When are online communities real?
What is it that makes an online community work? After thirty years of experimentation, we ought to know. But to judge by the results we don't. What we seem to have made online is antisocial...
Bringing the funny
It is a truth universally acknowledged that contemporary readers are too sceptical to believe in happy endings. But bestseller lists suggest we still demand them and we want to laugh, too. Andrew...
Speaker(s): Andrew TateChristian Warriors
Should Christians join the military? Are Christian pacifists naively avoiding reality? Symon's faith inspires him to campaign against militarism; Mike's faith motivates his ministry as a Chaplain...
Don’t Let Them Put You Down
Is it right to assist those who are at the end of their lives, to end their lives? If not, why not? Witness statements come from Lesley Misrahi (qualified in public health and theology), George...
How do you know what you know
If the scientists and the religionists could settle down for a moment, maybe we could ask just how rational art is... or science... or religion? Panellists include comedian and atheist Robin Ince and...
Meat is murdering the planet
Should we take a vow of vegetarianism? Isn't it time we recognised that our meatbased diets are a disaster for our globe? Has the ethical argument been overtaken by a pragmatic one – are we...
Palestine is still the issue…
We can't ignore it and it won't go away. The west's failure to be even-handed and abide by international law allows a dangerous sense of grievance to build - particularly in the Muslim world....
Holy Communion – Sunday Morning
Communion has always contained the sideways look. At Da Vinci's Last Supper table, extending lengthways across a room, the disciples are forced to look not ahead or around at one another, but along...
The Capital Problem
Credit crunch. Recession. Depression. Age of Austerity. Are we waking up to the fact that capitalism is finally broke? Is there a new, softer, kinder, gentler edition of socially responsible...
Beautiful Resistance
Sa'id showed us two documents. The first was a certificate, issued by the Government of Palestine in 1920, proving that his olive grove belonged to his family. The second was a letter from the...
Creating Comunities of Celebration
The marketers of the imperial global economy are influencing people all over the planet to live in their fables – their notions of the good life. In this session you are invited to imagine new...
Joining the new conspirators
The global recession may be over, but the volatility isn't. This session will take you on quick tour of some of the new challenges facing us, the poor and the planet over the next decade. You're...
South Africa After FIFA
After the Fifa World Cup, what are the hopes and struggles that lie ahead for South Africa in tackling the social divisions and ever widening gap between rich and poor. Born in South Africa,...
On Not Being Saved
Stanley Hauerwas will read from his recently published memoir, Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir, focussing on the sections that describe his inability to “get himself saved” and how this...
How I became a theologian
In this session Stanley will focus on the sections of his memoir that describe his formation as a Christian theologian. In 2001 Time magazine named him “America's Best Theologian”. He responded...