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The 2011 Craddock Lecture with Margaret Atwood

Each year, Bloor Street United Church hosts the Craddock Lecture, a chance for a distinguished guest to take over the pulpit to speak about spiritual issues to the congregation, students and the general public. This year's Craddock lecture was delivered by Canada's most famous fiction writer, Margaret Atwood.

Ms. Atwood's lecture is entitled "Religion: Recovering our Roots". She explores how modern religions have lost touch with nature, which was once the foundation of spiritual experience. Her talk draws on themes she has explored in her recent novels, such as The Year of the Flood where in a post-apocalyptic future, survivors reconnect with nature, re-interpreting the Bible to make sense of their disaster.