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.
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 SeedatDazzling Darkness – Being a trans, lesbian priest in the Church today
Dazzling Darkness – Being a trans, lesbian priest in the Church today Exploring her experience of changing sex, of being lesbian and chronically ill, and of being a Church of England priest, Rachel...
Speaker(s): Rachel MannP is for power
We all vote, we all spend money, we all influence those closest to us and we all have or should have the possibility of holding accountable those who wield power on our behalf in the church or in the...
Speaker(s): John BellHow to make your church dementia friendly
A look at how dementia affects sufferers and other members of the family, and an exploration of the numerous practical ways in which churches can offer them hospitality and friendship. Trevor Adams...
Under the radar
After 30 years of getting it right and sometimes disastrously wrong, Adrian and Bridget Plass believe that if Christian humour is not on the edge it's probably not anywhere. There's a very thin line...
Bye Buy Childhood
The Mothers' Union is campaigning to allow children to grow up free from excessive commercial pressures. This session looks at practical ideas to help parents and children to be aware of the...
As British as Fish & Chips?
A look at Muslim identity today and how it may be adapting itself to modern-day Britain. Dilwar Hussain is director of the Islamic Foundation. His research interests include Islam in the modern...
The Dalit Struggle for Liberation and Humanity
Some 300 million people worldwide suffer from caste discrimination, the majority in India, the former “untouchables”. They have the most menial tasks in their societies and are treated as lesser...
Speaker(s): David Haslam, Garth HewittChristians and Inequality
In 2009, the 1,000 richest people became 30% richer. The difference between rich and poor is now at Victorian levels. Yet God created people of equal value: Old Testament prophets condemned the rich...
Speaker(s): Bob HolmanTheodora
Stella Duffy reads and talks about her work, in particular Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore. Theodora rose from abject poverty to become the comedy star of the Constantinople hippodrome at the age...
Poetry as a dream of peace
The Corrymeela Community tells a story of a woman who came to its house for refuge. In her luggage she brought a small hatchet. She was ready to believe they were people of peace, but just in case,...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaA Dream of Utopia in Soviet Karelia
Thousands of North American Finns, gripped by “Karelian Fever”, moved to the Soviet Union in the 1930s to help build a socialist utopia. What happens when utopian dreams go sour? Nancy's search...
An evening with Adrian Plass
Adrian Plass is displeased with flippancy. Just as well, some would say. For more than 25 years his benevolently subversive humour has been clearing away the kind of religious rubbish that...
Children’s & family lineup for GB17
Greenbelt is an inter-generational festival like no other. It's not just that we have lots of children and families onsite. We do. It's that as well as their parents and carers, often their...