The Poetry of Eden
Monday 18 May 2026
19:00-21:00 (UK time}
James Priestman
This session explores the diverse ways the Garden of Eden has been imagined, narrated and celebrated across Jewish and Christian traditions. Friends will be invited to consider some striking poetic images as a means of deepening their appreciation of Eden’s decidedly ecological message.
Alongside an extended exploration of Eden through the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, Friends will also be introduced both to the role of Eden in Apocryphal literature and in Medieval thought. Throughout the session, participants will be encouraged to consider their own response to the notion of Paradise. How do we understand these images today? How might the vision of a primordial garden give us theological resources for imagining a more just and reverential relationship with the earth and its ecosystems?
This course will involve:
Discussion, Speaker, Zoom Session
Accessibility info:
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