Back in 2021 it was reported that ‘Britain’s strictest head teacher "has bolstered her reputation by saying that children are born with ‘original sin’ and must be ‘habituated into choosing good over evil." Was she right? Certainly, Augustine, a Bishop from North Africa, would have agreed with her. In the third century CE, he challenged the British theologian Pelagius (from St Albans?), who rejected the idea of original sin and believed that humans are born morally neutral, with the ability to choose between good and evil. Augustine won the argument and the Catholic Church adopted the doctrine of 'original sin' but would he win today?
Travel back in time and join the debate as this pair battle it out on the modern stage.
When | Thursday 27 July 2023, 7.30-c.9pm
Where | St Albans Cathedral
Cost | £10 (£6 students)
Speakers| Prof. Tim Boatswain and Stephen De Silva
(Please note this event is in-person only and will not be recorded.)
All proceeds to Conservation 50 (and earmarked for a mural to brighten up an alleyway - soon to be revealed)
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