Seen & Unseen Aloud: Easter

The big questions of our experience. Is temperance vital? What's more real than raw politics? And, are we loved and missed?

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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In this episode, to mark Easter Week, we are thinking about some of the biggest questions of the human experience: Barnabas Aspray explores the unfashionable but possibly vital virtue of temperance; Owen Gallacher asks whether Putin's reality is the most "real" reality or whether the events of Easter may point to something even more real and Nathan Betts reminds us that in our darkest moments, we are loved and missed by Someone.

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Re-enchanting

9 October 2024

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N.T. Wright: re-enchanting the politics of Jesus

What does witness look like in an age of totalitarian terror and dysfunctional democracies?

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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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 can we re-enchant 21st Century politics with the 1st Century vision of Jesus as Lord?

Find out more aboutt the book.