The Jihad Of Jesus – Part One
We are caught up in a cycle of so-called ‘holy wars'. But this is not inevitable: our religions can be a resource for overcoming conflict – if we understand the heart of all true religion as...
Speaker(s): Dave AndrewsLeadership From The Margins
In conversation with Rachel Parry, hear the extraordinary story of how a young girl, growing up as a Dalit in a rural area, became the first female bishop in India. Bishop Pushpa Lalitha, against...
Speaker(s): Bishop Pushpa LalithaWhy Are We Still Locking People Up And Throwing Away The Key?
Our society sends lots of people to prison and often writes them off after release. They struggle to find homes, work and community. But could things be different, with no one unfairly disadvantaged...
Speaker(s): Catherine De SouzaCreating Wow With Humility: Working with Artists to Celebrate Birmingham Cathedral’s 300th Birthday
Catherine Ogle and Orit Azaz explore the key questions they faced in devising an artistic vision and programme for a cathedral's tercentenary – one that inspires mass participation and is unique...
Speaker(s): Catherine Ogle, Orit AzazInterfaith Relations
Speaker(s): Anjum Anwar
Inside: Reflections on the Prison System
Inside: Reflections on the Prison System Writer, presenter and human rights journalist Bidisha discusses her work in women's prisons and the sometimes blackly funny, sometimes heartbreaking stories...
Speaker(s): BidishaUtopiary for Beginners
Cohousing is a way of living that emphasises sharing and mutual support without sacrificing privacy. Residents share experiences of setting up a group, finding a site, designing houses, and what...
XLP
After the success of XLP's first X-Mobile recording studio, they are returning to Greenbelt with a brand new, never been used before, X-Mobile studio. The X-Mobile Project is an amazing youth...
Karen Rooms
Karen Rooms is the Canon Missioner at Leicester Cathedral with responsibility for developing the cathedral's social outreach, and Transition Priest in the Holy Spirit Parish Leicester. Karen...
Visual Arts for The Common Good
Greenbelt visual arts volunteer Rich Blake-Lobb takes a look at this year's Visual Arts Line-Up The visual arts programme doesn't just offer art to gaze upon, but encourages contributions,...
Simon Barrow
Simon Barrow is Director of the beliefs and ethics think Ekklesia and a member of the Iona Community. He was formerly Assistant General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and he...
Neil Messer
Neil Messer is Professor of Theology at the University of Winchester, where his research and teaching focus on Christian ethics and the relationship of science and theology. Neil began an academic...
Savi Hensman
Savitri Hensman was born in Sri Lanka in the early 1960s and lives in London. She is a writer and activist and works in the voluntary sector. Her book Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness: Same-Sex...
Jo Musker-Sherwood
Jo's passion for climate justice stems from her time volunteering with the Church in Peru and a year working with asylum seekers and refugees. Over the last three years Jo has worked as Director of...
7 artists that’ll take you on a rollicking round-the-world adventure
We're proud of the diversity on display at Greenbelt, with artists appearing from every far-flung corner of our lovely planet. Here are a few of our top picks to take you on a whistle-stop...