What’s the purpose of marriage?
Is marriage a deep personal experience blessed by God or a tool used by the state? If it's about having kids, what about those that can't or don't want to? If it's about a lifelong...
Speaker(s): John Bell, Marika RoseWhat Women (In The Church) Want
What do women want for a church that has been run by men? How will things change as they become bishops? What would the Christian tradition look like if the patriarchs hadn't eclipsed the...
Speaker(s): Vicky Beeching, Rachel Mann, Lucy Winkett, Marika RoseRadical Theology: A Critical Discussion?
The radical theology movement is one that draws on new philosophical movements and is willing to embrace positions such as the death of God. But is this any more than an intellectual trip for a few...
Speaker(s): Kester Brewin, Lucy Winkett, Marika RoseCan white middle class people be radical?
Radical theology situates itself outside of the church and alongside those who are excluded from and rejected by society. So what does it mean for Christians to engage with radical theology? And how...
Speaker(s): Marika RoseExclusivity & hope: a view from Bethlehem
This blog is a long read. You might want to grab a cuppa. It's written by Greenbelt's Creative Director, Paul Northup. I'm writing it from the little town of Bethlehem; the place where, as a...
Helping wihtout hurting: Supporting others in their healing
Palestinian Christians: an endangered species
Undermining the punitive culture
Peter Selby is Bishop of Worcester. He has researched in the issues of debt and Christian faith. The Bishop to HM Prisons will introduce a discussion on alternatives to prison, the rising prison...
Activism is the rent we pay for being on the planet
There's no doubting The Body Shop has helped put fair or community trade relationships on the mainstream agenda. And Anita is dedicated to campaigning for the human rights so often abused and ignored...
The Patron Saint of Wanderlust
The patron saint of wanderlust Is travel a help or a distraction in the business of belief? Lessons from a boat-hitching trip around Scotland in the wake of a seafaring monk called Cormac. Nick...
Visions of Hope….
Hosted by Chris Rose with Tom Hewitt, Sikhumbuzo Makhubela, Jasmine Devadason, Roberto Martinez, Garth Hewitt, with Jeff Halper on video. Street children in South Africa, Dalits in Southern India,...
Exploring the wheel of the year as christian
The Celtic wheel can be a helpful way of exploring the inner and outer landscapes of the Christian journey. A look at Solstices, Equinoxes and the cross-quarter festivals and how they weave with the...
Butchering Community
“The Butchers” bought a lamb at Smithfield market, butchered it on their dining table, cooked and served it for lunch, sharing with friends each Sunday of Lent. Come and hear what motivated the...
Buy Bye Childhood
Has the commercialisation of childhood won? To advertisers children are anything from small, absorbent consumer capitalists, to fulcrums of parent pester-power, and receptacles of prematurely adult...
Seeking the Risen Christ
The image of a female Christ figure – the Christa – is a motif in feminist theology, and a surprisingly popular image in contemporary art. Yet most of these images depict a suffering figure,...
Speaker(s): Nicola Slee