ADM Annual Public Lecture – Rev. Dr Katy Smith
‘Desire, Fear and Being Human’
Join us online for ADM's fifth Annual Public Lecture to hear Rev. Dr Katy Smith on ‘Desire, Fear, and Being Human’.
Desire reveals what we long for and for the most part should not be denied, so western culture upholds. Yet fear often restrains our desires as expressed by Giordano Bruno, a 16th-century thinker, “desire urges me on, but fear bridles me.” In this worldview, desire and fear conflict causing anxiety or an even more intense desire to conquer or at least harness our fears. When we harness our fears, we will be free to achieve the impossible.
But is this true? Is conflict the only way to understand the immense power that desire and fear have in human life? Is desire good? Can fear be harnessed? Or conquered? Dr Katy Smith offers a different viewpoint shaped by the Bible – one she believes is deeply transformative – as she reflects on desire and fear as part of being human.
As in past years, the ADM Annual Lecture will be held at St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney, however this year it will be livestreamed online!
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Rev. Dr Katy Smith
Rev. Dr Katy Smith is Principal of Mary Andrews College and was previously Lecturer in Old Testament and Director of Postgraduate Studies at Bible College of South Australia. Katy completed her PhD through Trinity College at the University of Bristol on 'The Persuasive Intent of the Book of Leviticus' and is currently writing a commentary on Exodus for Zondervan. Get to know Katy more.
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