Simon Barrow
- Age: 51
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Aries
- Zodiac Year: Dog
- Industry: Religion
- Occupation: Director of a think-tank
- Location: Exeter : Devon : United Kingdom
About Me
A writer, commentator, theologian and educator, I am co-director of Ekklesia, the think-tank and news service concerned with religion and public life from a radical, post-Christendom perspective. I also work as a trainer, facilitator and consultant with church and community initiatives, as well as continuing to publish for a wide variety of audiences - from general to academic. Football and music are my balancing passions. From 1996-2005 I worked for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), the official ecumenical body.
Which is easier to make a model airplane out of and why: a banana peel or a wet sock?
No idea. But a banana peel would be preferable, because if it crashes there'd still be scraps of food on the inside for the survivors... rather than just a stale smell.
Interests
Favorite Movies
- Matewan
- Mapantsula
- Momento
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Life of Brian
- Au Revoir Les Enfants
- The Mirror
- Under Fire
- A Z and Two Noughts
- Annie Hall
- Kes
- Crimes and Misdemeanours
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Three Colours Red
- As Good As It Gets
Favorite Music
- Tippett
- Messiaen
- Ravel
- Birtwistle
- Handel
- Webern
- Shostakovitch
- Joanna Macgregor
- Miles Davis
- Bill Frisell
- Boulez
- Allan Holdsworth
- Deirdre Cartwright
- Django Bates
- Earthworks
- George Crumb
- Yes
- The Smiths
- Suzanne Vega
- Frank Zappa
- Bach
- Porcupine Tree
- Ozric Tentacles
- Frank Martin
- John Zorn
- The Shout
- Poulenc
- Bang on a Can
- Sound Circus
- Hendrix
- Coltrane
- Goldie
- Debussy
- Godspeed You Black Emperor
Favorite Books
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Simone Weil
- John Caputo
- John Howard Yoder
- Grace Jantzen
- David Jenkins
- Richard Kearney
- Dorothee Soelle
- Nicholas Lash
- Sarah Coakley
- Gustavo Gutierrez
- James Alison
- Ruth Page
- Rowan Williams
- (and that's just the theology).
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