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Do you believe the hype? Culture, society, politics and God in an AI world

A distinguished panel of experts across different fields take a cool and critical look at some of the more dystopian prophecies regarding the arrival of AI into our everyday lives. They will help us...
Speaker(s): Beth Singler

Hard Art: Democracy and Creativity

Join climate activist Clare Farrell and artist Brian Eno as, together, they discuss their shared commitment to mobilising change in the face of the climate emergency. Why do activists and artists...
Speaker(s): Brian Eno, Clare Farrell

Time’s Running Out: How To Build A Climate Movement that can win

Wildfires, drought, flooding, crop failure, extreme weather. Climate change is here. And in response - Extinction Rebellion, youth strikes, Green New Deals, Just Stop Oil. But still it feels like...
Speaker(s): Chris Saltmarsh

Is talking climate change with my MP worth the bother?

The climate crisis is raging, people on the frontlines are experiencing loss and damage. What can talking to my MP possibly do about that? Come and explore the role of our local MPs when it comes to...
Speaker(s): Christian Aid

Julian of Norwich: mother, mystic, radical

14th century visionary, Julian of Norwich was not only the first woman, as far as we know, to write in English but her own story remains something of a mystery. Claire will speak about her own...
Speaker(s): Claire Gilbert

Democracy isn’t working

Fewer people are voting. As we hurtle towards the next general election, how many of you will actually vote, believing your vote can make a difference? Come and hear from Extinction Rebellion's Clare...
Speaker(s): Clare Farrell

In The Body

What do our bodies have to do with the spiritual? What stories of alienation, neglect, and embrace, shape how we inhabit our physical selves? In a world that often demands we divorce our minds from...
Speaker(s): Cole Arthur Riley

The Sacred Live with Cole Arthur Riley

Join author Cole Arthur Riley and Elizabeth Oldfield in conversation for a live recording of The Sacred podcast. Brought to you by the think tank Theos, The Sacred explores the things people hold...
Speaker(s): Cole Arthur Riley

Everything Is Extraordinary

In the second of these two sessions, Cole helps us share our own stories, starting with a question: who is the most remarkable person you've ever met? Could be your Mum, could be a stranger or...
Speaker(s): Cole Moreton

How do we finance goodmaking endeavors?

Does the world of philanthropy, impact investing and government procurement seem mysterious and inaccessible? But maybe it's the answer to getting your good idea off the ground. Ask the experts and...

Being/Not Being A Self-Righteous Bastard

All my life I've sought to be a 'righteous person', only all too often to be a 'self-righteous bastard'. For someone as combative, dominating and intimidating as me, the quest to 'be right' and 'do...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Compassion

Many of our churches deliver compassion through programmes and networks. Dave explores what it means to live in compassion and to centre our churches on connection with our neighbourhoods. He will...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Becoming A Weirdy, Beardy, Kind-Old Elder

I don't want to merely become 'older' but become an 'elder' - not simply 'age-ing' but 'sage-ing' - nurturing regenerative engagement in our world on the margins of my own religion and other...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

White Supremacist Antichrist Poltergeist

David Dark believes the infrastructure of toxic conceptions of God, self, and others into which many Americans are born can be helpfully characterized as a poltergeist. We become what we host in our...
Speaker(s): David Dark

We Become What We Normalise

I suspect we become what we sit still for, what we play along with, and what we abide in our attempts to access more perceived power and more alleged influence That's David Dark's read on the cost of...
Speaker(s): David Dark