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Spring 2010: Who Would Jesus Vote For?

Graeme McMeekin
Vice-Principal and Lecturer in Youth Work with Applied Theology

Delivered in partnership withEA Scotland logoand

Voting Image7:30 – 9:00pm
In the near future, probably May 2010, we are expecting a General Election across the United Kingdom. Over the last 2000 years the relationship between Christianity and political power has been constantly changing, whether it be a very close relationship such as that in the Post-Constantine Roman Empire or whether it be in the very complex relationship in the United States of America. One of our key questions as Christians at this time must be whether it is appropriate for us to be involved in the political process and if so, on what basis and over what issues.

This 6 week series of evening classes is aimed at debating some of these issues from whether Christians should vote through to issues such as environmentalism, political parties or Scottish Nationalism. Whether you have a view or not on some of these issues, this will be an opportunity to explore the different avenues and prepare ourselves in advance of the media hype and the ballot papers.

The provisional programme is as follows:

Week 1 15 February Would Jesus Vote?
Alistair Stevenson
(Public Policy Officer, Evangelical Alliance Scotland)
& Graeme McMeekin
Week 2 22 February Breaking up Britain: How to be a Christian Nationalist?
Graeme Brooks
(Director of Youth for Christ in Scotland and active member of the Scottish Conservative Party)
& Doug Gay
(Lecturer in Practical Theology, University of Glasgow and active member of the Scottish National Party)
Week 3 1 March Jesus Manifesto: Living Counter-Culturally
Gordon Macdonald
(Parliamentary Officer, CARE for Scotland),
Alistair Stevenson and Graeme McMeekin
Week 4 8 March New Heaven and a New Earth – Why Care About the Environment?
Chad Rimmer
(Minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and currently pursuing a PhD in the Theological Ethics at the intersection of peacemaking and ecology)
Week 5 15 March How Should/Can Christians Engage with Politics?
Gordon Macdonald
Week 6 22 March

Are Christians Always Right(wing)?
Councillor Ewan Aitken
(Scottish Labour Party, Edinburgh City Council)
& Councillor Jeremy Balfour
(Scottish Conservative Party, Edinburgh City Council)

There is no obligation to come to every class (classes can be paid for on an individual basis).  For further details contact Sandra McSporran (sandra.mcsporran@icc.ac.uk) or download a leaflet about all the classes below.

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