Dr. Beckford's current book research is an exploration of various strategies to encode theologies of liberation in documentary film practice. Watch for future news about House Negro, Field Negro: Documentary Film as Signifying Practice.

"Theologian Robert Beckford is nurturing a new generation of African-Caribbean academics with his controversial views," writes Liz Ford in her profile of Robert for The Guardian's Education supplement. The wide-ranging article is available online at guardian unlimited.

In a Guardian review of "God is Black," tv critic Mark Lawson writes that "Beckford may be the future of religious broadcasting on television." For those who missed the two part Channel 4 series, his review also offers a glimpse of some of the show's highlights. Available online at guardian.co.uk.

25 March 2007 will mark 200 years to the day that a Parliamentary Act was passed to abolish the slave trade in the British colonies. In order to mark this year's Bicentenary, Manchester City Council will be commemorating it and raising awareness of the continuing incidences of slavery in the present day.

Robert Beckford will be participating in September 2007: speaking at Manchester Cathedral on Sept 9, and leading the Sixth form conference on black theology on Sept 10.

For more information, visit the abolition 200 website.

At blackbritain.co.uk, Rey Bowen writes: "In his new book Dr Robert Beckford examines the similiarities between dub and religion in the spiritual experiences they both produce, which makes very interesting reading..."

Read the full review at www.blackbritain.co.uk