"Change is all there is: Evolutionary Theology" - The Very Revd Dr Jonathan Draper, Dean of Exeter

This paper is a thought experiment.

Can we use our understanding of evolution and genetics to understand why churches in different contexts and subject to different kinds of environmental pressures move in different theological directions?

I will argue that we can, and will suggest that diversity within the Christian 'species' is essential to its survival. About Jonathan Draper Jonathan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lived in the United States until he finished his first degree. He moved to the UK to study at Durham University where he studied for a BA and PhD in theology.

At Durham, he met his wife Maggie and they married in 1979. He was ordained in 1983 and has served in parishes in the diocese of Manchester, before becoming a lecturer in theology at a Theological College and in the University of Oxford. He then went on to be vicar of Putney, and from 2000-2012 was Canon Theologian at York Minster before his move to Exeter.

Tuesday 15th March 2016 at 19.30 in the Chapter House Admission free, refreshments provided.

Please book online or telephone 01392 285983 to register your interest.

Book Online http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/event/all-events/cathedral-spring-lec...