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Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness

LGBTQ issues are a hot topic in many churches. Some believe we are following the lead of wider society as we become more inclusive, but Christians have often been pioneers willing to take on...
Speaker(s): Savi Hensman

Black British

An insight into blackness in the UK and how racism affects institutions like government, the press, other media, police and sport. How does racism affect the relationship of black people and people...
Speaker(s): Jude Wanga

From Mindfulness to Soulfulness

Is there a danger that mindfulness can just help people become better adapted cogs in a still-toxic model of work and life? Brian Draper challenges us to live not just mindfully but soulfully – to...
Speaker(s): Brian Draper

A Brief History of Refugees

The current refugee crisis isn't the first to hit Europe or the world. What can we learn from the past that can help us to respond to the crisis today? Alasdair Roxburgh is the head of...
Speaker(s): Alasdair Roxburgh

Simple, Silent, Small: this is where Christ is found

Margaret Hebblethwaite discusses the small town where she lives in the Paraguayan campo, which for her is a symbol of Bethlehem: Christ is to be found in the simple rural life; people who travel...
Speaker(s): Margaret Hebblethwaite

Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality: happy bedfellows?

Mindfulness helps many to improve self-care. Tim (author of author of Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality – Making Space for God) explores what it offers by way of contribution – and challenge...
Speaker(s): Tim Stead

Scars Across Humanity

Every three seconds, a young girl is married without consenting, somewhere across the world to a much older man. Along with female infanticide, domestic abuse, prostitution, rape and honour killings,...
Speaker(s): Elaine Storkey

Julian of Norwich

Probably the first woman to write a book in English, the visionary Julian of Norwich offers us a powerful message about the love of God. An insight into a mind that discovered why God wants us to...
Speaker(s): Sharon Jebb Smith

Beautiful Resistance

What is “beautiful resistance”? Learn what life is like living under occupation in Aida Refugee camp and why Palestinians, particularly the young people of the West Bank, don't have the “luxury...
Speaker(s): Abdelfattah A Abusrour

Who Am I When I Forget Who I Am?

A theological evaluation of dementia, examining the nature of memory with a particular focus on the memory that we hold within our bodies, and offering new possibilities for hope and change even in...
Speaker(s): Professor John Swinton

Doing Theology In the Era of Black Lives Matter

Explore the implications for – and indictments of – mainstream white theology in the wake of the movement for black lives across the USA and other countries. Broderick is a curate in the US...
Speaker(s): Broderick Greer

That Was the Church, That Was

How the Church of England lost the English people. Andrew Brown writes on religion for The Guardian amongst others. His most recent book, Fishing in Utopia, is a memoir about his life in Sweden. It...
Speaker(s): Andrew Brown

How Christian is Europe?

Elizabeth reflects on European religious trends, the aftermath of the referendum and the future for faith in the public square across our continent. Previously with the BBC and the Church and Media...
Speaker(s): Elizabeth Oldfield

Theology As Survival

While some do theology as a form of sport or recreation, others – usually at society's margins – do theology as a form of survival. Join Father Broderick Greer and Canon Mark Oakley as they...
Speaker(s): Mark Oakley, Broderick Greer

Team Judas: what to do with a bad reputation?

Kate Bottley discusses how the way others see us informs our own sense of identity. Kate Bottley is a vicar and chaplain. She appears regularly on TV and radio, most famously with her husband...
Speaker(s): Kate Bottley