
News, interviews, book reviews, and discussion each week from the Church Times - the world's leading newspaper on faith and the Church.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 427 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Religion & Spirituality | |||

Mysticism has too often been “pushed aside or swept under the carpet” in academic study, despite its presence within all religions and traditions throughout history. So says Professor Ali Qadir, a professor of sociology at Tampere University. Senior ... more
The Revd Peter Organ, a priest in south-east London, has created a Church of England sticker album, Episcopini, On the podcast this week, Ed Thornton talks to Fr Organ about why he created the album, how it works, and the wider appeal of collecting t... more
The podcast is on a break this week, so we are bringing you something from our archives: a conversation between the novelists Catherine Fox and Francis Spufford on the theme “Real faith in imaginary places”. It was recorded at the 2023 Festival of Fa... more
The Very Revd Dr Mark Oakley is the Dean of Southwark, whose book The Splash of Words: Believing in poetry won the 2019 Michael Ramsey Prize. On the podcast this week, we bring you his Plenary Lecture from the Festival of Preaching in Cambridge last ... more
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Great range of guests. I particularly enjoyed the conversation with ++ Sarah. Really encouraging. Thank you
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Very interesting, thoughtful and wide ranging content.
Some really interesting interviews covering theology, literature, and spirituality.
It try’s so hard to avoid controversial issues within CofE it ends up speaking of noting of interest. Hence, a dull pointless podcast.
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Weekly interviews, lectures, discussions and book-focused conversations explore Christianity, the Church of England and religion in public life. Topics range from preaching, parish ministry and church leadership to literature, journalism, social policy, suffering and interfaith relations. The format brings together in-depth one-to-one interviews with public figures and faith leaders, alongside symposium talks and responses from theologians and scholars.
Regular presenter Emma Shonofsky is joined by other interviewers and contributors. Guests include senior church leaders, clergy, academics, writers, journalists and people involved in faith-based community work. Its distinctive mix of church affairs, theology, culture and current social que... more
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Recent guests on The Church Times Podcast include:
1. Peter Organ
2. Catherine Fox
3. Francis Spufford
4. Mark Oakley
5. John Humphrys
6. Steve Chalke
7. Sarah Mullally
8. Colin Heber-Percy
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