Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, pastor, and networker among innovative Christian leaders, thinkers, and activists.

In this 2008 talk recorded live at Greenbelt, Brian McLaren discusses how the emergent conversation is a growing phenomenon among Christians in the West. But it is only part - and probably a smaller part - of a larger conversation that is taking place in the global South. Where the Western conversation has largely been about postmodern culture and truth, the Southern conversation has focused on postcolonial culture and justice. Where the Western conversation has been focused on the church, the Southern conversation thinks in terms of society - and the planet - as a whole. What do these two conversations have in common? How and why are they different? What is happening now that they are becoming aware of each other and involved with each other? Where might all this lead? Greenbelt is a Christian music and arts festival in the United Kingdom first held in 1974 that attracts around 19,000 festival-goers.