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Accidental Saints

What if, even in our persistent failings, holy moments are waiting to happen? Nadia Bolz-Weber explores the power and promise of vulnerability, uncovering the unlikely wholeness we find when we speak...
Speaker(s): Nadia Bolz-Weber

The Jews Are Here

With Rachel Rose Reid, Lindsey Taylor Gutharz, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenburg and Rachel Godfrey Concluding our afternoon short-talk explorations into the beliefs and motivations of a different faith we...
Speaker(s): Rachel Rose Reid, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg

Student Christianity? – Is there another way?

Student Christianity is still dominated by theologically conservative groups and big ‘student churches', but research suggests this is not meeting the needs of Christian students. The small local...
Speaker(s): Student Christian Movement

Soil, Soul, Society

Human aspirations have often been expressed in trinities. Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité. Mind, Body and Spirit. Now, Soil, Soul, Society is a new trinity, inspiring us...
Speaker(s): Satish Kumar

Does The Way We Talk About Religious Persecution Matter?

Christians in places like Iraq, Pakistan and Nigeria are reporting a rise in religious persecution, in the wider context of Islamic extremism and anti-Islamic attacks in Europe. How can the church...
Speaker(s): Grace Pengelly

“The Muslims are Coming! The Muslims are Coming!

No religion causes greater consternation and provokes more questions than Islam. There's so much we don't “get” about Islam and there's a lot we don't know about its roots and impact....
Speaker(s): Abdul-Rehman Malik

Faithfully Feminist: Why we stay

It is a common question asked of women who claim a feminist identity, membership in a particular religious tradition, and practise their faith in spite of gendered challenges. Hear the stories of...
Speaker(s): Julie Siddiqi, Catriona Robertson

After Bowie and Prince

With the untimely deaths of Prince and David Bowie, is the age of rock stars as avatars of our better selves, pointing to a world of possibility all over? Is all we're left with nostalgia and...
Speaker(s): Steve Lawson

Lemn Sissay In conversation

Come and hear poet Lemn Sissay in conversation with Martin Wroe on his life as a child in care and now as Chancellor of Manchester University and one of the nation's best-loved poets. His sense of...
Speaker(s): Lemn Sissay

Gungor In Conversation

Michael and Lisa Gungor, part of the driving force behind the progressive US Liturgists movement and wonderful music artists, get to share about their life and work and motivations with Martyn...
Speaker(s): Gungor, Martyn Joseph

Panel on Faith & Science

Skipping past the hackneyed scienceversus- faith debates, this panel conversation acknowledges science as God's gift and aims instead to focus on how we as communities, individuals and churches can...
Speaker(s): Tom McLeish, Abdul-Rehman Malik, Winchester University

Communion

Inspired by Pope Francis' ‘Laudato si' our Greenbelt Communion Service this year is conceived and shaped by Br Sam and the Franciscan community at Hilfield Friary in Dorset. They will be joined...

Body Shock

With so much focus on photoshopped body images, is it any wonder that we don't think we make the grade? How can we grow a healthy, relaxed attitude to the way we look as part of who we are?
Speaker(s): Judy Reith, Siobhan O'Loughlin, Joanna Jepson, Steve Chalke

STAYING ALIVE: A Conversation

Building on sessions that we've hosted at the festival over the past few years with artists like Bobby Baker and Jo Enright, hear author Matt Haig and disability rights advocate Katharine...
Speaker(s): Matt Haig, Katharine Welby-Roberts

The Real Benefits Street / The Truth about Sanctions

How did the government's ‘benefit sanctions' policy end up leading to hunger, destitution and desperation? Why are people on benefits being stigmatised? Joining Angela Neville, author of Can...
Speaker(s): Angela Neville, Niall Cooper