions remain largely untold.

In ‘The History of England’s Cathedrals’ Nicholas Orme the Emeritus professor of history at Exeter University will provide a tour through the untold history of England’s cathedrals from the Vikings to the Second World War. The lecture in on October 17 at 12pm in The Taylor Selwyn Room of the Cathedral Education centre.