The Ethics of the Zombie Apocalypse
Greg posits that Zombie Apocalypse narratives like The Road and The Walking Dead can help post-9/11 westerners – living in a world full of menace and fear – make meaning and teach us how to live...
Speaker(s): Greg GarrettEurope: a Nun’s Eye View
Spanish Benedictine theologian and activist Teresa Forcades casts her keen eye over the state of Europe's political, economic and religious affairs in the light of Brexit and the lurch to the...
Speaker(s): Teresa Forcades i VilaWhat we talk about when we talk about faith, doubt, hope & love
Scribbling fieldnotes for living a good life and drawing on their forthcoming book The 95, longterm Greenbelters Malcolm Doney and Martin Wroe wonder if there's another way of talking about all...
Speaker(s): Malcolm Doney, Martin Wroe, The 95Queer Virtue: The Power of Queerness to Reform and Revitalise Christian Faith
Authentic Christianity is and must be Queer." That is Liz Edman's provocative premise. She argues that queerness is a lens that can help all of us better understand and navigate an authentic...
Speaker(s): Elizabeth EdmanHow to talk about Israel/ Palestine without getting your knickers in a twist
When it comes to the Palestinian and Israeli conflict, feelings on both sides of the divide run high. Accusations are flung like confetti with words like war-crimes and antisemitism peppering the...
From Balfour to May: Why “the wrong kind of Jews” have always been right
It's 100 years this November since the Balfour Declaration set in motion the Israel/Palestine conflict. Robert Cohen, a voice of Jewish dissent, charts a path of principled protest that challenges...
Speaker(s): Robert CohenGentle Protest: how gentleness can be a powerful tool in activism.
Sarah Corbett will share ways that we upturn our idea of power: encouraging those in power, listening to those we disagree with, intriguing not preaching, being critical not aggressive. Gentleness...
Speaker(s): Sarah CorbettA spoonful of craft helps the activism go down
If we want our world to be beautiful, kind and just then shouldn't our activism be too? Sarah Corbett will explain how craft can help us make our world more beautiful, kind and just, one stitch at...
Speaker(s): Sarah CorbettTrumping and Brexiting for Jesus
In our current climate of unexpected turnarounds in voting patterns, the rise of populism, the substitution of fake news for real truth and creeping xenophobia, what do we 'render to Caesar' and is...
Speaker(s): John BellBritain Needs Green Ideas
Tackling climate change and environmental destruction is a necessity. That's physics, not politics. But we can do it in ways that create a better society. Natalie Bennett discusses Green Party...
Speaker(s): Natalie BennettLove, Anger and Lament: the Ingredients of a Common Life Politics
In Scripture and in political life meaningful change begins with a cry. Some cries are born of lament, some of anger, and some of wonder but their expression is vital to fostering a just and loving...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK, Luke BrethertonRampant Heterosexualism
This year a young girl took her life believing that God didn't love lesbians. Meanwhile the churches give the impression that the ‘gay' debate is all about what clergy can and can't do,...
Speaker(s): John BellBlack Lives Matter: Christian & Muslim Reflections
A conversation among Muslim and Christian voices reflecting on the Black Lives Matter movement including its historic roots and evolution both in the UK and USA. Ismael Lea South, Saraiya Bah, Eric...
Speaker(s): Ismael Lea South, Saraiya BahRun for your life
Running builds resilience, says Jenny Baker. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, her instinct was to keep running. She ran throughout her treatment and will tell her own and others' stories...
Speaker(s): Jenny Baker
Please Bring a Body
The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2017 put access and inclusion at its heart. Here you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the story and...