A Programme of Talks and Discussions about Christian Thinkers

Thursday 12 March 2026, Thursday 09 April 2026, Thursday 07 May 2026 Thursday at for 1 hour
Church Croft
Church Croft

Thursday 12 March 2026 -Francis Spufford - Unapologetic (2012)

Thursday 9 April 2026 - Karen Armstrong - The Case for God (2009)

Thursday 7 May 2026 - C.S. Lewis - Mere Christianity (1952)

Christian history is full of thinkers and writers wrestling with the human condition and their understanding of god. Francis Spufford is a celebrated novelist for works like Golden Hill but is also a practising Christian and wrote a defence of faith with the subtitle, ‘why, in spite of everything, Christianity still makes surprising emotional sense’. Karen Armstrong is a former Roman Catholic sister who left her convent as a young woman and became a popular writer on religion writing books on Muhammad, Buddha, and the commonalities between faiths. She sets out her later more mystical Christian Faith in The Case for God. C.S. Lewis may be the most well-loved and influential Christian thinker in the modern Church of England. He argues that the experience of the Second World War persuades us that there really is good and evil in the world and that means there is God.

Everyone is Welcome – No Charge

St Bartholomew & All Saints, Royal Wootton Bassett

We seek to grow through prayer and share Christ’s love through engagement with all

You would be very welcome at any of our services

Sundays

8:00 am   Service of Holy Communion (said) (1st Sunday BCP)

10:00 am Parish Eucharist (sung)  (1st Sunday is an All Age Service)

Church Children in Church on 1st & 5th Sundays, in the Croft - 2nd, 3rd & 4th Sundays

Evensong is celebrated on the 1st Sunday of each month at 6:00pm

On the 2nd Sunday of each month, we have Worship @ 9, a more informal service, in The Church Hall

Wednesdays, there's a service of Holy Communion in Church at 10:30 am

Refreshments are available Monday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 12 noon in our Church Croft, alongside the church building.

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Parish Office
1 Church Street
Royal Wootton Bassett
Wiltshire

SN4 7BQ
(01793) 853272
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A Programme of Talks and Discussions about Christian Thinkers

Thursday 12 March 2026, Thursday 09 April 2026, Thursday 07 May 2026 Thursday at for 1 hour
Church Croft
Church Croft

Thursday 12 March 2026 -Francis Spufford - Unapologetic (2012)

Thursday 9 April 2026 - Karen Armstrong - The Case for God (2009)

Thursday 7 May 2026 - C.S. Lewis - Mere Christianity (1952)

Christian history is full of thinkers and writers wrestling with the human condition and their understanding of god. Francis Spufford is a celebrated novelist for works like Golden Hill but is also a practising Christian and wrote a defence of faith with the subtitle, ‘why, in spite of everything, Christianity still makes surprising emotional sense’. Karen Armstrong is a former Roman Catholic sister who left her convent as a young woman and became a popular writer on religion writing books on Muhammad, Buddha, and the commonalities between faiths. She sets out her later more mystical Christian Faith in The Case for God. C.S. Lewis may be the most well-loved and influential Christian thinker in the modern Church of England. He argues that the experience of the Second World War persuades us that there really is good and evil in the world and that means there is God.

Everyone is Welcome – No Charge

St Bartholomew & All Saints, Royal Wootton Bassett Charity No. 1130533