Can God be found through drugs?
Can life be enjoyed without alcohol?
These heretical possibilities will be explored in the 7th annual All Heretics Day Lecture, presented by the Unitarian Universalists.
Prof. Doug Sellman, MBChB, PhD, FRANZCP, FAChAM, is a psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist. He has been Director of the National Addiction Centre (NAC), University of Otago, Christchurch, a centre which has developed into the lead research and training unit within the national addiction treatment field, dedicated to improving treatment for people with addiction-related problems in Aotearoa New Zealand. He was promoted to a Personal Chair in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine in 2005. Included amongst his more recent academic interests are exploring the place of hallucinogenic drugs in assisting people with compulsive behavioral problems find new meaning in their lives and highlighting the downside of using alcohol.
The word heresy comes from the Greek word “hairetos” meaning “to choose” and is at the heart of Unitarian- Universalist philosophy. We believe that all ideas and beliefs should be subject to the test of reason. Throughout history, from Galileo, through women’s emancipation and civil rights, most significant developments in human endeavour have occurred when a more enlightened worldview was chosen over the prevailing orthodoxy of the day. Over the years many brave and courageous people have lost their lives for promoting ideas that we now accept as true.
Unitarian Universalists believe that the right to choose is important and worth celebrating, hence the establishment of All Heretics Day. It is now in its 7th year.
7pm Sunday April 5
Rolleston Theatre,
University of Otago, Christchurch
(Christchurch Hospital)
For more information, contact
Derek McCullough
Ph 384 9099
mcculloughs@clear.net.nz
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