Symon is a British Christian activist and writer. He is associate director of the Ekklesia thinktank, a founding member of Christianity Uncut and co-editor of the website Queers for Jesus. His new book, Digital Revolutions: Activism in the internet age, will be published in April 2013 by New Internationalist. He blogs at http://www.symonhill.wordpress.com.
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