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A new dawn for humanity?: Finding God in Sci-fi films

Science fiction films have always explored the theme of a new dawn for humanity. This talk examines this in reference to God, and how these films are as relevant today as they were when the films...

Breaking the Silence

Yehuda will be sharing his stories of serving for the Israeli army and the kind of abuses and military acts he had to carry out in the line of duty. Yehuda Shaul is an Israeli ex-soldier is Yehuda...

What’s occurring? Welsh identity and being non conformed

Simon Jones is the editor of Third Way. He was born and grew up in a Welsh valley town, and studied critical theory at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Christianity there goes back a long way, but...

Growing up Digital – Opportunities and Challenges for Young People and Parents

When more of us are shaping our identiy and communities online, how can families get the right tech-life balance? A look at the opportunites the digital era creates, but also the very real...

40 years of Astral Weeks

Widely considered one of the best albums ever, Belfast's Steve Stockman looks into Van Morrison's classic with the help of another Belfast boy Iain Archer. Where are ‘Cypress Avenue' and...

Zion’s Christian Soldiers Marching As To War

An examination of how the Bible is used to justify war and occupation in Palestine, dealing with subjects like ‘Chosenness', ‘Land', ‘Jerusalem', ‘Temple' and...

Christian Zionism: roadmap to armageddon?

Addressing the historical roots, theological basis and political consequences of Christian support for Zionism. Stephen Sizer is the vicar of Christ Church, Virginia Water. He has written books...

Living Lightly In God’s World 2

What does it mean to live lightly in God's world today? What practical steps can we take in our own lives to respond to God's call for righteousness and justice for the earth and all its...
Speaker(s): Ruth Valerio

Life and Death, Love and Art in the Novels of Salley Vickers

Greenbelt doesn't shy away from the big themes and nor does Salley Vickers. Here she gives insights into her novels, including the latest, Where Three Roads Meet, a reworking of the Oedipus myth...

Eating Jesus

How a piece of bread was revealed as God to an unprepared unbeliever; how body and blood become free groceries for the city's poor. Sara Miles talks about her radical conversion, and she and...
Speaker(s): Sara Miles

Eating with Jesus

A left-wing lesbian Jesus freak and a postmodern gay priest talk about food, art, politics, and worship. Paul Fromberg and Sara Miles from St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco lead...
Speaker(s): Sara Miles

Glorifying the stranger

How to be church for the wrong people: emerging worship with whores, foreigners and the ritually unclean. A lesson in how to welcome the stranger. Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an...
Speaker(s): Sara Miles

Life’s ordinary magic: encountering God in the reality of our lives

How can we connect with ourselves, each other and God through the small miracles of everyday life, the issues and events that shape our world? Rosemary Lain-Priestley asks how, by our attentiveness...

I-NDIA

Bangalore is a global IT powerhouse and yet millions live in slums. What are the environmental impacts and challenges facing the new India? Elephants are lovely things aren't they? Strong,...

A hidden apartheid

Why, in the world's thirdbiggest democratic economy, are 250 million people denied their human rights? The caste system in India today. Elephants are lovely things aren't they? Strong, peaceful...