Re-Enchanting... Atheism - Alex O'Connor

10/02/24 • 70 min

Alex O'Connor is a well known atheist Youtube and podcast host with over 800 thousand subscribers to his channel. Unlike many online new atheists he has sought to genuinely understand his Christian and religious counterparts. This included studying theology at Oxford University, helping to re-establish a Socratic debating society in the mould of the one created by CS Lewis, and counting many Christians as his friends and acquaintances.

Belle and Justin talk to Alex about atheism, the changing tides of culture and what it would take for Alex to believe...

Alex O'Connor: https://www.youtube.com/@CosmicSkeptic

For Re-Enchanting: https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcast

There’s more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen recorded at Lambeth Palace Library, the home of the Centre for Cultural Witness. Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall engage faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity?

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Belle and Justin talk to Alex about atheism, the changing tides of culture and what it would take for Alex to believe...

Alex O'Connor: https://www.youtube.com/@CosmicSkeptic

For Re-Enchanting: https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcast

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Re-Enchanting... Aliens, animals and AI - Nick Spencer

Nick Spencer is Senior Fellow at Theos and hosts their podcast ‘Reading Our Times’. He is the author of a number of books and reports, including ‘Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion’ and his most recent book co-authored with Hannah Waite, 'Playing God: Science, Religion and the Future of Humanity’.

Belle and Justin chat with Nick about aliens, animals and AI. How are the boundaries of science and technology re-enchanting what makes humans unique?

Nick Spencer: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/authors/3/nick-spencer

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Re-Enchanting... The politics of Jesus - NT Wright

NT (Tom) Wright is Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. Tom has written extensively on Jesus, Paul and early Christianity and his work has been hugely influential across the world. As well as his notable academic career Tom has also served in the Church of England in various roles, including as Bishop of Durham from 2003-2010.

Belle and Justin talk to Tom about his new book, co-authored with Mike Bird - Jesus And The Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies. How we can re-enchant 21st Century politics with the 1st Century vision of Jesus as Lord?

NT Wright: https://spckpublishing.co.uk/jesus-and-the-powers

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