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Finding the Sacred in Harry Potter

The Harry Potter books and films have been formative for a generation of young adults - and for the parents and grandparents who read alongside them. Greg draws sacred themes of community,...
Speaker(s): Greg Garrett

Exchange ideas: More stories of enterprise for the common good

Communities are taking the lead on food, on keeping children safe, and on using assets for The Common Good. Come and hear how! With Jonny Gordon-Fairleigh, Stir to Action, Daily Bread Co-op, and...
Speaker(s): David Alcock

Parable and Paradox

Malcolm Guite explores poems he has written on the sayings of Jesus, along with a sneak preview of his soon to be published book Love, Remember. Poet-priest Malcolm Guite is chaplain of Girton...
Speaker(s): Malcolm Guite

The Ethics of the Zombie Apocalypse

Greg posits that Zombie Apocalypse narratives like The Road and The Walking Dead can help post-9/11 westerners – living in a world full of menace and fear – make meaning and teach us how to live...
Speaker(s): Greg Garrett

Europe: a Nun’s Eye View

Spanish Benedictine theologian and activist Teresa Forcades casts her keen eye over the state of Europe's political, economic and religious affairs in the light of Brexit and the lurch to the...
Speaker(s): Teresa Forcades i Vila

Teresa Forcades i Vila in conversation with Martin Wroe

Most often described as “Europe's most radical nun”, come and hear more about the life and devotion of Sister Teresa Forcades i Vila from Barcelona. By turns a trained physician and theologian...
Speaker(s): Teresa Forcades i Vila

What we talk about when we talk about faith, doubt, hope & love

Scribbling fieldnotes for living a good life and drawing on their forthcoming book The 95, longterm Greenbelters Malcolm Doney and Martin Wroe wonder if there's another way of talking about all...
Speaker(s): Malcolm Doney, Martin Wroe, The 95

Queer Virtue: The Power of Queerness to Reform and Revitalise Christian Faith

Authentic Christianity is and must be Queer." That is Liz Edman's provocative premise. She argues that queerness is a lens that can help all of us better understand and navigate an authentic...
Speaker(s): Elizabeth Edman

How to talk about Israel/ Palestine without getting your knickers in a twist

When it comes to the Palestinian and Israeli conflict, feelings on both sides of the divide run high. Accusations are flung like confetti with words like war-crimes and antisemitism peppering the...

From Balfour to May: Why “the wrong kind of Jews” have always been right

It's 100 years this November since the Balfour Declaration set in motion the Israel/Palestine conflict. Robert Cohen, a voice of Jewish dissent, charts a path of principled protest that challenges...
Speaker(s): Robert Cohen

Gentle Protest: how gentleness can be a powerful tool in activism.

Sarah Corbett will share ways that we upturn our idea of power: encouraging those in power, listening to those we disagree with, intriguing not preaching, being critical not aggressive. Gentleness...
Speaker(s): Sarah Corbett

A spoonful of craft helps the activism go down

If we want our world to be beautiful, kind and just then shouldn't our activism be too? Sarah Corbett will explain how craft can help us make our world more beautiful, kind and just, one stitch at...
Speaker(s): Sarah Corbett

Trumping and Brexiting for Jesus

In our current climate of unexpected turnarounds in voting patterns, the rise of populism, the substitution of fake news for real truth and creeping xenophobia, what do we 'render to Caesar' and is...
Speaker(s): John Bell

Britain Needs Green Ideas

Tackling climate change and environmental destruction is a necessity. That's physics, not politics. But we can do it in ways that create a better society. Natalie Bennett discusses Green Party...
Speaker(s): Natalie Bennett

Love, Anger and Lament: the Ingredients of a Common Life Politics

In Scripture and in political life meaningful change begins with a cry. Some cries are born of lament, some of anger, and some of wonder but their expression is vital to fostering a just and loving...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK, Luke Bretherton