Robert Beckford
Dr Robert Beckford is a Theologian, Author and Documentary Filmaker based at London Metropolitan University. He has been at the forefront of the theology and cultural studies movement in Britian for the last decade.
Salley Vickers
Salley Vickers is the author of Mr Golightly's Holiday, Instances of the Number 3 and Miss Garnet's Angel. And at Greenbelt this year she will be talking about her most recent book, Where Three Roads Meet.
Philip Yancey
Growing up in a strict, fundamentalist church in the Deep South, a young Philip Yancey was impelled to view God as an abusive parent - rigid, legalistic, angry, ready to bring the gavel down for one wrong misstep.
Frank Schaeffer
Frank Schaeffer is a best-selling author. His fiction, humour and nonfiction have received international critical acclaim.
Brian McLaren
Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, pastor, and networker among innovative Christian leaders, thinkers, and activists.
Douglas Alexander
Douglas Alexander MP was appointed Secretary of State for International Development in June. He was previously Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland. Born in Glasgow in 1967 he was educated in Scotland and Canada, going on to study at Edinburgh University and the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as a lawyer before entering Parliament in 1997. He is married with two children.
Prem Mitra
Prem Mitra from Bangalore India is an activist on behalf of Dalits, a theologian, a priest in the Church of South India and the chair of A Rocha India.
Sara Miles
Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an enthusiastically secular life as a restaurant cook and writer. Then early one morning, for no earthly reason, she wandered into a church.
Bev Thomas
Bev Thomas is a freelance consultant and lecturer. For the last 20 years she has worked as a trainer and speaker on social justice and 'race' issues.
Joel Edwards
Joel Edwards has served on a number of faith, government and public agency advisory groups and is a regular broadcaster for UK and international media.
Lucy Winkett
- Looking for new England?
- What did the Imam say to the Rabbi? A joint scripture reading hosted by Christian Aid
Lucy Winkett is Canon Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral in London. Before she was ordained, she was a professional singer and is currently responsible for the Cathedral's music and liturgy.
David Dark
- 'The gospel according to the USA: Questioning America in a year of election'
- The unbearable lightness of being brainwahed
- The power of the put on: Questioning media
David Dark has something funny and interesting to say about all kinds of things.
Keith Ward
Keith Ward taught philosophy at Glasgow, St. Andrews, King's College, London and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Kerry Anthony
Kerry Anthony has been working in homeless services in a range of roles for over 12 years in the UK and Ireland. Her area of particular interest is in working with people with acute substance misuse and mental health issues.
Niall Williams
Hailed by the Irish Times as “a Dickens for the 21st century”, best-selling novelist Niall Williams makes his first Greenbelt appearance on the eve of publication of his new novel, John – a stunning, lyrical re-imagining of John the Apostle in the final years of his life.
Stephen Sizer
Stephen is the vicar of Christ Church, Virginia Water. He and his wife have been in full time Christian ministry together for 30 years.
Nigel Varndell
Nigel Varndell has been at Christian Aid for over ten years, working in fundraising, advocacy and Church relations before ending up as the Inter-faith manager.
Rosemary Lain-Priestley
Rosemary Lain-Priestley is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s 'Thought for the Day' and the author of The Courage to Connect: Becoming all we can be.
Gareth Higgins
Gareth Higgins is a writer from Belfast who has worked both as an academic and activist, co-leading a post-sectarian peacebuilding initiative for over a decade.
Judith Gunn
Judith's career has ranged from working for BBC Radio Bristol, to producing, writing and researching programmes for all the major BBC radio networks including a fair stint on Radio One.
John Davies
Born in Walton Hospital, John grew up in a house on the banks of the Mersey.
Ruth Valerio
Ruth Valerio is the Manager of A Rocha’s Living Lightly 24:1 project, which enables people to live greener, simpler lives, and is the author of L is for Lifestyle: Christian living that doesn’t cost the earth.
Paula Gooder
Paula Gooder is a freelance writer and lecturer in the Bible but with a particular interest in the New Testament.
Michael Northcott
Michael Northcott is an Anglican priest and Reader in Christian Ethics at the University of Edinburgh.
Ethel’s Tent
Based in a mediaeval church in the City of London which was destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1993, St Ethelburga’s is now a Christian focal point for people who want to explore what reconciliation and peace mean in a divided world.
Be the Change
Is an annual 'think and do' conference in London, attracting UK and international speakers inspired to be the change we want to see in the world.
Ann Pettifor
Ann Pettifor is the part-time campaigns director for Operation Noah, the climate change campaign based at Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI).
Dave Tomlinson
Dave Tomlinson is a writer, internationally traveled speaker and vicar of St Luke's church in North London. He is married to Pat and has 3 children and 3 grandchildren.
Stu Hallam
Stu Hallam is an Anglican Priest and one-time member of 'Holy Joes'. He has been a Chaplain in the Royal Navy for the past six years and has attended Greenbelt since 1984.
Doug Gay
Doug Gay is a long term Greenbelter who teaches Practical Theology at the University of Glasgow. His current research focuses on 'emerging church' issues and political theology, especially theology and nationalism.
Dave Bookless
Dave Bookless is a former barman and vicar, and also founder and National Director of A Rocha UK - part of a Christian environmental movement across six continents.
Rabbi Natan Levy
Rabbi Natan Levy is the Jewish University Chaplain for the West of England and Wales. He serves as the consultant for Social Action at the London School of Jewish Studies, and in involved in shaping the LSJS’s emerging Centre for Faith, Citizenship and Community.
Vic Thiessen
Vic Thiessen is a Canadian Mennonite theologian who has worked as the director of the London Mennonite Centre since 2002. He is a regular speaker at Greenbelt on the subject of film and theology and he has led film discussion groups at the Guy Chester Centre and St. Ethelburga's.
Peter Rollins
- Changing something so that everything remains the same
- Beyond the spectacular: Exploring the miracle of Christianity
One time Christian, evangelist and full-time charismatic, Peter is now a writer, founding member of Ikon, and a freelance lecturer in philosophy.
Philip Roderick
Philip is percussionist and composer with Sheer Sound, Founder-Director of The Quiet Garden Movement, author, speaker, leader of Contemplative Fire and recovering hyperactivist.
Rosemary Lain - Priestley
John Bell
John Bell was born within smelling distance of Johnny Walker's distillery in Kilmarnock and presently lives within smelling distance of Tenant's Brewery in Glasgow.
Yehuda Shaul
Yehuda Shaul is an Israeli ex-soldier who served in Hebron in a combat unit at the peak of the intifada. He is a founder of Breaking the Silence, an organisation of veteran Israeli soldiers who collect and tell the very personal testimonies of miltary actions they undertook against the Palestinians.
Anders Bergquist
Richard A. Burridge
The Revd Professor Richard A. Burridge is Dean of King's College London where he is also Professor of Biblical Interpretation. He is the author of many books including Imitating Jesus: An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics (2007), and has just been leading seminars and speaking at the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops.
John Swinton
John Swinton holds the chair in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. He is also an honorary Professor at Aberdeen's Centre for Advanced Studies in Nursing at Aberdeen University.
Kathy Galloway
Kathy Galloway lives in Glasgow and is the leader of the Iona Community and. She is a practical theologian, campaigner and author of theology, liturgy and poetry. She is patron of the Student Christian Movement and the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre.
Andy Mellen
Harfiyah Haleem
Harfiyah Haleem has been a trustee of IFEES, the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences since 2003. She is the editor of a collection of essays by Muslim writers on Islam and the Environment, and has been involved in environmental awareness-raising among Muslim communities in various London boroughs (East and West London) over the past three years, in partnership with the London Sustainability Exchange and Wastewatch.
Ian Mobsby
Ian Mobsby is a CofE Priest and serves a title to moot.net, an emerging church in central London. He is also an Associate Missioner of the Archbishop of Canterburys Fresh Expression team.
James Cary
Jude Simpson & Niki Gollings
Nick Davies
Nick Davies is the author of Flat Earth News, a book in which he exposes falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the global media.
Abdul-Rehman Malik
Abdul-Rehman Malik is London-based journalist and educator. A contributing editor at Q-News - a leading Muslim current affairs magazine, he is currently senior project manager for the Radical Middle Way, a community-led initiative that seeks to encourage critical civic participation and the values of public service, mercy and social justice amongst young British Muslims.
Simon Jones
Simon Jones is a writer and thinker and Editor of Third Way.
Jonathan Kuttab
Jonathan Kuttab is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and activist.
Dave Tomlinson
Dave Tomlinson is vicar of St Luke’s in North London, author of The Post-Evangelical, and adviser to the Bishop of London on Environmental Issues. He and his wife Pat have three grown-up children, two grand-daughters, and a gorgeous dog called Woody.
Panel
- What kind of church is emerging?
- In my Father's House
- Is it still ok ot be non-violent?
- Do we have the press we deserve?
- For the Bible Tells Me So'
- Faith in football: The beatiful game interogated
- Is it OK to be British?
- How do you shop for development?
- Can we have faith in politics?
- What did the Imam say to the Rabbi?
- Out of body experiences - leaving church, finding faith?
Charlie Irvine
Charlie Irvine is a freelance mediator, helping people resolve conflict in families, the workplace, education and business.
Jenny Baker
Jenny Baker is a writer, trainer and creator of resources with a background in teaching and youth work. She is a co-founder of The Sophia Network for women in youth work.
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman is a Chaplain at Queens University Belfast, regular contributor to BBC Radio Ulster and author of Walk On;The Spiritual Journey of U2 which is now translated into seven languages!
Stephen Carrick-Davies
Stephen Carrick-Davies is the CEO of Childnet a non-profit organisation working internationally in its mission of 'helping to make the internet a great and safe place for children.'
Clare Catford
Clare is a journalist and has spent twenty years presenting and reporting for the UK’s major television and radio networks.
Tina Beattie
Dr Tina Beattie is Professor in Catholic Studies at Roehampton University, where she specialises in Christian ethics, theologies and theories of gender, religion and human rights.
Christopher Dingle
Christopher Dingle lectures at Birmingham Conservatoire and is the author/editor of several books on the French composer Olivier Messiaen, notably the acclaimed The Life of Messiaen (CUP) and Olivier Messiaen: Music, Art and Literature. He writes for BBC Music Magazine and was a member of the jury for the BBC Music Magazine 2008 CD awards.
Garth Hewitt
Singer - Songwriter Garth Hewitt is the director of the Amos Trust, a human rights organisation and is a Canon of St Georges Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem, and the Guild Vicar of All Hallows on the Wall in the city of London.
Maya Anne Evans
Best known as the first person convicted under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 for carrying out a peaceful anti Iraq war protest, Maya Anne Evans has worked on projects relating to the war on terror with the anti war campaigning group Justice not Vengeance for 4 years.
Pip Wilson
Pip Wilson is a Beautiful Human Person who became an Adult when he was 40.
Fuzz Kito
Fuzz travels the world collecting stories, creating stories and spreading rumours of hope. He is a Church Consultant, minister, writer and coach.
Iwan Russell-Jones
Iwan Russell-Jones joined BBC Wales as a producer in 1984, and apart from a gap of four years, he's been there ever since.
Turning the Tide
Turning the Tide is a Quaker programme that promotes the understanding and use of nonviolence for social change.
Network of Entrepreneurial Talent (NET)
NET is a network of those engaged and interested in Social enterprise, ethical business and social innovation.
Maureen Jack
Maureen Jack is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and has served with CPT in Hebron and At-Tuwani in occupied Palestine, as well as in Baghdad before and after the 2003 invasion.
Mike Royal
Mike is the National Director of The Lighthouse Group, a charity that works with young people who have been excluded from school or are in crisis in their education.
Jane Corbett & Ann Roach
Ann and Jane have been working together in West Everton in Liverpool for well over 20 years now. They are passionate about their community, the lessons they've learnt and their community's dreams.
