Week Date Talk leader Description
1 09.10.06 Dr. Ard Louis
University Lecturer in Theoretical Physics
Postgraduate Student Life: the Big Picture?
Kicking off the term by sharing from his own personal experiences as a post graduate
2 16.10.06 Professor Alister McGrath
University Professor in Historical Theology
The God Delusion? Richard Dawkins and the Meaning of Life
3 23.10.06 Dr. Rev. Geoffrey Maughan
University lecturer in Pastoral Theology
Che Guevara, 'The Motorcycle Diaries', and the Oxford Post-grad
4 30.10.06 Dr. John Lennox
Reader in Maths and Fellow in Philosophy of Science at Green College
The Christian Worldview at Oxford
Dr. Lennox will be grappling with basic worldview questions and sharing from personal experience
5 06.11.06 Dr. Peter Clark
Managing Associate for Arca Associates International
A Christian Vision for International Development
Dr. Clark will explore the possibilities to effect change in the developing world
6 13.11.06 Dr. David Young
Former White House adviser, founder and president of Oxford Analytica
Spirituality and Decision-Making in Positions of Influence
Dr. Young will speak from his own experience and make the case for a spiritual dimension at work beyond the hard and soft dimensions of typical decision-making.
7 20.11.06 Dr. Krish Kandiah
Missiologist and Theologian, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Jesus and Fight Club
Dr. Kandiah will offer a provocative cultural and theological critique of the film Fight Club

8 27.11.06 Michael Ramsden
European Director of RZIM Trust
Existential Crisis and the Search for Identity