Politics at the Cross+Roads: Recent Episodes
Simeon Burke
Politics at the Cross+Roads, a project of the Saeculum Blog, offers fascinating conversations with prominent public figures who are Christians and who also openly discuss their political convictions. The series is organised around the major political philosophies of our day: liberalism, post-liberalism, socialism and conservatism. The host, Simeon Burke, speaks with well-known, thinking Christians from across the political spectrum, looking at why they’ve come to the positions they have and how their faith helped them get there.
After a bit of a break, and as we approach mid-summer, I’m glad to be releasing a new episode. I had the pleasure of sitting down and speaking with Jonathan Chaplin about his life and work. Jonathan is Associate Fellow at Theos think tank, a member of the Divinity Faculty at the University of Cambridge … Continue reading "Jonathan Chaplin"
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We’re now at the end of series 1 of Politics at the Cross+Roads. The goal of this series has been to hold conversations with British-based, public Christians from across the political and theological spectrum. I’ve sought to learn about how each of my guest’s political convictions intersect with their faith. In the course of the … Continue reading "Final Reflections at the Cross+Roads"
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In episode 7, the penultimate episode of this series, I was pleased to speak with Matt Wilson. Hailing from Manchester, Matt is Managing Director of Goodlabs, a management consultancy helping organisations to enhance their social impact. Matt is also a Labour and Cooperative councillor for North Shields, in the North-east of England. In our conversation, … Continue reading "Matt Wilson"
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For episode 6, I had the honour of sitting down to speak with Hannah Rich. Hannah is Vice-Chair of Christians on the Left, the organisation that supports, resources and networks Christians involved on the left of politics in the UK. Hannah is also Senior Researcher at London-based religion and society think-tank, Theos. Hannah has researched … Continue reading "Hannah Rich"
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For episode 5, I had the pleasure of sitting down to speak with Tim Farron, MP. Tim is the Liberal Democrat MP for Westmoreland and Lonsdale in Cumbria and was leader of the Liberal Democrats between 2015 and 2017. He is the author of A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal published by SPCK … Continue reading "Tim Farron"
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In the fourth episode of Politics at the Cross+Roads, I sat down to speak with Jonathan Aitken. Jonathan was Conservative MP and cabinet member before he was dramatically sentenced to 7 months at Belmarsh prison for perjury in 1999. Following his conversion to Christianity, Jonathan trained for ministry in the Church of England and now … Continue reading "Jonathan Aitken"
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In this episode, I’m doing something a bit different. I don’t have a guest with me today, so this isn’t an interview. Instead, I am going to dive into some of the ideas and issues that were raised in the first couple of conversations. I am calling these episodes, “Reflections at the Cross+Roads” and these … Continue reading "Reflections at the Cross+Roads: On Post-liberalism and Not Neglecting the Individual"
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In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Nigel Biggar. Nigel is Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Christchurch College, University of Oxford. Before that, he taught theology and ethics Leeds and Trinity College, Dublin. Nigel has written on pretty much all the big topics in ethics and public life—war and … Continue reading "Nigel Biggar"
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