Course

Environment, Art, Theology & Action course

Dates
10:00am - 4:00pm at Sarum College

Planet Earth—our home—is under urgent threat from multiple ecological crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss.

This day course will explore the challenge these ecological crises present to the church and individual Christians, in conjunction with an exciting and provocative art installation “Our Earth” at Salisbury Cathedral.

We will tour the exhibition with the curator, grapple with eco-theology and reflect on the role that art can play in provoking and inspiring us to act.

This course is taught at Sarum College.

About the course leaders
James Woodward View his bio

Kenneth Padley is Canon Treasurer of Salisbury. He has a share with the clergy team of worship, care and teaching at the Cathedral, as well as oversight of its fabric (‘treasures’) and Works Yard. His role includes chairing the Cathedral’s Arts Advisory Panel and leading on environmental issues, including carbon reduction.

Beth Hughes is Visual Arts Curator at Salisbury Cathedral. She leads the Working Class British Art Network and her research examines working-class representation in publicly-funded contemporary British art collections.

Susanna Snyder View her bio