Response to the Global Atheist Convention
Response to the Global Atheist Convention:
The following events were organised by St Jude’s Carlton and other churches in Melbourne:
- How to Respond to Dawkins and Atheism - 3 March
- Atheism & Belief: The Difference Jesus Makes - 13 March
- Can You Believe in God & Science? - 17 March
- Philosophy in a Pub – 2 Philosophers in discussion: Does God Exist? - 18 March
How to Respond to Dawkins and Atheism
Date: Wed 3rd March
Time: 8pm
Venue: St Jude’s Carlton
Speakers: Dr Greg Clarke (Director, Centre for Public Christianity) - on video & Dr Bruce Langtry (Senior Fellow in Philosophy, University of Melbourne)
There is no charge and no need to register for this event.
Atheism & Belief: The Difference Jesus Makes
Date: Sat 13th March
Time: 8pm
Venue: BMW Edge – Federation Square
Speaker: Dr Greg Clarke (Director, Centre for Public Christianity)
Entry Cost: $10
Organised jointly with St Jude’s Carlton, Glen Waverly Anglican Church, St Michael’s North Carlton, Holy Trinity Doncaster, St James’ Old Cathedral + City on a Hill, St Columb’s Hawthorn, St Mark’s Camberwell, & supported by the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne.
There is no need to register for this event.
Can You Believe in God & Science?
Date: Wed 17th March
Time: 8pm
Venue: St James’ Conference Centre, 12 Batman St, West Melbourne
Organised jointly with ISCAST. A panel & discussion with Prof John Pilbrow (Emeritus Professor of Physics, Monash University), Dr Alan Gijsbers (Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in the Dept of Medicine at Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne), Dr Denise Cooper-Clarke (Adjunct Lecturer in Ethics at Ridley Melbourne, and a Tutor in Medical Ethics at the University of Melbourne), & Rev Murray Hogg (Chair of ISCAST Victoria and the Pastor of East Camberwell Baptist Church)
There is no charge and no need to register for this event.
Philosophy in a Pub – 2 Philosophers in discussion: Does God Exist?
Date: Thursday 18th March
Time: 8pm
Venue: University Hotel, 272 Lygon St (cnr Grattan St), Carlton
Speakers: Dr Bruce Langtry (Senior Fellow in Philosophy, University of Melbourne – a christian) and Dr Doug Adeney (Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Melbourne – formerly an Anglican, currently an atheist).
There is no charge and no need to register for this event.


