Contributors:
- Professor Robert Beckford
- Dr Dulcie McKenzie
- Dr Carol Tomlin
- Rev John L. Wilkinson
- Rev Sivakumar Rajagopalan
- Rev Gale Richards
- Mark Sturge
- Patrick Vernon, OBE
- Members of the Windrush Generation
Presentation topics:
- Don’t look back in Anger! Tools for a constructive historiography of the black church.
- Holiness: a Distinctive and a Barrier to Growth & Development
- From Windrush to Brexit: The importance of the migration contribution to Britain
- Meeting the Windrush Generation
- Exploring the Facets of Resistance
What can we do now to Celebrate and Conserve the legacy of the Windrush Generation? A conversation for everyone!
With an emphasis on faith, this conference aims to illuminate the historical experience and theological context of The Windrush Generation since the post-war years. Through a re-examination of the socio-religious experience, beliefs, mission, and liturgical practices of the first generation of African-Caribbean migrants to Britain, this event promises to engender further historical and theological interpretations of the ‘Windrush legacy’.
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