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So where do we go from here?

We've partied. We've protested. But what do we do now with all that we've wrestled with this weekend on the climate catastrophe that faces us if we just stick to business as usual? As we head...
Speaker(s): Extinction Rebellion, The Anti Fracking Nanas, Christian Aid

Everyday Extremism

It's easy to think that extremism is other people – lone shooters in New Zealand mosques, for instance. But it is also easy for us all to stop noticing and speaking out against everyday extremism...
Speaker(s): Ivan Humble, Origami with Lisa-Raine Hunt

Is Church History?

The numbers aren't great. When only 1% of under 24's identify with the Church of England, it's no surprise some people say it's had its day. But how do you take the pulse of a body like a church?...
Speaker(s): Kate Bottley, Bishop Stephen Cottrell, Liz Adekunle

It’s Not About the Burqa

Fed up of hearing about what Muslim women were like from people who were neither Muslim nor female, Mariam Khan edited a book of essays, It's Not About The Burqa, to bring together the voices of a...
Speaker(s): Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Mariam Khan, Amirah Sackett

Resist to Exist

There is a long history of citizens resisting injustice by withdrawing aspects of their legal cooperation with the State. This panel debates the ethics of civil disobedience and asks: is it ever OK...
Speaker(s): Extinction Rebellion, The Anti Fracking Nanas, Bishop Stephen Cottrell

Holy Mothers of God: What is Holiness?

What do the stories of the women of Jesus' genealogy have to tell us about sex, work, marriage and holiness? With Marika Rose. This session will focus on Mary, in whose experience the themes of...
Speaker(s): Winchester University

Why Do Christians Idolise the Traditional Family?

How did Christians arrive at an odd combination of Old Testament patriarchy, New Testament urgency, Tudor machinations, Victorian purity, and the 1950s model of respectable breadwinner-led family as...
Speaker(s): Vicky Walker

Holy Mothers of God: Sex Work

What do the stories of the women of Jesus' genealogy have to tell us about sex, work, marriage and holiness? With Marika Rose. This session will focus on Tamar and Rahab, who both trade sex in...
Speaker(s): Winchester University

Holy Mothers of God: Marriage

What do the stories of the women of Jesus' genealogy have to tell us about sex, work, marriage and holiness? With Marika Rose. This session will focus on Ruth and Bathsheba, whose stories show us...
Speaker(s): Winchester University

The Poetry and Music of Science

Science is often seen as a knowledge-gathering exercise devoid of imagination. But Tom McLeish has listened both to scientists and artists and uncovered deep shared patterns in their creative...
Speaker(s): Tom McLeish

The World Does Not Need Any More White Saviours

With Revd. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Revd. Ijeoma Ajibade, Shakeel Nurmahi and Revd. Duncan Dormor. Chaired by Revd. Dr Rachele (Evie) Vernon O'Brien. MP David Lammy's tweet to Comic Relief, arguing...
Speaker(s): USPG

Radical Reading: Provocation from Pluto – The Violence of Austerity

Why is a criminologist editing a book about austerity? Vickie Cooper argues that the public sector cuts known as austerity deliberately target already disenfranchised groups and are a form of...
Speaker(s): Vickie Cooper

Churches’ action on climate change – any earthly use?

Should congregations simply join other groups tackling climate chaos? Or is there something distinctive, influential and powerful that churches together can do? Explore what mobilising the largest...
Speaker(s): The Hot House

Getting your house in order

We're responding to the climate emergency. We're cutting down meat consumption and recycling like there's no tomorrow. But what about our houses? How sustainable are they? NOT! Get a wake up...
Speaker(s): The Hot House, Eric Fewster

Activism in the Hostile Environment

The Stansted 15 assisted people to stay in the country and successfully claim asylum or succeed in other claims. But the law judged these concerned citizens to be 'terrorists'. What they were doing...
Speaker(s): The Stansted 15