Greenbelt 2017: A few of our favourites things.
Just as we head into Easter weekend, we thought we'd share a few festival favourites who will be gracing the bill this summer for our 44th festival, The Common Good. It's good to have a degree of...
An Altar in the World: worship & spirituality at Greenbelt 2017
As we gather at Boughton House for our fourth Greenbelt there and our 44th festival overall, we look forward to what Corrymeela leader and poet Pádraig Ó Tuama describes as his "annual sacrament of...
This House Believes The 2015 Election Will Make No Significant Difference To The Future of Britain
Motion: This house believes the 2015 Election will make no significant difference to the future of Britain. For: Martin Newell (Catholic Worker Network) and Louise Donkin (SPEAK) Against: Gavin...
Speaker(s): Louise Donkin, Andy FlannaganTravelling Heavy
Christianity doesn't travel light. It is weighed down with history, much of it shameful. What would it mean to deal with the burdensome history of Christendom and imagine our way into a lighter...
Speaker(s): Marika RoseLife begins with cancer
Speaker(s): Anthony Wilson
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...