27 June, 2024
Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh is a Teacher and Lecturer of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Winchester College, University of
Winchester and Embley School, Hampshire.
We welcomed Dr Elisabeth Mackintosh and her students from the Embley School on their interfaith educational trip to Oxford. Dr Mackintosh designed, coordinated and led several interfaith trips to Oxford as part of the Visits and Community Engagement Programme. We introduced our work to Year 10 students, and discussed with them a recent guest Professor Lisa Miller, and her initiative Awakened Spirituality in Schools. Professor Miller’s book, The Awakened Brain, has been selected as the study book the students will read this summer. It will be the text under review in the College Reading Group upon their return in September. Extracts from this book have already been used as a stimulus during the recent College Enrichment Week Philosophy/Reflective Walk. This was to give the pupils an opportunity to reflect prior to taking part in a National ‘Spirited Arts’ in Religious Education Competition offered by the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education.
Dr Mackintosh said:
The influence, positive power and support of the Oxford Interfaith Forum was felt in all of the communities we visited, and we were delighted to be able to build on that. The impact of the Forum is quite remarkable and I cannot thank Thea and her team enough for their inspiration and guidance.
Every student received a free copy of Prof Miller’s book
The beautiful bouquet presented by our visitors
