Sea of Faith Network
Exploring and promoting religion and worldviews as valuable human creations
Book now for our conference
‘Education for this life’
Thursday 24 and Friday 25 July in London
A special conference examining the potential threats and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for education and building on the Sea of Faith’s work to develop ‘Solarity’, ‘Big Ideas’, and children’s education in Religion and Worldviews.
Who we are and what we do
We are a network of groups and individuals who share the understanding that religion and worldviews are creations of the human imagination. We explore together the implications of such an understanding for our moral, spiritual, and social values.
The Network has no creed. It welcomes people from all religious and humanist traditions. At the heart of the Sea of Faith network is an open, uninhibited conversation. It’s how it all began.
We have regular in-person and online events, both in local groups and nationally, and we publish a regular high-quality magazine. All our events are open to anyone and most are free to attend. Our magazine archive is available freely on this website.
News & Events
About Us
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Sofia magazine
Library
Education
News & Events
Free Speech
Joan Green leads a discussion on Free Speech – its limitations and balances, how the concept has evolved and questions about its role today.
The Sea of Faith Network and Education
Dave Francis looks back on the achievements of the network in its educational projects and their possible impact and considers the challenging question of ‘where next’?
London local group May meeting
London local group in person meeting on Saturday 17th May at 11.00am
Peter Armstrong speaking in Newcastle
Peter Armstrong is speaking at a PCN meeting in Newcastle on Tuesday 13th May at 7pm.
Merseyside group meeting
The SOF Merseyside & North Wales Group will meet next on Zoom – 2-4 on Saturday 26th April.
Has theological non-realism anything to offer our fractious world of identity politics?
Is theological non-realism simply a ‘brain-on-a-stick’, abstract philosophical position, or does it have real-life consequences? In her input, Alison outlined and explored a key shift in theology that has taken place over the past 40 years or so – that is, the move towards embodied theologies which take human experience...
Sofia Magazine
The Network has published its magazine, titled ‘Sofia’, since 1990. Over 150 issues have now been published.
Sofia is published quarterly and a printed copy is posted free to all members of the UK Network. Non-members can also subscribe to receive the printed magazine.
The digital magazine and the archive of all our past magazines is available free on this website.
Library & Resources
The Network has produced hundreds of articles, as well as videos, podcasts and recordings. These are increasingly being added to our website in a searchable library.
You can browse the library by content type, contributing authors or speakers and the topics the content relates to.
Education
The Network has no creed, but it does have an educational purpose. One of our charitable objects is to ‘advance the education of the public in religious studies with particular reference to religious faiht seen as a human creation.’
The Network puts this into action through its publications, events and two main arms of educational outreach.
- Solarity is the network’s offer of educational resources and materials for out-of-school hours religion and philosophy clubs.
- The network’s partnership with Big Ideas for RE supports the development of the RE curriculum.
About us
If you are new to Sea of Faith then start here. These pages may help to explain some of our ideas and beliefs.
“What must you believe in order to join the Sea of Faith?”
The Network has no creed. It welcomes people from all religious and humanist traditions.
Perhaps the only answer to this ‘Frequently Asked Question’ is that you would probably believe that fundamentalist, literalist religion is dangerous.
Join or donate
Our events are open to everyone and our publications are free to read online.
If you’d like to be kept in the loop and hear more, you can subscribe with your email address below for free as a ‘Friend of the Network’.