‘On being human’ is a series of six thought-provoking seminars that provide an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be a human being in the 21st Century.

Part of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s Church in the Public Square series [http://www.presbyterianireland.org/publicsquare], ‘On being human’ draws on the expertise of academics and professionals working in a variety of disciplines in Ireland and the UK to explore the essence and uniqueness of human life.

Dr. Cynthia Bennett Brown has been lecturer in systematic theology at Belfast Bible College since 2011. Originally from the United States, she moved to Northern Ireland in 2005 where she attends Fisherwick Presbyterian Church. In the fifth of our ‘On being human’ series of seminars Dr. Brown considered the Christian metanarrative of who God is and who we are as created human persons. She suggested that, as pressing as issues of gender are in our contemporary context, they should be discussed within the theological framework of our God-given identity as persons in community.

You can read Dr. Colins’ blog here. [http://www.presbyterianireland.org/Blog/October-2016/On-being-Human%E2%80%A6-A-Theological-Framing-of-Gender.aspx] and the original ‘On being human’ news story here. [http://www.presbyterianireland.org/News/September-2016/Essence-of-humanity-at-heart-of-forthcoming-semina.aspx.]