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Building a stronger society lecture for Westminster Abbey Institute

Centre for Cultural Witness Founder Graham Tomlin kicks off the Dignity and Public Service lecture series on Monday 30th October.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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St Margaret's Church, Westminister.

The Right Revd Dr Graham Tomlin will help celebrate 500 years of St Margaret's Church in the opening lecture of Westminster Abbey Institute's autumn season. The founder of the Centre for Cultural Witness will talk about Christianity in public life and how faith can build a stronger society. He will examine recent events and cultural moods, talk about how they reveal a number of crises in our contemporary life and how a renewed turn to Christian faith might help resolve these in the longer term.

Graham has recently written for Seen & Unseen on key topics related to public life.

The language of politics can’t domesticate religion

Reviving post-liberal society

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

The trouble with identity politics

On liberty’s limits: why Mill was wrong about freedom

This event is part of Dignity and Public Service, Westminster Abbey Institute's 2023 autumn programme, and celebrates the 500th anniversary of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey. St Margaret’s has centuries-long links with Parliament, and is often referred to as ‘the parish church of the House of Commons’.

Places are free but booking is essential. Priority will be given to public servants. To book please email institute@westminster-abbey.org with the following information:

  • The name(s) of the event(s) you wish to book for

  • Your full name

  • Your job title

  • Your employer

  • Your telephone number

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Ben Sixsmith: re-enchanting agnosticism

Justin and Belle talk to Ben about what it takes to believe.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Ben Sixsmith is a journalist and contributing editor at The Critic. He writes for many outlets on culture and politics including at his own substack The Zone. Ben has also written about about his own religious upbringing and his search for faith as an agnostic.

In a disenchanted age Justin and Belle talk to Ben about what it takes to believe…

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?