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Scriptural Reasoning Remixed

Engage in a fun and thoughtful conversation around the music and lyrics that move us as spiritual people. Join Rachel Rose Reid, Abdalhamid Evans and Simon Jones as they discuss the songs that move...
Speaker(s): Rachel Rose Reid, Abdalhamid Evans

INTER-ACT: How Video- games matter

Call of Duty, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto, Pokemon or Roblox. You or someone you love plays a lot of video-games, or watches hundreds of hours of other people playing them on YouTube. Join Andy for a...

A Spirited Neighbourhood: Connecting Church and Community

The recent responses to terror and disaster show community spirit to be alive and well. Yet beyond a crisis, disabled and vulnerable people still face many barriers to community life. How can...
Speaker(s): Livability

Restoring Hope

In the West Bank farming olives is about more than earning a living, it is an act of political protest. The Olive Tree Campaign is keeping hope alive and you can get involved. Born and living in...
Speaker(s): Muhanad Al Qaisy

70 Years Since Partition: The Future of the South Asian Diaspora

2017 marks 70 years since the Indian sub-continent was first divided after British colonial rule. A lot has changed since then, including in the South Asian diaspora. This conversation explores the...
Speaker(s): Yousuf Bashir Qureshi, Akanksha Mehta, Nitasha Kaul, Avaes Mohammad

Turning the Moneychangers’ Tables? The Rise of Rentierism

Rentierism – the use of pre-existing assets (debt, cars, mobile phones, wifi) to effortlessly extract financial gains from those who do not own them – is the new face of exploitative capitalism....
Speaker(s): Ann Pettifor

The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away

Cole Moreton tells the deeply moving, true story of a life saved by a heart transplant, the unusual bond between two mothers that followed, and explores the emotional and spiritual issues around...
Speaker(s): Cole Moreton

The Middle East: Descent into Chaos?

The birthplace of Christianity was a region that modelled peaceful coexistence for centuries. But descent into chaos and war has meant marginalisation, oppression and cleansing of the Christian...
Speaker(s): Peter Oborne

Exchange ideas: Stories for enterprise for the common good – houses and homes

How can different communities take control of their energy requirements or their housing needs? Hear from a community energy provider and a student housing co-operative.Featuring Paul Phare from...
Speaker(s): Cliff Mills

A Spirituality for The Common Good

What kind of spiritual practice helps us work for The Common Good? How does our prayer guide us to discern how to use our gifts and sustain our engagement? Where might we find joy in the midst of...
Speaker(s): Kate Monkhouse

I was hungry and thirsty, were you there?

For years, Jack Monroe has been campaigning for those so poor in our society that they are voiceless and invisible. Then came the Grenfell Tower fire and suddenly the country woke up to what we're...
Speaker(s): Jack Monroe

(The Great) War as a Crisis in Masculinity and Muscular Christianity

Starting with the First World War, Rachel Mann examines how much the church has bought into the glory of war, blithely putting Jesus in combats. How much is war a product of toxic masculinity and...
Speaker(s): Rachel Mann

Exchange inspiration: How can a business be values led?

Is business incompatible with moral values? How can a commercial business be values-led? With Ed Mayo, Secretary General, Co-operatives UK, David Alcock, Head of Social Business at Anthony Collins...
Speaker(s): Ed Mayo, David Alcock

Introduction to Hot House: What makes for a good debate?

Looking past the 'Punch and Judy' of Westminster politics, which understandably turns us off from the idea of debate and argument, our asosiates Winchester University take us back to what good...
Speaker(s): Winchester University, Neil Messer

Christian-Muslim Storytelling: Stories of Shared Faith and History

· Flight to Abyssinia. How the Negus, a Christian king, granted safe haven to the first Muslim community.· The Sultan and The Saint. The story of St Francis and Sultan Al-Kamil of Egypt against the...
Speaker(s): Christian-Muslim Storytelling: Stories of shared faith from history presented by Khayaal Theatre