In Maynooth on Sunday June 26 at 1pm I will be doing something I’ve never done before: trying to explain the last three years of reading and thinking and writing in a way that doesn’t require footnotes.
Basically, I have been invited by the church I used to work for, the Presbyterian Church in Maynooth, to give an introduction to the theology of wealth. I will be road-testing a theory I have about how to explain my academic research in ways that are accessible and meaningful and helpful. Invariably, it will be a horrendous mess and the people who take the time to attend will remember it only for comedic value.
Without giving the game away, I think that the only hope that wealthy western Christians have is prayer.
Please feel free to come along; I’d love to see you and I would really appreciate your feedback. The location details are here.
Now, I am going to go meet Ben Folds.
Your Correspondent, Actually is going to meet Ben Folds right now.
Just to check, is this as part of the service in the morning or is it at another time?
Any chance of a summary for those in another country unable to attend? 🙂 I’ve been doing some college assignments on wealth and greed. I’d really like to hear your thoughts.
Hey Alan,
I am preaching at the morning service but this event is at 1pm, meaning that you don’t have to bundle church in to get the stuff about Mammon.
Sam,
I can’t really do a big summary because aspects of my PhD thesis have to be entirely unpublished before I actually submit. I would be infuriated if the Turnitin algorithm declared that I was an auto-plagiarist – which is a real concern.
But when I start blogging again in August, I will do a piece on five books that I think are really good on the topic. How’s that for a compromise?