The Cambridge Orthodox Forum Lectures Delivered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies

Start date: March 2012 711 minutes, 9 seconds in 12 episodes

Ancient Faith Radio, together with the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, located in the university city of Cambridge, England, is pleased to present this selection of lectures delivered by distinguished scholars for the Institute’s degree course. Titled “The Cambridge Orthodox Forum,” this series is designed to address questions of great relevance for the world today from the perspective of ancient Orthodox Christianity.

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The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies is the Orthodox house of theological studies in the ancient university city of Cambridge, England. It is a full member of the Cambridge Theological Federation and thus an Allied Institution of the University of Cambridge and a Regional Partner of Anglia Ruskin University. The Institute was founded in 1999 with the blessing of all Orthodox hierarchs in Western Europe. IOCS rejoices in having among its guest lecturers and supporters such illustrious teachers as Metropolitan Kallistos of Diocleia, Metropolitan John Zizioulas, Fr. Thomas Hopko, Fr. Prof. Andrew Louth, Archimandrites Symeon and Zacharias of St John the Baptist’s Monastery (Essex), and the late Metropolitan Antony of Sourozh.

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Date	Title & Description	Duration
Jan 14, 2013	Wounded by Love Dr. Marcus Plested, the Academic Director of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, addresses the theme of Love at the 2009 IOCS Summer School. Please note that this episode is not up to our usual audio standards. For this we apologize. Click to play	66:57
Sep 11, 2012	Christianity and Violence Professor David Frost, the Principal of the Institute, explores the theme of Christianity and violence. Click to play	53:44
Aug 28, 2012	Christianity and Human Life Professor David Frost addresses the theme of Christianity and Human Life and explores the topics of abortion, contraception, euthanasia, and suicide. Click to play	62:54
Jul 17, 2012	Passion: Enemy or Friend? Metropolitan Kallistos Ware continues to address the theme of Passion during the 2010 IOCS Summer School. Click to play	48:34
Jul 03, 2012	Divine Passion: Does God Suffer? Metropolitan Kallistos Ware addresses the theme of Passion within the 2010 IOCS Summer School, which approached the wider theme of "Passion: Human and Divine." In this lecture, Metropolitan Kallistos explores the question, "Does God suffer?" Click to play	53:51
Jun 12, 2012	The Basis of Christian Ethics: Part 2 Professor David Frost continues his exploration in the field of ethics and tries to find an answer to the question, "How do we discover and apply a Christian standard?" Click to play	65:05
May 29, 2012	The Basis of Christian Ethics: Part 1 Professor David Frost, the Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, speaks about "Christian and other ways of deciding what is right" in this first of two lectures on ethics. Click to play	73:10
May 15, 2012	A Suffering God Dr. Christine Mangala Frost presents a series of reflections on the services of the Holy Week. Click to play	69:02
May 01, 2012	The “Neo-Patristic Synthesis” Metropolitan Kallistos Ware discusses whether Florovsky’s program of a "Neo-patristic synthesis" is still viable in contemporary theology. Click to play	52:42
Apr 17, 2012	The Sources of Theology Metropolitan Kallistos Ware futher explores the foundation of Eastern theology and its historical roots in the writings of the fathers and the Orthodox life.	48:41
Mar 20, 2012	What Is Theology? Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, renowned Orthodox author, former Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford, and one of the Directors of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, explores the Orthodox vision of theology.	55:38
Mar 06, 2012	Theodicy and the Book of Job Dr. Christine Mangala Frost has lectured widely on comparative religion and is a published novelist with two books to her name exploring the consequences of religious belief for human action. She is currently working on a study comparing and contrasting Hindu and the Christian Orthodox beliefs. Here she presents a reflection on the theme of theodicy in relation to the Book of Job.	60:51