| Title | | Chair |
| 1914 | | | F J Foakes-Jackson |
| 1915 | | | F J Foakes-Jackson |
| 1916 | | | Hastings Rashdall |
| 1917 | The Church and Modern Churchman | | |
| 1918 | The Psychology of Religious Experience | | |
| 1919 | The Ideals of Modern Churchmen | | |
| 1920 | The Relation between Modern Knowledge and Traditional Christianity | | |
| 1921 | Christ and the Creeds | | |
| 1922 | Christianity As The World Religion | | Percy Gardner |
| 1923 | Christ and Human Society | | |
| 1924 | The Scientific Approach to Religion | | |
| 1925 | The Faith of a Modern Churchman | | Dean of St Paul's |
| 1926 | Sacraments: Their Psychology and History | | |
| 1927 | The Modern Movement in the English Church | | |
| 1928 | Christianity and History | | Dean of St Paul's |
| 1929 | The Problem of Authority | | |
| 1930 | Problems of Personal Life | | Dean of St Paul's |
| 1931 | Man | | W R Inge |
| 1932 | The Reformation | | W R Inge |
| 1933 | The Christian Church and the Modern World | | W R Inge |
| 1934 | The Bible and the Modern Man | | W R Inge |
| 1935 | The Church of England: Its Constitution, Character and Call | | W R Matthews |
| 1936 | What to Believe | | W R Matthews |
| 1937 | Christianity and the Religious Crisis | | W R Matthews |
| 1938 | Modern Christian Education | | Cyril Norwood |
| 1939 | A Comprehensive Church | | Cyril Norwood |
| 1940 | The Church Looks Forward (prepared but never held) | | |
| 1941 | no conference | | |
| 1942 | no conference | | |
| 1943 | The National Church and the National Life | | Cyril Norwood |
| 1944 | no conference | | |
| 1945 | The Religion the World Needs | | |
| 1946 | The Historic Jesus and His Gospel | | Cyril Norwood |
| 1947 | Problems of Christian Faith and Practice | | Henry Self |
| 1948 | The Necessity for a Christian Modernism | | Henry Self |
| 1949 | The Flight from Reason | | Henry Self |
| 1950 | Towards Christian Reformation: Reassessment and Restatement | | Henry Self |
| 1951 | The Church: Past, Present and Future | | Henry Self |
| 1952 | Christianity Today: Challenge and Response | | Henry Self |
| 1953 | Liberal Christianity in the Twentieth Century | | |
| 1954 | Christian Living in Modern Society | | Henry Self |
| 1955 | Man: His Nature and Destiny | | |
| 1956 | Present Trends in English Religion | | |
| 1957 | The Sacred and the Secular | | J L Wilson |
| 1958 | Christianity: a Faith for the World | | |
| 1959 | Life and Death | | |
| 1960 | Jesus Christ: His World and Ours | | W H C Frend |
| 1961 | Christ and Human Need | | W G Fallows |
| 1962 | The Church in our Contemporary World | | H C Snape |
| 1963 | Religion in a Scientific World | | John Drewett |
| 1964 | Symbols for the Sixties | | A L Dunstan |
| 1965 | Christianity in Education Today | | Denys Whiteley |
| 1966 | Honest Religion | | J D Pearce-Higgins |
| 1967 | The Meaning of Christ for Today | | Norman Pittenger |
| 1968 | Power Within a Christian Context | | Edward Carpenter |
| 1969 | The Liberal Tradition in Christianity | | Alan Stephenson |
| 1970 | Nature, Man and God | | Edward Carpenter |
| 1971 | Freedom and Responsibility: Man's Dilemma in a World of Change and (R)evolution |
| Malcolm Goldsmith |
| 1972 | Search for Meaning | | H C Snape |
| 1973 | Scientific and Christian Humanism | | F E Compton |
| 1974 | Religions and the Future of Religion | | Marcus Braybrooke |
| 1975 | Church and Society | | R S O Stevens |
| 1976 | Integrity in the Religious Quest | | A C Adcock |
| 1977 | Whither? A Study of the Shape of the Future | | Norman Pittenger |
| 1978 | Germany and England: Prospects for a Theological Common Market | |
Stephen Sykes |
| 1979 | Liberal Christianity in Practice | | Edward Compton |
| 1980 | Non-western Theologies and their Significance for the English Church | | |
| 1981 | Womanhood and Christianity | | Diana McClatchey |
| 1982 | Technology and Human Values | | Edgar Boyes |
| 1983 | Belief in God: A Faith for Today | | Edward Carpenter |
| 1984 | The Church and Politics | | John Elford |
| 1985 | Handling Life: Clues to Understanding and Caring | | Gordon Dunstan |
| 1986 | Fundamentalism: Towards an Understanding | | Stephen Platten |
| 1987 | Nature, Humanity and God: The Present Scientific Perspective | |
Arthur Peacocke |
| 1988 | Is Liberal Theology Dead? | | John Bowden |
| 1989 | The State of the Ark | | Jenny Baker |
| 1990 | Three Faiths - One God: Christianity, Judaism and Islam | | John Hick |
| 1991 | New Horizons for Religious Education | | Brian Gates |
| 1992 | Christianity and Eastern Faiths: Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism | |
John Hick |
| 1993 | Faith Outside the Faiths | | Tom Butler |
| 1994 | Theology and Church Action in Europe Today | | Anthony Dyson |
| 1995 | Created and Creative: Art as a Contemporary Way of Spirituality | |
George Pattison |
| 1996 | Survival of the Fittest? | | Simon Hughes |
| 1997 | Spirit and Spirituality, or 'Finding the Gap' | | Michael Hare Duke |
| 1998 | Thinking the Unthinkable | | John Saxbee |
| 1999 | Christianity and Poverty in the 21st Century | | Michael Taylor |
| 2000 | Jesus for the Third Millennium | | Richard Holloway |
| 2001 | A Road to Nowhere? History, Purpose and Providence | | Maurice Wiles |
| 2002 | By Whose Authority? | | David Conner |
| 2003 | Globalising God | | John Atherton |
| 2004 | The God Experience: Who has it and Why? | | Paul Badham |
| 2005 | Science and Religion: Old Enemies or New Friends? | | Richard Harries |
| 2006 | Passion for Justice: Global and Faithful Perspectives on Sexuality | |
Elaine Graham |
| 2007 | Violence: A Stubborn Pandemic | | Alan Race |
| 2008 | Saving the Soul of Anglicanism: The Nature and Future of the Anglican Communion | |
Barry Morgan |
| 2009 | Perfect Freedom: Liberal Theology Today and Tomorrow | | John Saxbee |
| 2010 | Shifting Paradigms: Theology & Economics in the 21st Century | | Edmund Newell |
| 2011 | 'Can These Bones Live?' - Reading the Bible Today | | Adrian Thatcher |
| 2012 | By whose authority? An interfaith look at women and religious authority | | Harriet Harris |