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Disability and Justice: Prophets on the Edge

Disabled people have long been seen as objects of the church's ministry, outreach and care. Yet many of us are speaking back with a prophetic call for disability justice, in a world and church that...
Speaker(s): Naomi Lawson Jacobs & Emily Richardson

Shooting the messenger – is our freedom to protest disappearing?

Disruptive protest has been vital in the struggle to secure justice and social change. As the environmental emergency intensifies and climate protesters are desperately seeking change, the government...
Speaker(s): Melanie Nazareth, Jonathan Herbert

Scared to Death

What happens as we're dying? What's the best way to support a dying person? Is hospital the best place? Let's look at all the wisdom we've forgotten. Let's be curious about dying. Let's know more,...
Speaker(s): Kathryn Mannix

A country where poverty does not exist

Poverty in the UK is an avoidable, solvable problem - but it's one we have failed to fix for far too long. As a society we must do better. Former prime minister Gordon Brown will talk about our moral...
Speaker(s): Gordon Brown

Becoming A Weirdy, Beardy, Kind-Old Elder

I don't want to merely become 'older' but become an 'elder' - not simply 'age-ing' but 'sage-ing' - nurturing regenerative engagement in our world on the margins of my own religion and other...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Compassion

Many of our churches deliver compassion through programmes and networks. Dave explores what it means to live in compassion and to centre our churches on connection with our neighbourhoods. He will...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Does reconciliation in Israel and Palestine address settler colonialism?

As popular culture deems reconciliation irrelevant in settler-colonial contexts, particularly in the Palestinian struggle for justice, Musalaha presents reconciliation from the position of the...
Speaker(s): Daniel Munayer

In The Body

What do our bodies have to do with the spiritual? What stories of alienation, neglect, and embrace, shape how we inhabit our physical selves? In a world that often demands we divorce our minds from...
Speaker(s): Cole Arthur Riley

Everything Is Extraordinary

In the second of these two sessions, Cole helps us share our own stories, starting with a question: who is the most remarkable person you've ever met? Could be your Mum, could be a stranger or...
Speaker(s): Cole Moreton

Being/Not Being A Self-Righteous Bastard

All my life I've sought to be a 'righteous person', only all too often to be a 'self-righteous bastard'. For someone as combative, dominating and intimidating as me, the quest to 'be right' and 'do...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Bashar Murad in conversation

Performing on the Glade mainstage later, this is your chance to hear from the wonderful Palestinian artist Bashar Murad - in conversation with Palestinian writer, researcher and cultural curator...
Speaker(s): Bashar Murad

Palestine: A Shrinking Space

The land available to Palestinians is shrinking every day. So are the available spaces to raise awareness, campaign and take action for Palestinian rights, with anti-boycott legislation, speakers...
Speaker(s): Daniel Munayer

Do you believe the hype? Culture, society, politics and God in an AI world

A distinguished panel of experts across different fields take a cool and critical look at some of the more dystopian prophecies regarding the arrival of AI into our everyday lives. They will help us...
Speaker(s): Beth Singler

Hard Art: Democracy and Creativity

Join climate activist Clare Farrell and artist Brian Eno as, together, they discuss their shared commitment to mobilising change in the face of the climate emergency. Why do activists and artists...
Speaker(s): Clare Farrell

On Death and Dying

Drawing together threads from our festival focus on death and dying, join a conversation with experts and practitioners from the programme. Connecting with work Theos think tank have done on public...
Speaker(s): Ru Callender, Kathryn Mannix, Lisa-Jayne Lewis, Chine McDonald