From the Archives 3/3: Tim Farron - David Alton and Nick Spencer
Release Date: 09/10/2018
Parish Notice: Sorry we've been away!
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So, you may have noticed we've been away. Hope you didn't miss us too much.
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Sex Ed and Street Preachers
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Hi ho.
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Brexit with Jonathan Tame, Jubilee Centre
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Fine then! We'll talk about Brexit...
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Nathan Mladin - 'Forgive us Our Debts'
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We're back (a little late!) in 2019 to chat with Natan Mladin from Theos Think Tank about his new report ‘Forgive us Our Debts: Lending and borrowing as if relationships matter’.
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Persecuted Christians: what should the UK Govt do to help?
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Happy Christmas!
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Prof James KA Smith's talk to Christians in Parliament
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This week we're delighted to play you the talk Prof James KA Smith gave to MPs and Peers at Christians in Parliament's event, looking at how Christians should engage in politics between Jesus' ascension and return.
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Ben Ryan on Michael Gove's Theos Lecture, 'Christianism', and Brexit
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Ben Ryan, Head of Research at the think-tank Theos (which focuses on religion and the public square) joins us to talk about the Theos Annual Lecture, given last week by Michael Gove, and about 'Christianism' and how populist parties across Europe may be co-opting the language and symbols of Christianity.
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Women prisoners and FOBTs
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Rachel Senior, who works with the Bishop of Gloucester, joins us to talk about Prisons week and why it would be better if many women prisoners on short sentences were given community orders and sent to women's centres.
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Philippa Taylor (CMF) on support and law around abortion
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This week the wonderful Philippa Taylor, Head of Public Policy at the Christian Medical Fellowship, joins James to talk about the abortion - both the law, barriers to the support available for women, and the actions by the UK Government to increase the numbers of abortion in the developing world.
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Prostitution, China and the Catholic Church, and Ashers Bakery
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We’ve got LOADS of big things to talk about this week:
info_outlineWe're back soon, but in the run up to the new term we're playing you three of our favourite interviews from the archives.
This week, we're replaying the interview we did after Tim Farron resigned as leader of the Lib Dems, citing treatment of him as a Christian. We spoke to former Liberal MP and Chief Whip, and former Lib Dem Peer, Lord David Alton, who had his own run-ins with the party on issues of conscience; and Nick Spencer, the highly respected Senior Fellow at Theos, made the step up to the big time, from just doing interviews on the Today Programme.
Enjoy!