Join us on April 15-16, 2019 for the Osterhaven Lectures in Theology, featuring Dr. John Swinton.
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Monday, April 15
9:40 am Dr. Swinton preaching in Chapel (public welcome, sign up here)
10:30 am Lecture #1: Raging with Compassion (public welcome, sign up here)
Noon Community Conversation lunch with students and local pastors on What makes Practical Theology Practical Theology?
7:00 pm Lecture #2: What does God look like?—Whose God? Which image? (public welcome, sign up here)
Tuesday, April 16
7:30 am Breakfast Lecture #3 in the Commons: Mental Health and Ministry (public welcome, sign up here)
John Swinton is a Scottish theologian and a major figure in the development of disability theology. He is a professor in practical theology and pastoral care at the University of Aberdeen’s School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy. In 2004 he founded the university’s Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability, which has a dual focus: the relationship between spirituality and health and the theology of disability.
John is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland, and in 2012 The Church of Scotland appointed him as Master of Christ’s College, the university’s theological college.
In 2014 he established the Centre for Ministry Studies, a joint project between Christ’s College and the University of Aberdeen. It provides a broad range of education and training for both lay and ordained people.
In 2016 he was awarded the Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing for his book, Dementia: Living in the Memories of God.
John also serves as an honorary professor of nursing in the Centre for Advanced Studies in Nursing at Aberdeen University. He is a registered mental nurse as well as a nurse for people with learning disabilities.
