ISIS and beyond: what’s happening in the Middle East?
How should we understand the phenomenon of ISIS? What has fuelled its rise – is it the Sunni/Shia divide, foreign intervention, the Arab Spring or even the unresolved conflict in Israel-Palestine?...
Speaker(s): Bidisha, Jeremy Moodey, Jeff HalperNuclear: Necessary or Nonsense
70 years on from the horrors of Hiroshima, the UK government is still in thrall to the nuclear option. Why does there seem so little appetite for seriously considering the benefits of scrapping...
Speaker(s): Bruce KentBeing Human
The opportunity to live rather than sleepwalk through our days belongs to us. We can discover a practical spirituality that helps shape our lives into everything we were meant to be: part of the...
Speaker(s): Steve ChalkeA Place of Refuge
Tobias tells the story of Windsor Hill Wood, the ‘extended household' he created with his family to offer traditional Christian hospitality and a peaceful environment where people going through...
Speaker(s): Tobias JonesWhat is Science For in the Kingdom of God?
With a scientist's reading of the Book of Job as centrepiece, science can be seen as a deeply religious activity, participating in what St Paul calls ‘the ministry of reconciliation'. Tom...
Speaker(s): Tom McLeishIn Defence of Idleness
Not everything can be measured. Why rest and time off are crucial to Christian faith and why people's importance is not about what they produce or do. Sarah Farrimond is a curate in the CofE and...
Speaker(s): Sarah FarrimondConfessions of a part-time author
At Greenbelt 2013, Simon gave an exclusive reading from his third Itch book, Itchcraft. This year, six months away from his next novel's publication, he's back. The book is called Blame, but...
Speaker(s): Simon MayoA Confident Society Should Encourage People to Opt Out
Writing a novel about a future where corporations run Britain and survival depends on social media popularity made Stephen Oram wonder: If the state created the opportunity for you to opt out, would...
Speaker(s): Stephen OramJesus Crucified Himself, So You Don’t Have To
How do we spend ourselves on behalf of the poor and hungry without needing to check in to The Priory? Sara Hyde is gradually learning the truth that she knows the saviour of the world, but isn't...
Speaker(s): Sara HydeOn Guerrilla Gardening
You could almost describe Richard Reynolds as the Banksy of the gardening world – just replace the spray can with a trowel. He (literally) wrote the book on guerilla gardening. Be inspired to sow a...
Speaker(s): Richard ReynoldsThou shalt not be overcome: LGBT people, our allies, and the Christian church
Human sexuality is a subject that fascinates and preoccupies the Church. What are the implications of this on LGBT people and our friends and families who are often witness to, but rarely...
Speaker(s): Ruth HuntThe Gospel According to William
Suppose we had no Bible. Suppose we only had the works of Shakespeare. Would we be able to find our way to Christian salvation from what we discover in his 38 plays and 156 poems? Peter Graystone is...
Speaker(s): Peter GraystoneJudas: Who Was He Really?
Peter Stanford deconstructs that most vilified of Bible characters: Judas Iscariot. An essential but doomed character in the Passion narrative, and thus the entire story of Christianity, was Judas...
Speaker(s): Peter StanfordCredo and Capes: What Comic Books Can Tell Us About Our Religious Lives
From superhero comics (including the first Muslim woman Marvel superhero) to complex graphical novels, comic books open up the possibility of imagined journeys to encounter other religions, cultures...
Speaker(s): Rae HancockPope Francis: the Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism
Paul Vallely lays bare the intrigue and in-fighting surrounding Francis's attempt to cleanse the scandal-ridden Vatican Bank, reveals what's preventing the church from tackling the sex abuse...
Speaker(s): Paul Vallely