The Church and literature

There is now a provisional programme available for the Ecclesiastical History Society's conference in July, to be held at St Andrews. I mention it here for the theme, 'The Church and Literature', and for one of the plenary lectures by Crawford Gribben on rapture fiction.

The deadline for proposals for papers is very soon (tomorrow,, in fact), but there is plenty of time to book to attend. More details are available on the EHS site.

The Believers

I note the broadcast last Saturday of this radio play by Frank Cottrell Boyce, about a Christian band in the Merseybeat era. I recorded it and haven't had chance to listen yet, but it is available for a few more days on the BBC iplayer service. It is trailed as a comedy, but the fact that it is a subject at all is of some interest.