Re-inventing the Wheel
Reinventing the wheel? An exploration of planning, delivering and experiencing worship in contemporary culture. Maggi Dawn is an Anglican priest, and Chaplain of King's College, Cambridge. She is...
Civil Partnerships/Gay Marriages
Civil partnerships? Gay marriages? A Christian and Parliamentary look at the issues. Alistair Carmichael MP A supporter of, variously, Amnesty International, Jubilee Scotland and the Fair Trade...
Money, Money, Money
What are the political processes and arrangements behind its creation? Simon Mouatt and Peter Challen jointly apply their expertise to these questions, and explain how monetary reform could transform...
TreesClappingMountainsSkipping
An adventure into biblical ecology and its importance for the 21st Century. John Bell is an itinerant member of the Iona Community. Among his spiritual ancestors, he is pleased to recognise Ehud the...
Speaker(s): John BellGod’s Funnybone
God's funny bone A serious review of implicit and explicit biblical humour too long sidelined by religion. John Bell is an itinerant member of the Iona Community. Among his spiritual ancestors, he...
Speaker(s): John BellSubversive Potential of Song
The subversive potential of Christian song Exploring how everything from ‘Away in a Manger' to ‘Hillsong' and ‘Willow Creek' affect faith for good or ill.
Speaker(s): John Bell9/11 & 7/7 – Perspectives
9/11 & 7/7: some Gospel perspectives Reflecting particularly on the London bombing, this seminar explores key issues for Christians in dealing with Islamic terrorism. John Bell is an itinerant...
Speaker(s): John BellWhy Globalisation / Good Thing
Globalisation is often blamed for manh of the world's nastiest problems. But, although it isn't perfect, is globalisation mostly a powerful force for good? Matthew Bishop is business editor of The...
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is not mentioned very frequently in the Christian Scriptures, so what can we learn about it? Biblical and theological, Christina will also be making some connections to Greenbelt's...
Being in Community – 1
Being in community: the dynamics of interaction Organic interaction processes are often puzzling. Over two sessions these will be explored, testing out what they mean for us in the context of...
Being in Community – 2
Being in community: the dynamics of interaction Organic interaction processes are often puzzling. Over two sessions these will be explored, testing out what they mean for us in the context of...
Worship Panel
Worship as we know it has been shaped by the market. Whatever it is - an event, CD or a song book - it is 'produced' and sold. If we have it on our shelves or use it in our Church then we are...
Post Christendom Politics
Post Christendom politics: the Church as a movement for anarchy For the first time in 1700 years the church is finding itself at the margins rather than the centre of government – with some...
Speaker(s): Jonathan BartleyThe Battle For God
Fundamentalism. Picking her way through faiths' extremes to see if common sense and common ground can be found. Having failed to find God in there, Karen Armstrong fled a convent to study literature...
Son of David/Suffering Servant
How can a Palestinian theology of liberation help us rediscover the way of Christ? Director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, Naim Ateek is a Palestinian Christian,...