Dr Stephen Brown (*1958), theologian and journalist, editor of The Ecumenical Review, World Council of Churches, Geneva, 2017- 2025. Associate member of the Institut romand de systématique et d’éthique (IRSE) at the University of Geneva since 2025. A former member of the board of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), he was a co-organizer of the European Festival of Religious Television Programmes in Paris (2017) and Berlin (2023). Born in Britain, studies in International Development and then Theology (Cambridge and Berlin). PhD for a dissertation on the churches and ecumenism in the GDR. Managing editor, Ecumenical News International, Geneva, 1994-2010, and director of online libraries at Globethics, Geneva, 2011-2015.
Theologian and journalist
Country of origin
Great Britain
Festivals
Current issues
INTERFILM member Hans-Martin Gutmann traces a narrative arc from his departure for the KVIFF 2026, through his work on the festival’s Ecumenical Jury and its decision on the winner, right up to his return.
Obituary for the cultural politician, director of various film festivals and promoter of world cinema. By Peter Ciaccio, president of the Associazione protestante del cinema "Roberto Sbaffi".
Events
16.02.2025
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