About the Speaker
Janet Martin Soskice was born in Vancouver and brought up in the West Kootenays. After a BA at Cornell University, she studied at Regent in 1973–74, before doing an MA in Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield followed by a doctorate in philosophy of religion at Oxford University. After teaching at an Anglican Theological College at Oxford for four years, she was appointed to a lectureship at Cambridge University where she taught for over 30 years and was Professor of Philosophical Theology. On retiring from Cambridge, she accepted a Research Professorship at Duke University Divinity School, where she now teaches.
Her works include Metaphor and Religious Language (Oxford, 1985), The Kindness of God (Oxford, 2008), and Naming God: Addressing the Divine in Philosophy, Theology and Scripture (Cambridge, 2023). She has also written Sisters of Sinai (Knopf, NY, 2009), the true story of Agnes and Margaret Smith, valiant Presbyterian twin sisters who made many trips to the Sinai desert in the 19th century in quest of ancient manuscripts of the Bible.
Janet is really interested in God.
Event Schedule
Lecture 1 – Have We Forgotten God, the Creator?
Tuesday, February 4, 7:30 pm
Lecture 2 – Creation and the God Who Speaks
Wednesday, February 5, 7:30 pm
Lunchtime Interview and Q&A
Thursday, February 6, 12:00 pm (onsite only at Regent College, room 100)
Lecture 3 – Christ and Creation: What Is It to Be Creatures Today?
Thursday, February 6, 7:30 pm
About the Laing Lectures
The Laing Lectures began at Regent College in 1999 in cooperation with Roger and Carol Laing and in honour of their father, William John Laing. The purpose of the lectures is to encourage persons recognized for scholarship, wisdom, and creativity to undertake serious thought and original writing on an issue of significance for the Christian church and to promote the sharing of such thoughts through a series of public lectures. Learn more about the Laing Lectures here.