SPEAKERS

Who's Going to be Speaking

We are proud of the excellence of the diverse and interesting guest speakers who address our monthly meetings.   Not only do they provide opportunity for learning and discussion on a wide range of topics, but they keep us up to date with what is happening in our ever-changing city and world.

Here are details of our speakers for the next couple of months:

Monday 10th February

Professor Peter Lineham
on
"Very Peculiar People: The Christchurch Reputation for Religious Eccentrics and Extremists "

In A History of Canterbury, historian W.H. Scotter claims that “Christchurch welcomes no new thing except new religions”, citing the cases of Arther Bently Worthington and James O’Bryen Hoare. There is some evidence that Christchurch was a shining example not of Anglicanism but of Religious Dissent, and that some of the Anglicans were not good examples of their breed. This talk  will explore these examples, and  also try to understand why the cathedral city was not all that it appeared on the surface.

Peter Lineham is Professor Emeritus of History from  Massey University, Auckland. He has written and lectured extensively on the religious history of New Zealand and is an expert in such areas as cults, sects, small churches, and Freethinkers in New Zealand.

Monday 10th March