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Sunday Worship: To Disagree Well

30/04/2017

To Disagree Well

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, To Disagree Well

Edmund Newell, principal of Cumberland Lodge, leads a service from Holy Trinity, Windsor.

A service on learning to 'disagree well', led by Canon Dr Edmund Newell, principal of Cumberland Lodge, with an address by Church of England mediator Sandra Cobbin.

In the 1930s, delegations of British intellectuals travelled to Germany to find out more about the rise of National Socialism, engaging in debates with German academics and clergymen, Nazi leaders and young people. At the head of these delegations was a remarkable woman, Amy Buller, who wanted to understand and challenge the horrors of what she came to regard as a false extremist religion.

With the support of the King and Queen, Buller went on to establish an educational foundation at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park. Seventy years on, this institution continues to promote constructive dialogue and to challenge social divisions.

In a service broadcast live from Holy Trinity, Windsor, Canon Dr Edmund Newell, Principal of Cumberland Lodge, explores the importance of learning to 'disagree well' and celebrates the life and work of Amy Buller to mark the 70th anniversary of the educational foundation she established. The preacher is Sandra Cobbin, an experienced mediator who was one of the facilitators for the Church of England's 'Shared Conversations on Human Sexuality' and is also a Training Partner with Bridge Builders Ministries. The music is led by The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London.

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