Talks at Greenbelt 2009: Standing in the Long Now
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...
Adrienne Chaplin
Adrienne Chaplin is a philosopher of art who taught aesthetics at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto before returning to the UK....
Alastair McIntosh
Alastair McIntosh grew up on the Isle of Lewis and is now a fellow of Scotland's Centre for Human Ecology. He is author of Soil and Soul: People...
Alister McGrath
Alister McGrath is a Christian theologian, with a DPhil in molecular biophysics, as well as an earned Doctor of Divinity degree from Oxford,...
Allan Chapman
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Andy Dorton
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Ann Morisy
Ann is a freelance community theologian and lecturer. She directed the Commission that wrote the report 'Faithful Cities' and has written on...
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...
Annie Porthouse
Annie Porthouse: author of Scripture Union's best-selling young adult novel - 'Dear Bob', a Bridget-Jones style exploration into 'Jude Singleton's'...
Ben Gilchrist
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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'...
Billy Childish
Artist, author, poet, songwriter, photographer, filmmaker... It's fair to say that Billy Childish is a multi-talented guy. A cult figure in...
Brian Draper
Brian Draper is a former editor of Third Way Magazine and lecturer in culture at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. He...
Bruce and Sarah Stanley
Bruce Stanley ran away from the circus to become a life coach and run embody.co.uk, an umbrella for creative project development. These days...
Candia Crosfield
Candia currently works for Peace Child International on behalf of Quaker Peace and Social Witness, as part of their one-year Peaceworker scheme. She...
Chris Dyas
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Chris Sunderland
Chris Sunderland has been, at various times, a research biochemist, working in an Oxford laboratory at the cutting edge of biotechnology and...
Christopher Dingle
Christopher Dingle lectures at Birmingham Conservatoire and is the author/editor of several books on the French composer Olivier Messiaen, notably...
Clare Catford
Clare is a journalist and has spent twenty years presenting and reporting for the UK’s major television and radio networks. She has worked...
Cole Moreton
Cole Moreton is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster. He writes for the Guardian, the Sunday Times Magazine and the Mail on Sunday,...
Daleep Mukarji
Daleep Mukarji is the Director of Christian Aid. Previously, he was Executive Secretary for Health, Community and Justice at the World Council...
Dave Smith
Dave Smith is founder and director of the Boaz Trust, a Manchester charity supporting and accommodating destitute asylum seekers, and...
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...
David Lammy MP
David Lammy MP is Government Minister for Higher Education, with a passion for getting people to continue in post-18 education. One of five...
Denise Inge
Denise Inge is an Honorary Fellow in Early Modern Research at the University of Worcester and a leading authority on the priest and poet Thomas...
Diana Francis
Diana grew up in a Christian family that was committed to peace and justice as a matter of faith. She became an activist herself in her mid-teens. After...
Dilwar Hussain
Dilwar Hussain is Head of the Policy Research Centre, based at the Islamic Foundation. His research interests include Islam in the modern world...
Don Brewin
For the last 13 years before retirement in 2007, Don Brewin was the National Director of "Sharing of Ministries Abroad" - an agency seeking...
Douglas Alexander MP
Douglas Alexander is the UK's Secretary of State for International Development. Previously Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of...
Dr Mike Edwards
Dr Mike Edwards is CAFOD's Climate Change Director. He has worked in the environment field for over 15 years and has given lectures on climate...
Elizabeth Bayliss
Elizabeth Bayliss is director of Social Action for Health, a community health development charity. She has lived and worked in inner London...
Elizabeth Jaldon
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Enid Gordon
Enid Gordon, peace activist since 1965, Methodist Minister in Gateshead, lived in Bethlehem from November 2008 to February 2009. Whilst there,...
Eugenie Harvey
As Eugenie Harvey approached her 30th birthday in 2000, she decided to chuck in her career and move from Sydney to London to pursue her long-held...
Gavin Wakefield
Gavin Wakefield is an Anglican minister, leading the mission and ministry training team in the diocese of York. Gavin passionately believes...
Gene Robinson
Gene Robinson was elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire on June 7, 2003, consecrated a Bishop on All Saints Sunday, November...
Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett is an assistant editor of the Financial Times and oversees the global coverage of the financial markets. In March 2009 she...
Greg Butera
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Harriet Lamb
Harriet Lamb has been Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation since 2001. She has guided the Foundation through a period of staggering...
Humera Khan
Humera Khan is one of the most important Muslim voices speaking and writing in Britain today. Founder of the pioneering An-Nisa Society in Wembley,...
Husam Zolot
Husam Zomlot grew up in a Muslim family in Gaza. He served as a representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to the UK from 2003...
Husam Zomlot
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Iain Sinclair
Iain Sinclair is the author of London Orbital and Hackney, That Rose Red Empire, and one of Britain's best-known writers within the genre of...
Ian Manson
Born and raised in Glasgow, Ian became a supporter of Partick Thistle from a young age and still lives to tell the tale. He is now a Church...
Jacob Devadason
Jacob Devadason was born and brought up in India in a Dalit Community. He now leads the Tamarind Project, a partner project of Amos Trust, in...
James Cary
James Cary is a comedy writer for the BBC who has won a Sony Radio Award and been nominated for a Perrier Best Newcomer award. James...
Jamie Treadwell
Jamie Treadwell is a personal performance life coach, Christian mission entrepreneur, professional artist, and member of the Servants of the...
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,...
Jeff Anderson
Jeff Anderson is a Church of England vicar serving in the north east of England. Before ordination he worked for 2000AD as a comic strip artist....
Jeff Halper
Israeli Jeff Halper co-founded ICAHD, which campaigns against the Israeli policy of demolishing Palestinian homes in the occupied territories. In...
Jennie Gilhespy
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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...
Jenny McIntosh
Jenny McIntosh’s passion and job is facilitating Spirited Exchanges, the umbrella name for a variety of initiatives supporting people that...
Jo Abbess
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John Bell
John Bell was a van boy and municipal grass-cutter until he developed allergies to heavy traffic and clover. Since then he has been involved...
John Davies
Born in Walton Hospital, John grew up in a house on the banks of the Mersey. A welder, draughtsman, volunteer in an outdoor pursuits centre,...
John Peck
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Jon McGregor
Jon McGregor is the author of the award-winning If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and former Man Booker Prize and Sunday Times Young Writer...
Jonathan Clark
Jonathan Clark is the Rector of St Mary's Stoke Newington and the chair of Affirming Catholicism. Affirming Catholicism is a "movement of inspiration...
Jonathan Cox
Jonathan Cox is Lead Organiser and Director of CITIZENS for Sanctuary, the campaign to secure justice for people fleeing persecution and rebuild...
Jonathan Oliver
Jonathan Oliver is the Editor-in-Chief of Abaddon Books as well as the Graphic Novels Editor for 2000 AD. He is also a writer and his first...
Jonathon Mayo
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Kate Pickett
Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and a National Institute for Health Research Career Scientist. She studied...
Kester Brewin
Kester Brewin is a part-time teacher, freelance writer and author. His first book 'The Complex Christ' was hailed as one of the most important...
Liam Purcell
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Lynsey Johnston
Lynsey Johnston is LCET’s specialist in ’children in care’. She works with young people helping them to work through many of the issues...
Margaret Barker
Margaret is a former Maths and RE teacher who developed Temple Theology, a new way of doing biblical study that links Old and New testaments...
Margaret Robertson
A historian by training, Margaret Robertson is the former editor of leading computer games magazine Edge and now works as a videogame consultant,...
Mark Vernon
Mark Vernon is a writer, journalist, author and faculty member at The School of Life. He began his professional life as a priest in the Church...
Martin Day
Martin Day is a novelist, playwright and TV scriptwriter. He’s also one of the writers on the Doctor Who Adventures comic, which makes...
Martin Wroe
Martin Wroe makes a living as a writer, is a Trustee of Greenbelt and one of the main movers behind the Generous online community. As he is...
Matt Page
Matt Page works for Open Heaven, a church in Loughborough for students, ex-students and young families. He’s one of the writers for rejesus.co.uk,...
Matthew Bishop
Matthew Bishop is American Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief for The Economist. Philanthrocapitalism, his new book (with Michael...
Michael Ward
Michael Ward is the author of Planet Narnia, which looks at the secret themes behind C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. Planet Narnia...
Mike Maddox
Mike Maddox is a playwright, novelist and comics scriptwriter. He wrote the script to The Lion Graphic Bible, which has now been translated...
Miri Weigartern
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Nadia Bolz-Weber
Nadia Bolz-Weber is the founder of House for All Sinners & Saints in Denver Colorado. A stand-up comic turned ordained Lutheran pastor,...
Neal Lawson
Neal Lawson is the author of All-Consuming: How Shopping Got Us Into This Mess and How We Can Find Our Way Out. Neal goes shopping too often...
Nigel Varndell
Nigel Varndell is the Director of Church Partnerships at The Children’s Society and a long time Greenbelter. He spends his idle moments thinking...
Padraig O Tuama
Pádraig lives in Belfast where he works in chaplaincy with young people, as well as community work. He has worked with the Corrymeela Community...
Paula Gooder
Paula Gooder is a freelance writer and lecturer in the Bible but with a particular interest in the New Testament. She is a Reader in the...
Pete Rollins
One-time Christian, evangelist and full-time charismatic, Peter is now a Christ-following provocateur, revelation-inspiring lecturer, and founding...
Peter Ryder
Pete Ryder has spent most of his life with time on his hands – in the form of geology and archaeology; he is also a song-writer and regular...
Peter Sharpe
Peter Sharpe has studied Rastafari culture and reggae music for some 30 years. He works as a reggae artist and producer of UK roots and dub...
Pip Wilson
Pip Wilson is a Beautiful Human Person who became an Adult when he was 40. His work has ranged from :: ~ Urban Street Gangs in East London...
Reg Bailey
Reg made history as the first male Chief Executive of Mothers’ Union in the organisation’s 130 years. Formerly CEO of Danish Bacon plc and...
Rita Nakashima Brock
Rita Brock is a leading theologian and co-author of Saving Paradise, one of Publishers Weekly’s top books on religion in 2008. Dr. Brock...
Rob Bell
When Rob Bell spoke at Greenbelt 2009, we were pleasantly surprised. Not in the quality of his speaking, or the clarity of his thinking, but...
Robert Beckford
Dr Robert Beckford is a Theologian, Author and Documentary Filmaker based at London Metropolitan University. He has been at the forefront of...
Roman Krznaric
Roman Krznaric is on the faculty of The School of Life in London, where he is the resident Expert on Empathy. A former sociologist, his personal...
Russel Moffat
Russel Moffat is the Minister of St Martin’s Parish Church Edinburgh. He has a PhD in the area of science (particularly Neo-Darwinism) and...
Ruth Bennett
Ruth Bennett is the Deputy Director of LCET. She has worked for over 10 years with young people in need in Luton. As a chaplain and Governor...
Sami Awad
Sami Awad, a Palestinian Christian living in Bethlehem. He is the Executive Director of Holy Land Trust (HLT), a Palestinian not-for-profit...
Sarah Jones
Sarah was ordained Deacon in the Church of England in July 2004. In January 2005 she hit the headlines when she was outed to a national newspaper...
Shannon Hopkins
Shannon Hopkins has been a key player in developing the 'Truth Isn't Sexy' Campaign. For the last decade she has been catalysing projects around...
Simon Hall
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Simon Parke
Simon Parke was a priest in the Church of England for twenty years before opting for fresh adventures.He worked in a supermarket for three years,...
Sister Frances Dominica
Born in Scotland in 1942, Sister Frances Dominica trained as a nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street and at the Middlesex...
Sue Palmer
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Sultana Begum
Sultana Begum is 32 years old. She is British born, with a Muslim background and Bengali heritage. She thrives in a multicultural multifaith...
Susannah Cornwall
Susannah Cornwall is an Honorary Research Fellow in Theology at the University of Exeter and also works as a pastoral assistant with the multifaith...
Symon Hill
Symon Hill is a Christian activist, writer and trainer. He is a part-time news reporter for The Friend and an associate tutor at the Woodbrooke...
Tamsin Omond
Tamsin Omond is the founder of Climate Rush, a group campaigning for environmental change. After Tamsin left university, she arrived in Primrose...
Ted Sawyer
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Tim Maiden
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Ursula King
Ursula King FRSA is an internationally recognized writer on spirituality, women and religion, interfaith dialogue, modern Hinduism, Christian...
Verene Nicolas
Verene Nicolas is a Fellow of the Centre for Human Ecology in Edinburgh and an experienced trainer and facilitator. Over the last few years,...
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...
Zaw Lu Aung
Zaw Lu Aung was born and raised in Burma, and has spoken in the UK on Burmese issues for the past five years. Zaw Lu Aung was born...