L15 - The Examined Life: Reflections on Mind and Spirit

Preacher: The Rev'd Duncan Dormor, Dean, St John's College

Preacher: The Rev’d Dr Timothy Jenkins, Reader in Anthropology and Religion, Cambridge University Tim Jenkins is Reader in Anthropology and Religion in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and a Fellow of Jesus College. He was Dean of Chapel at Jesus from 1992 to 2000. Recent publications include The Life of Property (2010) and Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists (2013), the one a study of land inheritance in south-west France, the other concerning the investigation of a flying saucer cult.

Preacher: The Rev’d Lucyann Ashdown, Chaplain, Farleigh Hospice, Chelmsford Lucyann is an Anglican priest and midwife working as a hospice chaplain at Farleigh Hospice in Mid Essex. She is also chair to The Guild of Health. Prior to ordination she was an Independent Midwife and midwife teacher in East London and Essex. She trained as a spiritual director at the London Spirituality Centre and is particularly interested in how we experience the divine in and through our bodies. She is married to James and enjoys running, knitting, singing and an eclectic range of music.

Preacher: The Rev’d Annabel Shilson-Thomas, Associate Vicar, Great St Mary’s, Cambridge Annabel Shilson-Thomas is the Associate Vicar of Great St Mary's the University Church, Cambridge, and Chaplain at Michaelhouse, Cambridge Annabel shares in the ministry at Great St Mary's where she has particular responsibility for pastoral care and for developing a spirituality programme at Michaelhouse. Previously she ministered in south London and has worked both in publishing and overseas aid and development.

Preacher: The Rev’d Professor Alasdair Coles, Professor of Neuroimmunology, Cambridge University Alasdair Coles trained in medicine in Oxford and then did junior hospital posts in Nottingham, London and Nigeria before arriving in Cambridge in 1994 to start a PhD. He is still working on his PhD research project: the treatment of multiple sclerosis, now as Professor of Neuroimmunology. He was ordained in 2008, as a minister in secular employment, to be a Christian voice in the world of hospital medicine. He also does research into the spirituality of neurological diseases, such as temporal lobe epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.

Preacher: The Rev'd Elizabeth Adekunle, Chaplain, St John's College

Preacher: The Rev'd Dr Stephen Cherry, Dean, King's College, Cambridge Stephen returned to King's as Dean in September 2014, after having served there as Chaplain in the early 1990s. In between he was a parish priest in Loughborough for 12 years and then a Cathedral Canon and Diocesan Officer in Durham for 8. He has written a number of books, one of which concerns the psychology and theology of forgiveness: 'Healing Agony: Reimagining Forgiveness' (Continuum 2012). The book argues that true forgiveness cannot be willed or demanded, but that by the grace of God and the creative generosity of the victim it may sometimes emerge overtime. He is currently working on a book on sin.