Conference on Beauty and Faith, Chichester Cathedral April 2026 Films of Talks from the Conference - Antiqua Nova

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24th Jun 2026
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This conference, sponsored by the Bell-Rowell Memorial Fund, administered by the Chapter of Chichester Cathedral, and in honour of the late Bishop Geoffrey Rowell (1943-2017) a series of speakers explored the connections between beauty and faith.


After-dinner speech
by Edward Dowler    

Dean of Chichester


Introductory remarks Beauty and Faith
by Emma Trimble              

Writer and broadcaster             


Visual Art
by Madeleine Emerald Thiele    

Director and founder of Visual Theology


Architecture
by Harry Spain                                   

Architectural historian


Pastoral
by Damien Mason     

Vicar of St Mary, Brookfield, London                      


Summary and Reflection
by Ben Quash             

Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge                       


Music
by Charles Harrison         

Organist and Master of the Choristers, Chichester              


Poetry
by Bijan Omrani                        

 Historian and churchwarden       


Liturgical Language
by Bradley Smith                              

Chairman of the Prayer Book Society


Pastoral
by Fergus Butler-Gallie      

Vicar of Charlbury, Oxfordshire           


Summary and Reflection
by Madeline Grant                      

Journalist     


 

A generous grant from the Prayer Book Society has enabled us to film the talks.

 

 
Posted
24th Jun 2026
News category
General