Public Lecture: Meeting Margaret Fell

Wednesday 12 June 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Venue

Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre - View Map

Open to

All Lancaster University (non-partner) students, Alumni, External Organisations, Postgraduates, Public, Staff, Undergraduates

Registration

Free to attend - registration required

Registration Info

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Event Details

Professor Rachel Muers will talk about Margaret Fell was known for her influential early statements of Quaker principles, and for her arguments in defence of women’s preaching and leadership.

Margaret Fell was known for her influential early statements of Quaker principles, and for her arguments in defence of women’s preaching and leadership. She was imprisoned for several years in Lancaster for refusing to take the oath of allegiance and for allowing Quaker meetings for worship to be held in her home. The talk will draw on Margaret Fell’s life and work to explore themes of religious authority and leadership, power and protest, freedom of conscience and how her life and thought is still important today.

Professor Rachel Muers joined the University of Edinburgh in 2022 as the first woman to hold the historic Chair of Divinity. She previously held posts at the University of Exeter (2003-2007) and the University of Leeds (2007-2022). Her main research interests are at the intersections between modern Christian theology and ethics.

Contact Details

Name Helen Jackson
Email

h.jackson9@lancaster.ac.uk

Website

https://www.trybooking.com/uk/CXJH

Directions to Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre

To access the Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre, enter the campus via Big Forth Drive, then take the first exit at the roundabout at the top of the hill. Follow the North Drive, the road takes a couple of curves to the right, after the second curve, John Creed Avenue is the 3rd road on the right.