Heresy Revisited 40 years after Trial (New Zealand)
Order of New Zealand recipient and New Zealand's most famous theologian Lloyd Geering is set to celebrate with colleagues, friends and interested members of the public 40 years since his landmark heresy trial began.
Lloyd Geering's heresy trial is being revisited at an all-day event in Wellington on November the 3rd, 40 years to the day since the trial began.
The trial of Geering who was then head of the Presbyterian Church's theological college shook New Zealand society and was widely reported internationally. It is also the subject of a forthcoming television documentary on "The Last Western Heretic".
"These celebrations mark an important point in New Zealand's history," said popular television presenter and Trust member Chris Nichol who will be conducting a live interview with Geering as part of the day's events.
"At the time people argued in bus stops about whether the resurrection really happened as its recorded in the Bible. That was 1967. The trial was a turning point. After the trial it seemed that people began to treat the institutional church with a great deal more caution."
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Lloyd Geering's heresy trial is being revisited at an all-day event in Wellington on November the 3rd, 40 years to the day since the trial began.
The trial of Geering who was then head of the Presbyterian Church's theological college shook New Zealand society and was widely reported internationally. It is also the subject of a forthcoming television documentary on "The Last Western Heretic".
"These celebrations mark an important point in New Zealand's history," said popular television presenter and Trust member Chris Nichol who will be conducting a live interview with Geering as part of the day's events.
"At the time people argued in bus stops about whether the resurrection really happened as its recorded in the Bible. That was 1967. The trial was a turning point. After the trial it seemed that people began to treat the institutional church with a great deal more caution."