Statue of Christ the King, Swiebodzin, Poland. - presented by the Rev'd. Dr. Daniel Inman

 

Presented by the Rev'd. Dr. Daniel Inman, Assistant Curate, Deddington Benefice.   Completed in 2010, and 33 metres tall (108 feet), the statue of Christ the King towers over the small town of Swiebodzin in western Poland and claims to be the largest statute of Jesus in the world, even beating its more celebrated peer, Christ the Redeemer, in Rio de Janeiro. The local priest Sylwester Zawadski who championed its construction, claimed the statue would bring many pilgrims - and economic revival - to the town. A mighty edifice, it speaks of the strength of Christian life in post-communist Europe. With weak foundations according to some structural engineers, and likely to collapse in a matter of decades, does this statue also speak of the precarious future for Catholicism and Orthodoxy in Eastern Europe? Taking the statue as our final object, the Curate of Deddington, the Rev Dr Daniel Inman explores the recent fortunes and future of Christianity in twenty-first century Europe.   Daniel Inman is Assistant Curate in the Deddington Benefice, where he has been since his ordination in 2010. Prior to ordained ministry, Daniel studied Theology at the University of Oxford, gaining his DPhil in 2009, and his research interests are in the institutional history of theology and secularization.   Thursday, 20th September at 7.30pm in Deddington Parish Church and on this website.

 

An introduction from Rev'd. Dr. Daniel Inman.

Audio only of "Statue of Christ the King, Swiebodzin, Poland" - presented by Rev'd. Dr. Daniel Inman.