Who is Pope Francis – and what will he mean for the Church and the world?
The election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope broke a number of precedents: the first pope from the New World, the first from the southern hemisphere, the first Jesuit and more. He has...
Speaker(s): Paul VallelyHope and Solidarity in the midst of inequalities and unjust structures from Brazilian perspective.
Brazil is still a very unequal country, but churches and faith groups are working hard to share and develop hope for the present and future. Paulo Ueti discusses these realities and tries to figure...
Reading the Bible and doing theology to deal with violence and Intolerance.
For centuries theology and Bible reading have been at the service of exclusion, slavery, violence and intolerance. But they are also responsible for liberation, popular organisation, challenging...
The Politics of the Common Good
It is assumed that the radical pluralism and diversity of our society mitigates against a politics of the common good. Maurice Glasman argues that in contrast there is a great need for a change in...
A theology of poverty or just a poverty of theology?
Welfare reform will leave hundreds of thousands more children in poverty. And yet it has been described in the language of morality, as being about fairness and making work pay. For this reason it...
An Issue! An Issue! We all fall down: Same-Sex Marriage and the People of God.
The same-sex marriage bill has caused quite a stir and has received a lot of opposition from Christian leaders. Is there a Christian case for same-sex marriage and should the Church be promoting it...
Speaker(s): Mark Oakley8 principles for winning the future
The future is up for grabs. The digital revolution was really just the trailer. Humanity is about to participate in a change as fundamental as the Industrial Revolution. It will change everything for...
Why I Write: A Theology of the Guitar as a cheap therapist
Martyn will speak about a lifelong journey of expression, through writing songs, expounding the possibilities, maybes and dreams contained within. Thoughts on how and where inspiration is to be...
Speaker(s): Martyn JosephWhen Politics Fail: The grassroots movement that will bring peace to Israel and Palestine
The peace process to resolve the Israel/Palestine situation is not working. Might a global, grassroots movement accomplish what the political process has not? A look to the Gospels to provide the...
Beyond Interfaith Dialogue: How can Christians talk to Jews about Israel?
As the Israel/Palestine situation grows more urgent, Christians are finding it increasingly difficult to talk to Jewish friends, family members and colleagues about it. How do Christians understand...
Can white middle class people be radical?
Radical theology situates itself outside of the church and alongside those who are excluded from and rejected by society. So what does it mean for Christians to engage with radical theology? And how...
Speaker(s): Marika RosePutting Women in Their Place: developing gender equality worldwide
Staring up at the glass ceiling and down into the wage gap, at women wearing mitres and men wearing stilettos. On a bewildering global platform gender equality has never been so important. This talk...
Maize: super hero or cereal killer?
In Africa, maize is a political commodity. It plays good crop/bad crop with the world's poorest, the saviour of the hungry one minute, disguising the real issues and problems that contribute to...
Motherhood and God
A woman's experience of giving birth is the most privileged human insight into the creative power of God. But millions of women over the world today suffer poor medical care and after this profound...
Speaker(s): Margaret HebblethwaiteWe asked them to be transparent and they called us the “Tax Taliban”!
We have yet to find the 11th Commandment – that says “Do whatever thou wilt, just don't get caught”. Faced with rampant injustice and greed, and the resulting suffering of the poorest, surely...