Poet, Prophet, Protestor – Daring to Preach in Our Times
That Mark Oakley has three Ps may lull you into a false sense of security. He is on a mission to put the odd back into God and make the sermon an event, stretching the preacher's language, vision...
Speaker(s): Mark OakleyDo Something for Nothing: The Power of Human Connection
Overwhelmed by the everyday reality and scale of homelessness on the streets of the capital city where he lived and worked, Joshua Coombes, a hairdresser by profession decided to do something simple,...
Speaker(s): Joshua CoombesPop Christianity
In a year when young people have taken the political lead, Jyothi Cross asks how youth culture fits with modern-day Christianity, exploring all things teen, from video games to Vine and back again...
Speaker(s): Jyothi CrossThe Hidden Humour in Holy Scripture
The matter is cloaked in so much secrecy that it would be indecent for the speaker to reveal in advance what might be said. Owners of bendy Bibles with margins covered in green ink notes and triple...
Speaker(s): John BellThe People Vs Tech
Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But with our fragile political systems threatened by this digital revolution, what do these changes – and the likes of Cambridge Analytica –...
Speaker(s): Jamie BartlettHanging Out With The Outsiders
For two years, Jamie Bartlett went undercover with some of our most radical political outsiders. Immersed with with the likes of Tommy Robinson, green militants, radical futurists and free love...
Speaker(s): Jamie BartlettThe Imagination as Essential to Faith
This seminar is anathema to all who believe that Jesus was a silent baby born in a snowdrift with a mum dressed in blue. But it might open up some avenues to spiritual adventure, without taking...
Speaker(s): John BellRadical Reading: Provocation from Pluto – Decolonising the University
Gurminder Bhambra explores the movements and campaigns known as ‘decolonising the university', asking questions such as ‘why is my curriculum white' and bringing attention to the Black,...
Speaker(s): Gurminder BhambraThe Science of Fate
How predictable is your future? Hannah Critchlow delves into the latest scientific research to show the extent to which the course of our lives are hardwired into our brains, from what we choose to...
Speaker(s): Hannah CritchlowNew Wit. New Wisdom.
Artificial intelligence is changing the human person and human community--but to what end? Professor Ilia Delio discusses the vision of Teilhard de Chardin for an AI world where the religious...
Speaker(s): Ilia DelioGreen Economies
Politicians seem to only to talk in terms of the costs of going green. But what about the potential jobs, techonology and innovation? What are the challenges and opportunities of steering towards a...
Speaker(s): Grace BlakeleyHow to Save the World from Financialisation
Wit, wisdom and...economics don't often get together in the same field. But stagnant productivity, lack of investment and rising inequality indicate that our finance-led growth economy is broken....
Speaker(s): Grace BlakeleyRadical action Part 1: XRs methodology and how to get involved
History is full of examples of change, transformation and liberation brought about through Non-violent direct action led by faith communities. How can you get involved in the current push for the UK...
Speaker(s): Extinction RebellionEvent Horizon: Faith In The Future
The world's religions have stories about the way the future will go. Those different stories and how literally we take them can have profound implications for our living together in the present....
Speaker(s): Event Horizon: How The Way Faith Sees The Future Affects Us All In The Present, Festival FriendsClimate Emergency? What does that mean? And what are XRs demands?
Climate Change and ecological collapse has been on the edges of public consciousness for decades so why has it become so important at this moment in history? In this session we will explore some of...
Speaker(s): Extinction Rebellion