Faith in an age of unbelief

Faith in an Age of Unbelief is the theme of this year’s annual lecture of the Institute for Research on the Signs of the Times (Discern) to be held on Wednesday at 7pm at the Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana. The event is open to the public.

The speaker is Gavin D’Costa, Professor of Catholic Theology at the University of Bristol. D’Costa was born in Kenya, travelled to England in 1968 and obtained his first degree in English and Theology from Birmingham University and a doctorate from Cambridge University. He is married with two children.

He writes on the Catholic and other religions as well as on Catholic culture and education. Some of his publications include: Theology and Religious Pluralism. The Challenge of Other Religions, 1986; John Hick’s Theology of Religions. A Critical Evaluation, 1987; The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity, 2000; Sexing the Trinity. Gender, Culture and the Divine, 2000; Theology in the Public Square: Church, University, and Nation, 2005; Christianity and the World Religions. Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions, 2009; He is currently completing a book on Vatican II.