The new atheists: the twilight of reason and the war on religion
There is a new breed of atheist about and, led by the fearsome Dawkins, and flanked by Hitchens and Harris, they are on a zealous crusade to free us from our dark-age delusions about religion, and...
Speaker(s): Tina BeattieHow to lead a film discussion group
Film discussions are a valuable way to explore theological and ethical themes. Vic Thiessen considers how to go about it, with the help of clips. Vic Thiessen is a Canadian Mennonite theologian, and...
A new dawn for humanity?: Finding God in Sci-fi films
Science fiction films have always explored the theme of a new dawn for humanity. This talk examines this in reference to God, and how these films are as relevant today as they were when the films...
Breaking the Silence
Yehuda will be sharing his stories of serving for the Israeli army and the kind of abuses and military acts he had to carry out in the line of duty. Yehuda Shaul is an Israeli ex-soldier is Yehuda...
40 years of Astral Weeks
Widely considered one of the best albums ever, Belfast's Steve Stockman looks into Van Morrison's classic with the help of another Belfast boy Iain Archer. Where are ‘Cypress Avenue' and...
Zion’s Christian Soldiers Marching As To War
An examination of how the Bible is used to justify war and occupation in Palestine, dealing with subjects like ‘Chosenness', ‘Land', ‘Jerusalem', ‘Temple' and...
Christian Zionism: roadmap to armageddon?
Addressing the historical roots, theological basis and political consequences of Christian support for Zionism. Stephen Sizer is the vicar of Christ Church, Virginia Water. He has written books...
What’s occurring? Welsh identity and being non conformed
Simon Jones is the editor of Third Way. He was born and grew up in a Welsh valley town, and studied critical theory at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Christianity there goes back a long way, but...
Growing up Digital – Opportunities and Challenges for Young People and Parents
When more of us are shaping our identiy and communities online, how can families get the right tech-life balance? A look at the opportunites the digital era creates, but also the very real...
Life and Death, Love and Art in the Novels of Salley Vickers
Greenbelt doesn't shy away from the big themes and nor does Salley Vickers. Here she gives insights into her novels, including the latest, Where Three Roads Meet, a reworking of the Oedipus myth...
Eating Jesus
How a piece of bread was revealed as God to an unprepared unbeliever; how body and blood become free groceries for the city's poor. Sara Miles talks about her radical conversion, and she and...
Speaker(s): Sara MilesEating with Jesus
A left-wing lesbian Jesus freak and a postmodern gay priest talk about food, art, politics, and worship. Paul Fromberg and Sara Miles from St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco lead...
Speaker(s): Sara MilesGlorifying the stranger
How to be church for the wrong people: emerging worship with whores, foreigners and the ritually unclean. A lesson in how to welcome the stranger. Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an...
Speaker(s): Sara MilesA hidden apartheid
Why, in the world's thirdbiggest democratic economy, are 250 million people denied their human rights? The caste system in India today. Elephants are lovely things aren't they? Strong, peaceful...
Does the Bible exclude people
In the church there is a tension between those who claim to be ‘biblical' and those who want to be ‘inclusive'. Drawing on a decade's research into the use of the Bible under apartheid in...