Wake Up!: Radical politics and economics
John Papworth argues that the fundamental cause of our current woes lies in the monstrous scale of our political and economic institutions. Something has died in the soul of man, he says – it has...
Taking it to the Streets
You don't believe in the latest war and you can't accept the cuts. Politicians are out of touch and out of reach. But will marching on Westminster make any difference? Is direct action a vital...
Speaker(s): Niall CooperThrough The Eye Of A Needle
The true story of a man who went searching for meaning and ended up making his own Y-fronts. John-Paul Flintoff is a writer and broadcaster. His book, Sew Your Own, argues that the way we look at...
Q & A session with Ruth Bancewicz and John Bryant
A discussion of issues in the dialogue between science and Christianity. Ruth Bancewicz and John Bryant will be available to answer questions, respond to comments and to participate in discussion....
Ubiquitous Gayz
The sexuality debate which vexes the church worldwide has become a continual game of biblical ping-pong as texts are batted back and forward. Are there other angles we should at least consider about...
Speaker(s): John BellIs There Such a Thing as Christian Bioethics?
Modern biological and biomedical science raises many issues that people may find disturbing or controversial, from designer babies to stem cells. Using case studies from genetics and embryology, John...
Ageing and Death: Approaching the threshold of the age to come
In most societies old people are revered because they provide a link with the past. They are the carriers of the community's memory. Yet the New Testament takes a different view. There, people like...
Faultlines and Phantasies
The past year has had its fill of environmental disasters and human tragedies. So how do Christians respond to these events? By saying they are God's punishment on disobedient people or evidence of...
Speaker(s): John BellThe Polyvalent Predicament
People have always been suspicious of the Bible. After science had a bash at its historical accuracy, theologians, sociologists, feminists and Uncle Tom Cobley found flaws. Yet the Church asserts it...
Speaker(s): John BellA Good Childhood
The Good Childhood Inquiry had some challenging things to say about childhood in Britain. Whether you agree or not, this conversation is a chance to find out more and actually get a word in edgeways....
Who do you think you are?
Is your church's history a mystery to you: irrelevant and boring? Or, do you struggle to worship in a listed building? Come and find out how your heritage – five years or 500 – could become an...
Sad Saints: Following Jesus feeling blue
There is still stigma surrounding depression, and a depressed Christian faces even more complicated prejudice and judgement- how can you possibly feel down when you have God on your side? Jo breaks...
Are We Home Yet?’
Is home where we pull up the drawbridge and keep out the stranger? Or a place of hospitality and refuge with room for them as well as us. Is home something we “do up” or open up? Do our dreams of...
Speaker(s): Nadia Bolz-Weber, Cole MoretonThe Magnificent Lady Bible Hunters: Sisters of Sinai
In 1892, Agnes and Margaret Smith made their way by camel and foot across the Sinai desert to St Catherine's Monastery, where they made one of the most important Bible finds of the century. This...
Home: It’s not where you come from
In our world of mass movement, migration and homelessness, we're all bigger than where we come from. What can we all do to ensure that we build cultures of welcome, hospitality and safety for all...