Reborn on the Fourth of July: The Challenge of Faith, Patriotism and Conscience
The history of soldier saints and patriot pacifists can inform our contemporary understanding of war and its conduct. So too can an understanding of the legal and theological frameworks that surround...
Reshaping Christian history for reader and viewer
Diarmaid MacCulloch's History of Christianity refocused readers and viewers on that fact that our faith is an Eastern religion. Here he discusses how its centre might easily have been Baghdad...
Life Lessons from The Wonderbox
What might we learn from the Ancient Greeks about the different varieties of love, and how did we become so obsessed with the idea of romantic love? How might a 17th-century Japanese Zen poet inspire...
Speaker(s): Roman KrznaricHoly Text, Holy Land:
The Book of Joshua seems to say the conquest of Canaan was commanded by God, to be achieved by violence. Would the Creator of all really want the slaughter of indigenous peoples? Can we read these...
Hope. Futures. Experiences.
There's a book in the Old Testament called Jeremiah. In it, we read that God gives us a hope and a future. So what sort of hope and future do you think you have? Come and talk about that and hear...
Lazarus Come Forth
John Dear reflects on the warmaking which is destroying the world, and the creative nonviolence which offers a way out. He considers Jesus' nonviolence which is at the heart of Christianity, and...
Leading Transformatively: The Woman at the Well
Leadership can emerge from surprising circumstances. The Samaritan Woman is popularly considered an outcast and seldom thought of in leadership terms. However, at a time when the leadership of women...
Saving Paradise: Water
Christians are baptised into the paradise garden with its great rivers of justice. How are we today to understand the meaning of water for the incarnation of justice and mercy in our lives, for...
The New Christianity
Peter Owen-Jones has been described as one of the most radical priests of his generation. In this talk he explores aspects of the changing religious identity and some of the more difficult areas that...
Visions of Paradise and Ecology in Different Faiths
Christianity, Hinduism and Paganism all have different visions of paradise. How do these inform their ecological understanding and action? What separates and what unites them? Representatives of...
Faith based Non-violent Resistance in an Age of Constant War
The most unliky duet onsite share their experiences and reflect on war, faith and non-violent resistance. Ciaron O'Reilly has spent his adult life within Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker movement...
From the Lost Paradise of Paraguay with Love
Margaret's village of Santa Maria in Paraguay is in an area known as “The Lost Paradise” because of the destruction of the old Jesuit missions (cf. the film The Mission). Margaret has lived...
Speaker(s): Margaret HebblethwaiteNot The Abbey Habit
Leaders of New Monastic communities in the UK and US discuss the realities of this radical Christian calling to truly love God, others, ourselves and the planet. There is much romanticism around...
Speaker(s): Ian MobsbySaving Paradise: Fire
Fire is the sword that guards the gates of paradise. It transfigures the world around us so that we can see the Spirit as tongues of flame. But oil-dependent civilisation has inflicted too much heat...
Found & Lost
The World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet Index is like the FTSE index for the natural world. In the last 40 years, we have discovered many new species, yet the index has lost 30% of its value....