What does it mean to put faith in fiction?
Literature 40: looking back
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate
Literature 40: looking forward
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate
Life begins with cancer
Speaker(s): Anthony Wilson
What’s the purpose of marriage?
Is marriage a deep personal experience blessed by God or a tool used by the state? If it's about having kids, what about those that can't or don't want to? If it's about a lifelong...
Speaker(s): John Bell, Marika RoseWithout football I’d probably be dead
Four inspirational stories of how – with the right protection, rehab and opportunities – children can leave street life behind and say to the world “I am somebody” through the power of...
The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass
Adrian Plass, a bemused Anglican, lives in a small market town. He is a writer and speaker who has produced more than 30 books in the past 20 years.
The world is the poor’s and everything in it?
In South America the church has proved itself as a vehicle of liberation of the poor. In what ways could this inform the church in the current economic recession? Does this focus remove biblical...
Speaker(s): Margaret HebblethwaiteWhat Women (In The Church) Want
What do women want for a church that has been run by men? How will things change as they become bishops? What would the Christian tradition look like if the patriarchs hadn't eclipsed the...
Speaker(s): Lucy Winkett, Vicky Beeching, Marika Rose, Rachel MannWhat’s on the plinth?
Student Academy: The Revolution will be Spiritualised
Please leave your pocketsized Jesus firmly in your tent! This SPEAK-led session looks at Jesus the Revolutionary and some of the groundshaking, radical parts of the Bible. Come to be inspired and...
The Happy Life
Everybody wants to be happy. But what is happiness? Can we learn how to be happier? Andy Parnham and the Livability team will be presenting a session based on their new Happiness Course. They'll be...
Speaker(s): LivabilityThe Spirituality of the Long Distance Runner
An individual, private discipline that can also be conducted in large gatherings. A whole industry that markets products and solutions to its adherents. A religion, right? Yes: running. A...
Speaker(s): Jenny BakerStudent Academy: Life after school
This Student Christian Movement-led session looks at the opportunities available to you once school finishes. SPEAK is a network of students and young adults who pray and campaign about issues of...
Scriptural Reasoning
Have you ever considered reading the Bible with Jews, and the Qur'an with Muslims? This talk brings together Jews, Christians and Muslims to share their distinctive readings of Bible and Qur'an...
Speaker(s): Saleem Seedat