Talks at Greenbelt 2010: The art of looking sideways

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...

Abe Hayeem

Abe Hayeem, an Iraqi Jew born in India and settled in the UK, has been an architect , writer, and peace activist since the 1960s. Contrary...

Alistair Pearson

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Andrew Brown

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Andrew Rumsey

Andrew Rumsey is Vicar of Gipsy Hill in South London. A seasoned Greenbelt speaker and performer, his latest book Strangely Warmed (published...

Andy Dorton

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Andy Dreitcer

Andy Dreitcer--Director of Spiritual Formation and Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Claremont School of Theology in Southern...

Anna Hembury

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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'...

Bishop Tim Stevens

Bishop Tim Stevens was raised in a rural vicarage in Essex and went to Chigwell School. After leaving school he spent a year in Zambia with...

Brian Klug

Dr. Brian Klug is Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford, and Hon. Fellow of the Parkes Institute for the Study...

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...

Bruce Kent

Bruce Kent is a life-long peace campaigner, former Catholic parish priest and university chaplain. He has now retired from the Priesthood, but...

Bulelwa Ngantweni-Hewitt (Mandi)

Bulelwa (Mandi) Hewitt is head of Public Relations at Umthombo Street Children. Bulelwa grew up on a rubbish dump in East London, South Africa...

Chris Elliot

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Chris Hembury

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Chris Powell

Chris Powell is a Group Analyst and Head of Community Psychological Therapies at The Retreat York, a Quaker run psychiatric hospital, and host...

Chris Rose

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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...

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...

Clare Short

Clare Short was MP for Birmingham Ladywood 1983-2010. She was Secretary of State for International Development 1997-2003. She resigned...

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,...

Dave Andrews

Dave and Ange and their family have lived and worked in intentional Christian communities with marginalised people in Asia and Australia for...

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...

Dave Wiles

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David Greenwood-Haigh

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David Morrissey

David Morrissey is best known as one of Britain’s busiest actors. He’s appeared in the acclaimed dramas State of Play, The Deal (RTS best...

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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...

Donald Reeves

Donald Reeves is the director and founder of the Soul of Europe. Working in Bosnia and Kosovo bringing people together there to realise Nelson...

Eliacin Rosario-Cruz

Born in Puerto Rico moved to the Pacific Northwest/ husband and father/ rabble rouser/ organizer/ communitarian/ cultivator/ provocatuer/ grassroot...

Elizabeth Bayliss

Elizabeth Bayliss is director of Social Action for Health, a community health development charity. She has lived and worked in inner London...

Fiona Joseph

Fiona Joseph is a writer of educational textbooks and online resources, short fiction and biography. She is a recent graduate of the National...

Frank Rogers

Frank Roger, Professor of Spiritual Life and Narrative Pedagogy at Claremont School of Theology in Southern California. Frank's research and...

Fresh Expressions

Fresh Expressions: Stephen Lindridge of the Fresh Expressions team; Ian Bell of VentureFX and the Methodist pioneer ministries scheme; and Simon...

Fuzz Kitto

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Gareth Higgins

Gareth Higgins a northern Irish writer, film critic and broadcaster, and Executive Director of the Wild Goose Festival, a Greenbelt-inspired...

George Pitcher

George Pitcher was formerly industrial editor of The Observer, and voted National Newspaper Journalist of the year in 1991. Since then, he has...

Giles Fraser

Giles Fraser has been Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral since September 2009. He is a columnist for the Church Times and The Guardian...

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...

Gustavo Parajon

*Pastor, First Baptst Church Managua until July1, 2010 *Founding President, CEPAD, Nicaraguan Council of Evangelical Churches *President,...

Ian Green

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Ian Mobsby

Ian Mobsby is an Ordained Priest Missioner for the Moot Community, an emerging, new monastic and fresh expression of Church in the City of London....

Ilan Pappe

Ilan Pappe, born in Haifa in 1954 is currently a Chair in the Department of History, in the University of Exeter and a co-director of the Exeter...

James Wood

James created BBC2’s sitcom hit Rev with its star Tom Hollander. He had previously created Freezing, a sitcom also starring Hollander, and...

Jane Clements

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Janey Lee Grace

Janey Lee Grace from Steve Wright in the Afternoon (BBC Radio 2) is the author of No1 best selling book 'Imperfectly Natural Woman’ She has...

Jennie Gilhespy

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Jeremy Hardy

Jeremy Hardy is a comedian, commentator and Radio 4 favourite. From his unique interpretations of melody on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, to his...

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 Smith

Dr John Smith is the founder and Executive Director of Concern Australia and the founding President of God’s Squad Christian Motorcycle Club...

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...

John Waller

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Joint Public Issues Team

The Joint Public Issues Team is a body that speaks for the Methodist, Baptist and United Reform Churches to promote the importance of Christian...

Jonathan Bartley

Jonathan is director and founder of Ekklesia, which works to promote radical theological ideas in public life. He is often heard on TV and Radio,...

Jonathan Kuttab

Jonathan Kuttab is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and activist. He studied in the U.S. and is a member of the bar there. He came back...

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a leader of the new monastic movement, co-founder of the Rutba House community, and associate minister at St. John's...

Jude Levermore

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Karen Ward

Karen Ward is an Episcopal priest and the Abbess of Church of the Apostles, Seattle (www.apostleschurch.org) an intentional, sacramental community...

Kate Coleman

Kate Coleman is associate pastor of The Regeneration Centre in Birmingham, and a former President of the Baptist Union. Coleman was the first...

Katherine Venn

Katherine Venn studied for a Masters in Creative Writing at UEA in 2009, then returned to London to continue working part-time as a commissioning...

Keith Skene

Dr Keith Skene, writer, lecturer, scientist and a former AARS Scholar (Australian Association of Rhodes Scholars). He is director of the Biosphere...

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...

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...

Lauren Horswell

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Lesley Misrahi

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Liz Dorton

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Lucy Winkett

Lucy Winkett is Canon Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral in London. She is a founding advisor of the public theology thinktank Theos, a columnist...

Mandy Marshall

Mandy Marshall is co-founder and co-Director of Restored, a Christian organisation aimed at transforming relationships and ending violence against...

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...

Mark Yaconelli

Mark Yaconelli is an author, speaker, and retreat leader. He is the Co-Founder of Triptykos, a public action program for engaged compassion...

Martin Evans

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Martyn Atkins

Martyn Atkins is General Secretary of the Methodist Church in Britain. He is ordained, and served as tutor and principal of a Methodist training...

Michael Northcott

Michael Northcott is Professor of Ethics in New College in the University of Edinburgh, a trustee of Traidcraft, and an Episcopal Priest. He...

Mike Salmon

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Nicola Hambridge

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Nicola Slee

Nicola Slee is a feminist theologian and poet who has written extensively in the fields of Christian feminist theology, liturgy, spirituality...

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...

Oliver James

Born in 1953, he went on to complete a degree in Social Anthropology at Cambridge University and trained as a child clinical psychologist at...

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...

Paul Badham

Paul Badham was a student at Oxford, Cambridge, and Birmingham and was a Curate in two Anglican parishes in Birmingham. Since 1973 he has...

Paul Chandler

Paul Chandler is the chief executive of Traidcraft, the UK’s leading fair trade organisation, which consists of a trading company and an overseas...

Paul Rock

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Paula Clifford

Dr Paula Clifford currently leads Christian Aid's strategy on climate change and is head of Church Communications for the organisation. She...

Pete Ward

Pete Ward is a lecturer at Kings College London, he is married to Tess and has two children. His previous books include Growing Up Evangelical...

Peter Graystone

Peter Graystone works for Church Army, where his job is to create new Christian communities attractive to those who have never been to church,...

Peter Oborne

Peter Oborne is a journailst and political commentator. A Daily Mail columnist and author of The Rise of Political Lying, he is particularly...

Peter Sanders

Peter Sanders began his career in the 1960s as one of London’s leading photographers of rock musicians. His pictures of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix,...

Peter Selby

He has maintained his interest in prisons since retirement, and is President of the National Council for Independent Monitoring Boards. He also...

Peter Tatchell

For over 40 years, Peter Tatchell has been campaigning for human rights, democracy and global justice. Describing himself as driven by a love...

Phil Stone

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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...

Rachel Morley

Rachel Morley is a consultant clinical psychologist working with asylum seekers in Glasgow and a passionate critic of UK asylum policy. She...

Rachel Turner

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Rebecca Cain

Rebecca Cain is a Career coach based near Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire. After spending 12 years in the Corporate HR World, she went freelance...

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...

Richard Chartres

Richard John Carew Chartres became the 132nd Bishop of London in November 1995. He was educated at Hertford Grammar School and studied history...

Richard Harries

Described by Rowan Williams as one of the modern churches “truly great and memorable figures” Richard Harries was Bishop of Oxford from...

Richard Rohr

Fr Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province. He lives in a hermitage behind his Franciscan community - the Center for...

Rosalyn Clare

Rosalyn Clare is passionate about seeing people develop and change. She escaped the corporate rat race to backpack around the world. Rosalyn...

Ruth Anthony

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S:Vox

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Saga Arpino

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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 and Rachel Hagger-Holt

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Sarah Edwards

Sarah currently leads Health Poverty Action's policy and campaigns team. She has previously worked for Jubilee Debt Campaign, Anti-Slavery International,...

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,...

Solomuzi Mabuza

Solomuzi Mabuza is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa. Currently, he is employed by the Ujamaa Centre...

Stanley Hauerwas

Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University. Though he is often...

Sue Plater

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Swee Ang

Currently a Consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Barts and the Royal London Hospital. She was the first woman orthopaedic surgeon to...

Symon Hill and Mike Elliot

Symon Hill is a Quaker Christian, activist, trainer and writer. He is a news editor for The Friend, an associate director of the Ekklesia thinktank...

Tim Mayfield

Convinced that the history of music really begins with the first performance of Stravinsky's 'Petrushka' in 1912, Tim Mayfield prefers his music...

Tom Allen

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Tom Hewitt

Tom Hewitt first visited South Africa in 1990 on an ant-apartheid trip with the Amos Trust. He was introduced to street children in Maputo during...

Tom Sine

Tom is hospitality guy at the mustard seed house in Seattle. He enjoys cooking food from all over the world for friends from all over the world....

Trevor Adams

Trevor Adams is a Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Surrey and specialises in Dementia Care. He has written over 50 papers and...