Swarthmore lectures

As we face the terrifying challenges of climate change today, the spiritual power we require will only come when we surrender every particle of our will and life into the hands of the living God...

Presenting the Swarthmore Lecture 2018 by Chris Alton

How do we make sense of and respond to our experience of the world around us? How do we discern well together?

There's broken-for-the-rest-of- life and there's broken-in-order-to-give-life.

Arthur Eddington's 1929 Swarthmore lecture explores how science and religion define and look at reality. 'You will understand the true spirit neither of science nor of religion unless seeking is placed at the forefront.'

Alex Wildwood's 1999 Swarthmore lecture enquires into the experience at the heart of Quaker faith.

In the 2002 Swarthmore Lecture, Jackie Leach Scully introduces us to the field of genetic research and application, and encourages us to face up to some of the decisions which have to be made.

Rachel Brett's 2012 Swarthmore Lecture details the work of the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva.

Gerald Hewitson's 2013 Swarthmore Lecture weaves the author's own story of becoming and being a Quaker into the context of the Quaker tradition.

Pam Lunn's 2011 Swarthmore lecture explores how our spiritual and social community can help us meet the challenge of climate change.