Symon Hill

Symon Hill is a British Socialist, Pacifist, queer Christian, activist, and journalist. He is associate director of the left wing Christian think tank Ekklesia.[1]

In the summer of 2011 Hill went on a pilgrimage of repentance for homophobia, walking from Birmingham to London, attracting widespread media attention.[2][3] Hill read Theology at Westminster College, Oxford.

Hill was until recently media spokesperson for the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). He represented CAAT in the media when they took the British Government to court in 2007-08 over the cancellation of a Serious Fraud Office investigation into BAE Systems arms deals with Saudi Arabia.[4] As a result comedian Mark Thomas nominated him as a Hero of 2007 in the Independent on Sunday[5]

Hill writes mainly on the issues of disarmament, public activism, sexuality, and the role of religion in society. His comment pieces have appeared in newspapers as diverse as the Sunday Herald, the Morning Star and the Daily Mail. He contributes regularly to Guardian Comment is Free,[6] The Friend and Movement. He has written two books, The No-Nonsense Guide to Religion[7] published by New Internationalist magazine in March 2010 as part of its No-Nonsense Guides series[8] and a book on on-line activism called Digital Revolutions: Activism in the age of the internet[9] published by New Internationalist in April 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Staff | Ekklesia". Ekklesia. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Repenting of homophobia". Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "My journey from homophobe to equality activist: This month I am walking 160 miles to repent for my former homophobia and to encourage the church to support equality" by Symon Hill; The Guardian, 27 June 2011
  4. ↑ "BAE defeated in court by CAAT". Campaign Against Arms Trade. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Heroes of 2007: Our panel pick their inspirational people of the year". Independent on Sunday (London). 30 December 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Symon Hill". London: The Guardian. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Hill, Symon (2010). The no-nonsense guide to religion. Oxford: New Internationalist. ISBN 978-1-906523-29-9.
  8. ↑ "Religion -- New Internationalist". New Internationalist. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Digital Revolutions Activism in the Internet Age". New Internationalist. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

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