St Paul's Cathedral

Owen Jones chairs a discussion on welfare hosted by St Paul's Institute and The Jack and Ada Beattie Foundation. In an age of increasing austerity, the concept of 'welfare' takes on renewed importance when discussing social wellbeing and the notion of the common good. What is welfare, and who should provide it? Who does it exist for, and how should they access it? The extent to which the product of economic growth is put towards uplifting the most economically vulnerable is a question that lies at the very core of how we structure society. Speakers: Rt Revd John Packer - Bishop of Ripon & Leeds Hazel Blears - MP for Salford and Eccles Stephen Lloyd - Senior Partner of Bates, Wells & Braithwaite

St Paul's Institute seminar held in conjunction with the Church Investors Group, discussing the role that values based investors and financial institutions could be playing to ensure the UK financial service sector is fair for all stakeholders. Chaired by: Andrew Robinson (Director, CCLA) Speakers: Catherine Howarth (CEO, FairPensions); Edward Mason (Secretary to the Ethical Investment Advisory Group); Ben Hughes (CEO, Community Development Finance Association) and Stella Creasy (MP for Walthamstow).

This seminar explores some of the recent models for direct democracy and how they function to help bring about social change. Including speakers from Occupy London, Citizens UK, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Our Democratic Heritage. Chaired by Canon Dr Angus Ritchie - Director, The Contextual Theology Centre

Prof Michael Sandel discusses the topic of his latest book 'What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets' with Bishop Peter Selby, Stephanie Flanders and Prof Julian Le Grand under the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.

Press conference held at St Paul's Cathedral to answer questions about the St Paul's Institute report examining the financial sector 'Value and Values: Perceptions of Ethics in the City Today'.

St Paul's Institute, in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), hosted this discussion on the UK Bribery Act - exploring how it will be implemented and what it means for the business community.

St. Paul's Institute (St Paul's Cathedral), interviews Paul Holley - Coordinator for the Anglican Health Network - on the work being done in the area of microinsurance. The discussion surrounds the recent implementation of programmes in India and Tanzania, and highlights both the benefits and difficulties surrounding microinsurance programmes such as these.

St Paul's Institute discusses the notion of ethical business and how the global financial crisis has impacted on the need for corporations to act ethically. Interview with Leo Martin, Director and Co-Founder of GoodCorporation.

Something understood - final reflections - part iii. Please note that this session was very interactive with lots of audience participation. It also refers to several poems in great detail - these poems were on handouts that the participants had been given. George Herbert is one of the great 17th century poet-priests. His poems embrace every shade of the spiritual life, from love and closeness, to anger and despair, to reconciliation and hope. And his work is always rich with audacious playfulness: he seems to take God on, knowing God will win, as if he’s having an argument with a faithful friend he knows is not going to leave. In much of theology and spirituality, God is a critical spectator to human lives, but for Herbert, his sense of relationship with God is primarily of a friendship that can never be broken. Mark Oakley is Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, overseeing the arts and learning programmes at the cathedral. He writes regularly for the Church Times and The Tablet and broadcasts frequently on BBC Radio 4. His latest, bestselling, book The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry (Canterbury Press) was published last year to great acclaim. Recorded 14 October 2017.

Love took my hand - part ii. Please note that this session was very interactive with lots of audience participation. It also refers to several poems in great detail - these poems were on handouts that the participants had been given. George Herbert is one of the great 17th century poet-priests. His poems embrace every shade of the spiritual life, from love and closeness, to anger and despair, to reconciliation and hope. And his work is always rich with audacious playfulness: he seems to take God on, knowing God will win, as if he’s having an argument with a faithful friend he knows is not going to leave. In much of theology and spirituality, God is a critical spectator to human lives, but for Herbert, his sense of relationship with God is primarily of a friendship that can never be broken. Mark Oakley is Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, overseeing the arts and learning programmes at the cathedral. He writes regularly for the Church Times and The Tablet and broadcasts frequently on BBC Radio 4. His latest, bestselling, book The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry (Canterbury Press) was published last year to great acclaim. Recorded 14 October 2017.