Is there any hope for heathens?
One of the great promises of religion is hope. So does giving up God mean we also have to Malikgive that up? This talk will look at the different answers to this question within secular thought: from...
Making Sense of Videogames
Videogames offer new ways of telling our stories, but reviews suggest they are largely about entertainment and violence. Andy Robertson helps gamers and non-gamers make sense of the format, to find a...
Speaker(s): Jousting with Andy RobertsonMeaning and Randomness: On Seeing Things That Are Not There
Our brains have evolved to make quick decisions that are right most of the time as opposed to slower, more reflective, decisions that are right slightly more often. They are optimised for biological...
Ubuntu: the Future of the Universe
If the community of the holy people of God is about anything, it's about loving our neighbours. We must understand and celebrate our inextricable links to each other always walking with Jesus. This...
What fruit did Adam and Eve eat in Eden? Taste and learn…
Jewish sages have five theories of what Adam and Eve ate, and not one of them is an apple! We will look at all the possibilities, explain the apple mistake, and discover how this is really about the...
Another world is Possible
Those in power in empires, organisations, cultures and churches have a vested interest in the status quo. Business as usual serves them rather well. But there are those who see, imagine, speak and...
Democracy is dangerous
The masses know what's best – or do they? The world hungers for the way we do it – or does it? The elite are bred to lead – or are they? We ask activist Peter Tatchell, 38 Degrees' Hannah...
Speaker(s): Hannah LownsbroughFailure is not an option
We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world and in the most affluent time in history. The mantra's of the era are ‘opportunity for all' and ‘everyone can succeed'. Failure is...
Speaker(s): Lucy WinkettRestoring humanity in post-apartheid South Africa
Hear of the Healing of Memories radical approach to restoring to communities the humanity that was broken by the brutal violence and crude racial policies of the apartheid regime. Mpendulo spent...
The big society, people power and customer complaints: how to be more than a bystander in Britain
Whether tackling poverty and debt, social mobility and educational attainment or climate change and civil unrest, Stella Creasy MP sets out why and how citizens must together lead the fight to save...
The Israeli Society and The Occupation
Gideon Levy speaks about the 45-year Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, how it effects life in Israel and the ways it has been justified. How can such a brutal occupation last in a...
The Road to Palestinian Freedom: The rise of Palestinian nonviolence resistance and the perspectives of the future
Nonviolence is often considered non-struggle, weakness, submission, or passivity. Mustafa Barghouti presents an alternative, speaking about the growth of nonviolent resistance in Palestine. Mustafa...
Naked Men of the Bible
What's the story about nakedness and men in the Bible? Why did Noah lose the plot when his son saw him exposed? Who was that strange young naked man at the end of Mark? What does the text imply...
Palestinian Children Behind Bars
Yearly, Israel arrests and tortures an average of 700 Palestinian children between 13 and 18 years of age, causing fear, deprivation, pain and isolation. The YMCA help Palestinian children and youth...
Prosperity Unto Death
The unequal distribution of power and wealth prevents the world's riches from being protected and shared, and enables the gross injustice of poverty to continue. Suzanne Matale from the Zambian...