KU Big Read Book Club Week 7: How Formal Does Faith Need to be to Deliver Satisfaction?

Faith is a constant theme in . We first meet several of the key characters while they are sitting in a teashop, plotting on how best to evangelize their fellow students. Over the past few years Dr Josh Bullock has researched the role and growth of non-religious assemblies, who meet – often on a Sunday morning – to share many of the characteristics of organized worship (e.g. community singing, listening to a talk, a time of reflection) just without the invocation of a deity. What characteristics do organised non-religion and religion share, and what could, and perhaps should, they learn from each other?The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney

This week will be hosted by Dr Josh Bullock and Reverend Professor Sylvia Collins-Mayo.