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Re-enchanted Fictions

Drawing on the works of more than a dozen Anglo-American novelists, Andrew Tate explores how contemporary fiction engages with the claims and ideas of Christian theology. Andrew is a lecturer in the...
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate

Waiting for a Miracle

Dr Andrew Tate follows up some of the big ideas in his first talk; why are Coupland's narratives so hung up on God, miracles and the meaning of redemption? Andrew is a lecturer in the Department of...
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate

Slavery today join the fight for freedom

Slavery has not gone away. Contemporary forms affect at least 12.3 million men, women and children in the 21st century. What can the campaign against the Atlantic slave trade teach us as we seek to...

Martyr Virgin Mystic Wife

What do Christian women have to say to 21st century British society? The feminisation of football and the first female Home Secretary are signs of a changing landscape. Where do we go from...
Speaker(s): Lucy Winkett

Heavenly Fictions

Visions of hell have preoccupied writers from Dante to Dickens but few have dared to imagine heaven. Andrew will explore the afterlife and apocalypse as discussed by contemporary writers from Douglas...
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate

Time to boycott Israeli goods?

Can the pound in your pocket deliver a just peace for the Holy Land? From apartheid South Africa to multinational chocolate companies, boycotts have long focused the world's consumers on injustice....

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 Tate

Tragedy or, the world of accidents

Is there any such thing as tragedy in the 21st century? What use is an old literary term worn thin by tabloid headlines about everything from sporting defeat to starvation? Is it possible to speak of...
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate

Christian 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...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

The Wounds Of Gaza

Surgeon Swee Ang returned to Gaza in early 2009, and was overwhelmed with the devastation she experienced. Her article on what she found there – The Wounds Of Gaza – proved hugely controversial....

Faith in politics?

How does Christianity underpin Britain's constitution? A look at the relationship between modern laws and morality and the Christian understanding of what it is to be a human. Described by Rowan...