Under pressure
It's all very well for the government to talk about devolving decision-making to local community groups, but what is this really going to mean in practice? Will Chipping Norton Neighbourhood Watch be...
Happiness can movemountains too
From pleasure to purpose the desire for happiness is in our blueprint. Although many wrestle with this subject, happiness might just show a way to discover God in the ordinary very much by accident...
Speaker(s): Bruce StanleyThe new atheist crusaders/ their unholy grail
A satirical analysis of the four Horsemen of the Atheist Apocalypse [Dawkins, Hitchens, Harr is and Dennett) and their misguided quest to rid the world of religion. Featuring music by Isaac...
Can political activism survive in a
In an age of cynicism and lack of engagement in the democratic process, Bev Thomas explores whether political activism can play a central role in transforming our communities. Bev has worked for the...
Is there a Green Movement in the UK
There is widespread awareness of the threat of climate change but is concern mobilised behind a movement for change? Ann Pettifor is the campaigns director for Operation Noah the climate change...
Speaker(s): Ann PettiforTowards the practice of freedom
What can we learn in retrospect from the transatlantic slave trade? Here, we take a broadbrush, interactive tour through black theology and focus on the different ways in which Christians have made...
The Spiritual Discipline Of Religious Satire
A holy and yet heretical quest for a satirical tradition that goes from Jesus to Jonathan Swift. Featuring music by Isaac Everett. Becky Garrison is the senior contributing editor for the satirical...
Heavenly Fictions
Visions of hell have preoccupied writers from Dante to Dickens but few have dared to imagine heaven. Andrew will explore the afterlife and apocalypse as discussed by contemporary writers from Douglas...
What happened to the new dawn
It's a whole decade of Greenbelts since we could talk about a new era in British government. With Blair gone and Brown having to find his feet quickly, what is the legacy of "New Labour' really going...
Now we are 60
A sideways consideration of long life and the aging population. An opportunity to make friends with old age - it"s better than than the alternative! Ann Morisy is a freelance community theologian...
Living well locally
Is there any evidence that faith makes a positive contribution to the wellbeing of individuals and neighbourhoods? Why do so many people think religion is a bad thing? Ann Morisy is a freelance...
The Coming First World Debt Crisis
With the housing slump in the US and the widening credit crunch, a global debt crisis looms larger. With money lenders as the masters of the economy, what role do faith organisations have to play in...
Speaker(s): Ann PettiforFinding myself through murder
Having started writing murder mysteries in Africa at the age of 60, Andrew felt at first as if he was just being escapist. Find out how he actually became present to himself in a new way. Andrew...
Climate change makes poverty permanent
Andrew discusses why Christian Aid has turned its attention to climate change with its Cut the Carbon campaign. Andrew Pendleton is Christian Aid's senior policy officer on climate change and...
Back to my roots
With genealogy enjoying a resurgence in popularity, Andrew shins up the family tree and considers our search for identity and belonging in the light of Christian belief. Andrew Rumsey is a South...
Speaker(s): Andrew Rumsey