‘We can feel hopeless but if we can find “absolute hope”, it’s the Kingdom of God’

23 Jul 2020 | by Rebecca Hardy

This year’s Swarthmore Lecture will be broadcast over YouTube. Its author, Tom Shakespeare, speaks to Rebecca Hardy.

Tom Shakespeare gives this year's Swarthmore Lecture | Photo: Alex Knight / Unsplash, with Tom Shakespeare lecturing at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Vimeo).

Hello Tom. Thanks for meeting this way. The title of the 2020 Swarthmore Lecture is Openings to the Infinite Ocean: A Friendly Offering of Hope. which is based on the George Fox quote. Was this your idea?

Yes, it’s from me. I was asked to talk about hope. Obviously I was very familiar with that George Fox quote. So I felt it fitted and people seemed to like it. I feel very grateful for the opportunity.

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