Introduction

​'Faith and Thought' is the working name of the Victoria Institute.  
Since 1865, this has been a forum for those who wish to hold together Christian faith and advances in scientific knowledge. We seek to communicate these issues to the non-specialist.
We publish two journals. Faith&Thought seeks to convey to non-specialists the pastoral and ethical implications of advances in science. It also contains the text of lectures in our Annual Symposium and the winning essay of our prize essay competition.
Science and Christian Belief is published jointly with Christians in Science.
A few back issues are available to order here .

Officers must be evangelical Christians, but membership is open to those of all faiths or none.
Find out more about becoming a member here (subscription starts at just £10 per year).

 2018 Lecture - Free Admission!

‘A History of the Victoria Institute (now Faith & Thought)’
Saturday 22nd  September at 4:00pm, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP
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Rev. Dr. Ian Randall is honorary chaplain of Ridley Hall, Cambridge and lectures widely on church history.  He will present a lecture focusing on the early history of The Victoria Institute (now Faith & Thought).  Formed shortly after the publication of Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’,  how did the early institute address matters of conflict between science and religion?

The lecture will be followed by the Faith & Thought AGM.

The event is open to all with FREE admission.  There is no need to book in advance but if you could drop me an email to let me know you are coming it would help to have a rough idea of numbers drapkerry@gmail.com
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Scientia and Sapientia – a Spiritual Quest
An 80th Birthday Celebration for
Prof Ravi Ravindra and Prof Keith Ward
Saturday 15th September 2018
Colet House, 151 Talgarth Road, London W14 9DA
 
Ravi Ravindra and Keith Ward are among the leading figures in the world exploring the nature of reality across spiritual traditions and in their relationship with science. Both have thought deeply, written extensively and spoken widely on science and spirituality but this is the first time they have been brought together on this special occasion to mark their respective 80th birthdays. Although Ravi comes from an Indian cultural background, he has written a best-selling book on the Gospel of John while Keith’s Images of Eternity explores other spiritual avenues. There will also be a meditation with Ravi and presentations by artist Rob Floyd and musician Norman Higgins. This promises to be a scintillating and informative dialogue between two of the most prominent contemporary scholar-seekers – a day not to be missed!
 
Further full information and registration:
https://explore.scimednet.org/index.php/events/event/scientia-sapientia-a-spiritual-quest/
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Have you written an article relating Science and Christian Faith which might be suitable for publication?  Have you read a book  which you would like to review for the journal?   Submissions are invited to the editor via the administrator at  admin@faithandthought.org
Our constitution states 'Papers presented to the Society shall be considered as the property of the Society unless there shall have been any previous engagement with its author to the contrary, and the Council may cause the same to be published in any way and at any time it may think proper.'
The full constitution is here

Messy Church Does Science

At the October 2017 AGM, Faith&Thought voted unanimously to support the work of Messy Church Does Science through a financial grant.   Find out more about Messy Church Does Science HERE

Open Symposium 2017

Handling Biblical Violence
Audio MP3s of the three talks from Saturday 14th October 2017 are available here.  In addition you will find YouTube videos of the talks as narrated PowerPoints.  The full text of these papers will be published in the April 2018 edition of our journal - subscribe today!
These events are free to members of Faith and Thought (or those joining on the day). Otherwise just £10 (£7 concessions). There is no need to book in advance but if you could drop me an email to let me know you are coming it would help to have a rough idea of numbers admin@faithandthought.org
  • Is the God of the OT nasty, brutish and capricious?  Dr David Instone-Brewer (relating the Bible accounts with parallel ancient history and archaeological realities)
  • How has Islam dealt with violent scriptures? Rev Stephen Agilinko (with reference to the spectrum of understanding within Islam, and how this overlaps and / or differs from Christian interpretations)
  •  Divine Violence and Salvation – Dr Martyn Smith (considering the subjectivity of theological reflection and the wide-ranging accounts of biblical divine violence and its ramifications for Christian faith and practice.
​Faith and Thought is the working name of the Victoria Institute or Philosophical Society of Great Britain
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