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Symon Hill is a British Socialist, Pacifist, queer Christian, activist, and journalist.

He became co-ordinator of the Peace Pledge Union in 2016.^[1] His most recent book is "The Upside-down Bible: What Jesus really said about money, sex and violence", published in 2015.^[2]

He was one of a group of Christian pacifists, supported by the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who were arrested at the DSEI arms fair in London in 2013.^[3]

He was one of the organisers of the Christian "Ring of Prayer" at the eviction of Occupy London Stock Exchange in 2012.^[4]

He was associate director of the left-wing Christian think tank Ekklesia until 2013^[5] and continues as an Ekklesia associate.

In the summer of 2011 Hill went on a pilgrimage of repentance for homophobia, walking from Birmingham to London, attracting widespread media attention.^[6]^[7]

Hill was until recently media spokesperson for the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). He represented CAAT in the media when they took the British Government to court in 2007-08 over the cancellation of a Serious Fraud Office investigation into BAE Systems arms deals with Saudi Arabia.^[8] As a result, comedian Mark Thomas nominated him as a Hero of 2007 in The Independent on Sunday^[9]

Hill writes mainly on the issues of disarmament, public activism, sexuality, and the role of religion in society. His comment pieces have appeared in newspapers as diverse as the Sunday Herald, the Morning Star and the Daily Mail. He contributes regularly to Guardian Comment is Free,^[10] The Friend and Movement.

In addition to "The Upside-Down Bible", he has written two other books. The No-Nonsense Guide to Religion^[11] was published by New Internationalist magazine in March 2010 as part of its No-Nonsense Guides series.^[12] A book on on-line activism called Digital Revolutions: Activism in the age of the internet^[13] published by New Internationalist in April 2013.

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1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ppu.org.uk/NoMoreNewTwo/news018.html|title=NEWS|website=archive.ppu.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://dltbooks.com/titles/2145-9780232532074-upside-down-bible|title=The Upside-down Bible|last=Todd|first=Darton, Longman &|website=dltbooks.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-10-15}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.caat.org.uk/media/press-releases/2014-01-30|title=Campaigners join Rowan Williams in supporting Christian anti-arms protestors on trial - Press Releases - Media - Campaign Against Arms Trade|website=Campaign Against Arms Trade|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-10-15}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ring-of-prayer-to-fight-st-pauls-eviction-6292069.html|title='Ring of prayer' to fight St Paul's eviction|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en-GB}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Staff {{!}} Ekklesia|url=http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/about/staff|publisher=Ekklesia|accessdate=11 May 2012}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Repenting of homophobia|url=http://repenting.wordpress.com/|accessdate=11 May 2012}}
7. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2011/jun/27/homophobia-church-equality "My journey from homophobe to equality activist: This month I am walking 160 miles to repent for my former homophobia and to encourage the church to support equality" by Symon Hill; The Guardian, 27 June 2011]
8. ^{{cite web|title=BAE defeated in court by CAAT|url=http://www.caat.org.uk/press/archive.php?url=260207prs|publisher=Campaign Against Arms Trade|accessdate=11 May 2012|date=26 February 2007}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=Heroes of 2007: Our panel pick their inspirational people of the year|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/heroes-of-2007-our-panel-pick-their-inspirational-people-of-the-year-766574.html|accessdate=11 May 2012|newspaper=Independent on Sunday|date=30 December 2007|location=London}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=Symon Hill|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/symonhill|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=11 May 2012|location=London|date=19 March 2008}}
11. ^{{cite book|last=Hill|first=Symon|title=The no-nonsense guide to religion|year=2010|publisher=New Internationalist|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1-906523-29-9}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Religion -- New Internationalist|url=http://www.newint.org/publications/no-nonsense-guides/religion/|publisher=New Internationalist|accessdate=11 May 2012}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=Digital Revolutions Activism in the Internet Age|url=http://newint.org/books/politics/digital-revolutions/|website=New Internationalist|accessdate=31 January 2015}}

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