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
At the 57th film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon the Interreligious Jury has awarded its Prize to the documentary "Dentro" by Elsa Amiel.
Jacqueline Jansen’s ‘Sechswochenamt’ won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the achtung berlin 2026 film festival. The jury awarded a Special Mention to Katrin Sikora’s documentary ‘Schwarze Häuser’.
Events
16.02.2025
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