Ben and Adam chat with three-time Bread and Rosaries returnee, Damon Garcia, about his new book, You Don’t Need a Calling. They talk about purpose, vocation, and why 'calling' can feel like religious version of productivity culture.

Damon's book is available from all good booksellers and also some bad ones. Or just visit Damon's website: DamonGarcia.com

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Ben and Adam look at a few figures who did some cool stuff, but didn’t quite make it onto the Saint of the Week list, and debate whether this week's Saint of the Week, Jesse Jackson, should be struck off before he's even arrived! They also talk about the difference between liberal identity politics and leftist intersectionality.

Link to multi-faith letter

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This week Bread and Rosaries takes a trip to Scotland to chat with student minister and PhD candidate, William Gibson, about Red Clydeside: the strikes, rent protests, anti-war organising, and radical politics of Glasgow in the early twentieth century. We also look at the Church of Scotland’s uneasy relationship with working-class struggle, social reconstruction, and capitalism itself, including why so much of the church’s witness seemed to drift away from the politics of justice it once claimed to care about. Along the way, Adam reflects on the life and death of anarchist YPJ volunteer, Anna Campbell, and William introduces us to socialist and peace activist Helen Crawfurd for Saint of the Week.

More on Red Clydeside from the University of Strathclyde

William Gibson's links

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It’s Easter, so obviously Ben, Jonny and Adam start where every serious theological podcast should: Afro Man… in court… vibing to his own music while being unsuccessfully sued by police.

It’s broadly downhill from there, but the main theme, Ignacio Ellacuría's crucified people, is well worth hearing about.

David Tombs’ article is Jon Sobrino and ‘the Crucified People’

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In this episode of Bread and Rosaries, Jonny, Ben and Adam ask a simple question: what is Lent actually for?

Has it become too individualised? Is it more about self-improvement than transformation?  How have practices like fasting and “giving things up” shifted over time, and what might be lost when Lent is detached from justice, community and repentance?

Along the way, they also get into questions of forgiveness, accountability and power, asking what genuine repentance really looks like when the performative apology seems to be everywhere.

Link to the poem Foolish Men Who Accuse: https://poets.org/poem/you-foolish-men

Link to Jonny’s lent reflection: https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-churches/resources/videos/lent-2026-bible-studies/

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This week we’re joined by Jonty Langley, editor of Shibboleth magazine and host of the Beer Christianity podcast, to tackle Shibboleth's latest topic: evangelism. Is evangelism inherently manipulative? Why do leftist Christians often seem more comfortable evangelising for politics than for Jesus? Does Christianity really have anything distinctive to offer? What happens to evangelism when eternal damnation is off the table? What might evangelism look like on the other side of deconstruction? These are all questions that exist. We'll be damned if we know the answers!

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Ben and Adam are joined by Erica Dunmow of the Urban Theology Union to talk about what it really means to do theology where you live. They explore urban theology, liberationist praxis, and the legacy of John Vincent.

Urban Theology Union Website

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Adam speaks with Chris Howson, chair of Sunderland City of Sanctuary, about lies in Reform UK's recent campaign leaflets and about what a Christian response to scapegoating and hostility should look like. They also discuss one man's unusual excuse for not obtaining planning permission. 

BBC article on Chris' challenge to Reform

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Adam has, for the delectation of the listeners, foolishly bravely subjected himself to yet another video recording of right-wing faith hobbyists making asses of themselves. Now it's Ben's turn. Join the lads as they head off to St Michael’s, Cornhill, in the City of London, for the launch of the Reform Christian Fellowship.

What’s on the menu?

 🍿 Sermon breakdown
 📖 Bad Theology
 ⚡ And, of course, the ever-present "cancel culture"

Along the way, they Mindgrapes 🍇 the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith announcement and stumble across a familiar-yet-unfamiliar dragon-murdering Saint of the Week 🐉✝️.

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It's finally here! The annual (probably) awards ceremony people actually care about! Who will win the coveted Best Christian and Best Church gongs? And who can claim to be the first ever recipient of the biggest prize around - the Bread and Rosaries Piece Prize?! Listen now to find out in this bumper awards edition of the greatest UK based leftist Christian podcast released on a semi-fortnightly basis!

The Bird Who Sang the Trisagion by Robert A Kitchen and Glenn Peers

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The Church of England Is Now Investing in Arms. Cool. This week, Ben, Jonny and Adam talk pigs, peace prizes, and the slow spiritual death of the Church of England. Adam reflects on finding more joy at a winter fair than in most churches, Ben explains (again!) why liberals can’t be trusted, and Jonny questions what ‘Prince of Peace’ actually means when the C of E decides weapons are a sound investment strategy. Plus, our first Hussite Saint of the Week!

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This week, Adam and Ben dive into yet another baffling episode of the Evangelical Alliance’s Cross Section podcast, where the hosts calmly explain that Zack Polanski’s Green Party and Tommy Robinson’s merry band of fascist grifters are basically two sides of the same extremist coin. Yes, really.

The guys listen and respond as the sensible moderates of Cross Section:

• warn churches about the rise of “extremes”
• frame mild social democracy as radical and dangerous
• talk with straight faces about “the transing of kids”
• insist Jesus wouldn’t support state welfare
• suggest Tommy Robinson may be experiencing a Holy Spirit awakening
• argue that abortion rights, LGBT dignity, and bodily autonomy are signs of moral decline

But remember folks, they're the sensible moderates.

So join Ben and Adam as they complain, like only mediocre white men can, about theology, politics, civility rhetoric and historical amnesia. 

Cross Section episode

The Class Struggle and Christian Love by Herbert McCabe

Adam's article in S(h)ibboleth Magazine

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For our final Rosaries Rewind of the series, please enjoy this episode from 2022. We will be back with new episodes very soon!

Adam is joined not by Ben, who got called into work at the last minute, but by the Rev'd Robin Hanford.  Robin and Adam return the podcast to the topic of Remembrance and ask if a radical Remembrance is possible.

Find Robin Hanford here:
Twitter – @RobinHanford
Web – https://hanford.me.uk/

"The Parable of the Old Man and the Young" by Wilfred Owen is read by Lauren Minto-Simpson.

We also use audio from the Imperial War Museum's interviews with Dr. Reginald Saxton available at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008531 used under IWM non-commercial licence ©IWM 8735

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We're still on a break from recording so once again we've got an old episode for you. This time, it's a very early episode from 5 years ago looking at the celebration of Remembrance. Adam and I discuss our various problems with Remembrance and wearing poppies.

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Unfortunately due to various issues, we're taking some time out from recording. By way of apology, please enjoy this Halloween episode from the archive.

A spectre is haunting the podcast, no sadly not communism, but the next best thing: special guest Emma Holton.  Should Christians celebrate Halloween?  Are light parties cool?  Should Ben watch Star Trek?  All will be answered in the most spooktacular episode of Bread and Rosaries yet!

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There was just so much happening that Ben and Adam had to do what they do best: Mindgrapes. This episode ranges from the immediate horror of the Manchester synagogue attack, to how the event has been politicised. They also talk about how much of a change the appointment of Sarah Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury actually represents. Finally, Blue Labour 2: Electric Boogaloo?

Shibboleth magazine 

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Tommy’s back, bringing his biggest crowd yet. They march under crosses and shout about Jesus, but are they really Christian? And what role does the Church play in all this? Let’s see if we can find out!

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This week Ben and Adam get revolutionary with Martin Empson, author of The Time of the Harvest Has Come. Together, they explore the German Peasants’ War of 1524–25, the largest social revolt in pre-French Revolution Europe. Along the way, they discuss one of its lesser-known leaders and Saint of the Week, Michael Gaismair.

COMPETITION: Email breadandrosaries@gmail.com and tell us how you've been organising for a chance to win a copy of Martin's book!

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Martin's blog

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So... Adam watched an episode of the Newsagents podcast and got sufficiently pissed off to rant about it into a microphone so now you all have to suffer! Along the way Ben offered a controversial Saint of the Week and Adam shared news from CAGE International about political prisoner T Hoxha.

Take Action for T Hoxha:

✉️ Email the prison today and demand T is transferred to a hospital for independent health monitoring. RALPH.LUBKOWSKI@sodexogov.co.uk
📞 Call the prison: 01733 217500 and insist she is taken to a hospital, not the prison medical wing.

CAGE International page on T Hoxha

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Because the audience clearly can't get enough democracy content, Ben, Adam, and Jonny reunite to pick up the conversation where they left off in Episode 62. This time they ask the question 'how democratic are our churches really?' Along the way, they detour into some sci-fi beef and discuss anti-apartheid activist, Steve Biko, for Saint of the Week.

Clip from Cry Freedom (1987) © Universal/Marble Arch, used under UK fair dealing for criticism/review.

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This week, Ben, Adam, and Jonny take a look at the confected moral outrage machine. Why are we allowed to be angry at Bob Vylan, but not a government aiding and abetting a genocide?  How does the state uses outrage to keep people quiet? Why do Christians so often fall for it? 

Plus: the antifascist joy of queer wrestling in nacho cheese, bookshop-based moral collapse, and a French pastor and his deeply unimpressed wife, who led a village to save thousands of Jewish refugees during the Nazi occupation.

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Well almost illegal anyway... if the government gets its way, pretty soon this kind of content will get us up to 14 years in prison, so enjoy (endure?) it while you can!

CLARIFICATION: In this episode, Adam says he thinks Mark Rowley was formerly commissioner of the Northern Irish Police Service. This is not the case. Bread and Rosaries wishes to apologise for associating such a name with the good people of Ireland. It's bad enough the PSNI exists, without Mark Rowley getting involved.

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Palestine Action

Amnesty International on proscription of Palestine Action

If red paint is terrorism, what isn’t? (Guardian editorial)

Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism (Sally Rooney article)

Met Police Statement on Palestine Action protest

Videos and images courtesy of Palestine Action 

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Ben and Adam sit down with poet and Culture Matters editor Fran Lock to talk about her new poetry collection Love Is Stronger Than Death: Mary Magdalene and the Insurrection of Jesus. They talk Christian communism, doubt as an ethical practice, Mary Magdalene’s overlooked radical role, and what Christ and Huey Newton have in common. Plus: football and Palestine solidarity; Saint of the Week Thomas Hagerty.

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Ben and Adam coordinate T-shirts, then draw from Adam's article in Shibboleth magazine to coordinate their critiques of how church and crown legitimise each other. They also react to the horror of an American Pope and present perhaps their most famous Saint of the Week yet!

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Join Ben and Adam as they try to work out why online shopping feels like a spiritual experience, uncover the story of a Jesuit resistance hero who outsmarted the Gestapo, and endure Adam’s chaotic new soundboard additions.

Spoiler: Yes, your headphones are ethically cursed.

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Avoid God's wrath by joining Ben, Jonny, Adam and returning guest James Sholl, pastor of Toronto’s Wellspring Worship Centre, as they ask 'why did Jesus (have to) die?' Is penal substitution just divine child abuse? Does Jürgen Moltmann's solidarity theory hold up? And most importantly, how many times can Ben say the words "lick out" before we never want a Caramel Egg again? Plus learn about Saint of the Week, Trevor Carter, the Windrush-generation communist who co-founded Notting Hill Carnival.

Content warning: May contain traces of heresy

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Get yourself a beer and the roasted flesh of the cutest animal you can find, then buckle up and tune in for the manliest UK-based leftist Christian podcast ever! This week the team take on The Manosphere. Can they stare into the abyss and still come back? Will they suddenly start getting defensive whenever anyone mentions Joe Rogan? Only time (about 1hr 15mins!) will tell!

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It's time for the big one: just how exactly do we know what we know? In episode 69 (nice!), Adam and Jonny have invited special guest Professor Oli Mould to talk with them about epistemology. Can they work out how to tell truth from lie in a post-truth world? Or will they fall prey to the postmodern neo-Marxists trying to spread their WOKE agenda? There's only one way to find out!

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It's finally happened! Beer Christianity's Jonty Langley has degraded himself (further?) by appearing on a lesser UK-based leftist Christian podcast! Join Ben and Adam as they quiz Jonty about the need for new leftist Christian media, as well as the new magazine that's playing its part!

Jonty's links:
S(h)ibboleth magazine
Novel
Beer Christianity podcast
New Old Music podcast
TikTok
Twitter

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That's right folks, it's the sequel nobody wanted! The German far-right have come second in the federal elections... everything's gonna be fine, right? Right?!! Oh God, tell us everything's gonna be fine!

Adam and Ben are joined for this episode by Dr. Antonia Rumpf, Equality Officer for the Protestant Church in Bremen, who helps them look at the recent federal elections and the role of the Church.

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Does the UK have a Christian far-right? Yes... yes it does. We can't believe this is even a question, but one academic paper claims otherwise. Join Ben and Adam as they take a look.

NB There is no video this week because *someone* forgot to record it! Sorry about that. 

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The Evangelical Alliance have been having a bit of an a recruitment drive on social media. This annoyed Adam so much that he insisted we do an episode about them and their shit!

Also present for today's episode are actual bona fide saint, Moses the Black; official enemy of the pod, Calvin Robinson, and fascist Vice President of the United States of America, JD Vance.

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We planned this episode before Justin Welby announced his resignation and recorded it shortly after the news broke. It was set to be our most timely and relevant episode yet! But then Adam fell ill and couldn’t edit it in time. So, if you can, cast your mind back to last week, and this will all feel strikingly prescient—dare we say, prophetic even!

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Ben and Adam reflect on a year of faith leaders' moral failure in response to Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people as well as a much better response from liberation theologian, Sarojini Nadar. They also talk about Saint of the Week, St. John Chrysostom. That's right, an actual official saint for Saint of the Week! And what's up with sports journalists covering for athletes who have committed horrific crimes? Ben helps us think through some ongoing cases in Mingrapes.

Joint letter from faith leaders
Sarojini Nadar's reflection

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How is democracy used ideologically? Is it even the best way to structure society? Are there alternatives? Jonny and Adam try to get to the bottom of it and along the way run into dogs painted to look like pandas, the resurrection of a long-lost biblical tree, and the first (and possibly only!) TORY Saint of the Week!

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Is charity really the solution to society’s biggest problems, or is it just a sticking plaster for an evil capitalist system?! Join Ben and Adam as they critique Jon Kuhrt's lecture Grace, Truth and the Common Good, discuss this week’s Saint of the Week, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and explore why Lee Carsley refuses to sing the national anthem. 

Links:

• Carsley not singing national anthem
• Parents' dismay at 'draconian' uniform rules
• Journal article on Ken Saro-Wiwa
• Edited extract of Jon Kuhrt's lecture
• Full version transcript
• Video of lecture
• Podcast of lecture

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Ben and Adam take a look at the influence of right-wing hedge fund manager and media mogul, Paul Marshall's quiet reshaping the Church of England through financial influence. They also spotlight Gresham Kirkby, the Anglican priest who proclaimed his undying support for anarchism to the end, making him our Saint of the Week.

The Surviving Church blog has some really interesting pieces on HTB, power and safeguarding.  This series, by Hatty Calbus, was particularly helpful.

Fr. Gresham and the Kingdom of God by Steve Burrows
A Father and an Anarchist by Laurens Otter
Father Gresham Kirkby by Kenneth Leech

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As an established church, the Church of England occupies a unique position in the constitutional life of England and the UK as a whole.  But in the face of growing authoritarianism, how can it act prophetically?  Is it time to give up its privileged status?  Join Jonny and Adam as they discuss Adam's article Where is the Church's Prophetic Voice? and explore the tensions between the Church's influence and its ability to challenge the status quo.  Can the Church of England find a way to embody its calling, or is it time for a radical shift?

Adam's article can be found here.

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Does the secular left need a better approach to spirituality and faith? What can it learn from religious practices? And is a materialist spirituality possible? Join Ben and Adam as they chat with author and activist, Graham Jones, about his book Red Enlightenment.  

Red Enlightenment is available here!

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What happens when a church decides to fully embrace queer inclusion? To find out, Bread and Rosaries takes a rare detour across the Atlantic where Adam chats with James Sholl, pastor of Wellspring Worship Centre, Toronto.

James' Instagram
Wellspring Worship Centre

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From the CofE's standard 'let's not be mean' offering in #PrayYourPart,  to something a little more interesting from the Diocese of Salisbury, join Adam Spiers and Jonny Bell as they take a look at some Christian responses to the upcoming general election.  Is democracy possible under capitalism?  How does the Church intersect with power?  What does it mean to be a Christian committed to revolutionary change in a world dominated by establishment interests?  All of these questions will remain unanswered in this episode so maybe you want to give this one a miss?  I dunno - I'm not your mum.

Download The Diocese of Salisbury's General Election Briefing here.

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So er... Russell Brand's a Christian now apparently. Join Ben and Adam as they rejoice at the news and discuss the Christian/conspiracy theorist/Fascist pipeline.  Also listen out for Saint of the Week, Joseph Brotherton.

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Ben, Adam, and Jonny take a look at the Cass Review into gender health care for young people, discussing some of the biases, shady characters and rhetoric associated with it.  Naturally Jonny thinks Hegel can help and Adam wants to talk about ageism again.

The hosts also discuss Saint of the Week, Jacques Gaillot, best known for pissing off the pope so much that he made him bishop of a portion of the Sahara dessert.

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When the echoes of history reverberate through today's headlines, understanding the past becomes essential to navigating the present. Ben Molyneux-Hetherington and Adam Spiers are joined by Dr. Peter Shambrook, author of 'Policy of Deceit: Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939', who helps us understand British manoeuvrings in Palestine prior to the establishment of the State of Israel.

Peter's book, 'Policy of Deceit' is available here.

The Balfour Project can be found here.

We also discuss Saint of the Week Henry Gunter,  and his profound impact on the antiracism movement in Britain and British trade unionism.

You may have noticed that this episode is *very* late!  We apologise for this!  We are currently trialling new editing software and it's been a slog! 

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Ben, Jonny and Adam talk about the Kairos Palestine document in light of Israel's ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. 

At time of publication kairospalestine.ps is unavailable, but the World Council of Churches website also has the Kairos Palestine document in full here.

A longer, uncensored version of this episode is available for free on our Patreon page here.

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Ben and Adam talk about the importance of Christians organising for a free Palestine and what role they can play in the movement.  Also, we know we're extremely late with this one.  Adam blames his dog... and work.  But mostly the dog.  She's a needy little bitch.

Adam's blogpost about Modi

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To kick off the New Year and a new series, Ben and Adam are joined once again by Chris Howson who tries to defend his acceptance of a New Year's honour and talks about two very different sermons.

Free bonus material here!

Links:
Martin Luther King and the Trumpet of Conscience Today by Jean-Charles Regine Michelle
The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus by Damon Garcia
The Hero and the Whore: Reclaiming Healing and Liberation Through the Stories of Sexual Exploitation in the Bible by Camille Hernandez
Munther Isaac's Sermon
Justin Welby's New Year Message

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Christ is born, but  celebrations in Palestine have been cancelled. 

Palestine Solidarity Campaign Fundraiser

With thanks to Raghad Haddad for vocals on Silent Night and Sandra Daniels for her help and encouragement.

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Cap out the fourth season with Adam as he reads from start to finish, Gerrard Winstanley's 1649 pamphlet 'The True Levellers Standard Advanced'.

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Jonny, Ben and Adam try to work out why 'bothsidesism' seems so prevalent in both the Church and wider society, particularly in coverage of Israel's ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.  So a nice light topic then!

Liturgies from Below: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781791007355/Liturgies-Below-Praying-People-Ends-179100735X/plp

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Jonny tries to justify his love of postmodernism whilst Lu fans the flames of Adam's oscillating between incredulity and rage.  Consensus is found however, in the assertion that Jordan Peterson is a hack.

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Here's a bunch of resources about Palestine:

Beer Christianity newsletter on condemning Hamas
Short video on anti-zionism and anti-semitism
Article on how anti-zionism is anti-racism
Twitter thread on genocide in Gaza
Yanis Varoufakis article on not condemning Hamas or Israel
YouTube video on Palestinian Liberation Theology
Podcast on refusing genocide
Podcasts by The Magnificast, Beer Christianity and Politics, Theory, Other have all recently dealt with Palestine
An article by a genocide scholar on Gaza
Three Palestinians describe the current situation in Gaza (Article)
Article on media censorship

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Adam and Ben discuss why they still bother with politics, how their Christianity relates to this and their differing approached to doubt. They also discuss Israel's ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

You can find a form letter for writing to your MP about Palestine on our website: https://breadandrosaries.com/2023/10/24/writing-to-your-mp-about-palestine/

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Here's a bunch of resources about Palestine:

Beer Christianity newsletter on condemning Hamas
Short video on anti-zionism and anti-semitism
Article on how anti-zionism is anti-racism
Twitter thread on genocide in Gaza
Yanis Varoufakis article on not condemning Hamas or Israel
YouTube video on Palestinian Liberation Theology
Podcast on refusing genocide
Podcasts by The Magnificast, Beer Christianity and Politics, Theory, Other have all recently dealt with Palestine
An article by a genocide scholar on Gaza
Three Palestinians describe the current situation in Gaza (Article)
Article on media censorship

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Adam and Jonny are joined by liberation theologian, chaplain and comrade Chris Howson for his third appearance.  Chris tells us about the upcoming Liberation Theology Gathering which was upcoming at time of recording, but has now taken place for 2023.

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Chris Howson's Facebook

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Jonny, Ben and Adam are joined by Luke Larner to talk about the new book Confounding The Mighty: Stories of Church, Social Class and Solidarity which he edited. We talk about the confusing way class is often understood, navigating identity politics, and the class nature of Brexit, as well as the the joys of being a Premier League parish!

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Luke can be found on most platforms with the username lucaslarner. Some of the books mentioned in this episode include:

Father Joe by Joseph Williamson
Yes to God by Alan Ecclestone
Alan Ecclestone: Priest as Revolutionary by Timothy Gorringe
Apocalypse Now and Then by Catherine Keller
Embracing Hopelessness by Miguel De La Torre
Making a Way out of No Way by Monica Coleman
No Rising Tide by Joerg Rieger
The Practice of Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
Occupy Religion by Joerg Rieger and Kwok Pui-lan

Ben mentioned this blog post from Cardiff: Ugger Utetown

Luke mentioned the song 'Only a Pawn in Their Game' by Bob Dylan

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Bible scholar, podcaster and TikTok star Dr. Dan McClellan joins Ben and Adam to talk constructions of Jesus, univocality and biblical contradictions... and revolution!

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• Data Over Dogma podcast
• Dan's TikTok

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Ben and Adam have a look at the topic of debt, drawing from Marika Rose's book 'Theology for the End of the World'.  They talk Christian moral values, David Graeber and the Mob!  Plus find out about the patron saint of comedians!

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• Marika Rose's book: 'Theology for the End of the World'
• Church Times Article: Traditionalists argue that confession should be exempt from mandatory reporting of abuse

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• Outro: 'Synthwave 80' by RoyaltyFreeMusic (Pixabay Terms of Service)
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Ben and Adam are joined by new cohost and former guest Jonny Bell to talk about the social impact of the Diggers.  Together, they delve into the social reverberations sparked by the Diggers, ask whether an excess of moralism has ruined cultural criticism, and discover a very good boy sainted for his uncompromising stance on cops.

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Links:

• Adam Kotsko's article: 'Moralism Is Ruining Cultural Criticism'
• Elmbridge Museum's 'Surrey Diggers Trail' including Liv's blog
• @RespectableLaw's twitter thread about El Negro Matapacos
• Jonny's article: 'Two weddings, one at Cana and our own'

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• Outro: 'Uplifting House' by RoyaltyFreeMusic (Pixabay Terms of Service)
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  • 'Retrowave' by RoyaltyFreeMusic (Pixabay Terms of Service)

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Ben and Adam continue the conversation about the Diggers and we learn about someone so radical even the Quakers disowned him!

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• Theme song: 'Good Morning' by Amine Maxwell (CC BY 3.0)
• Outro "Outlandish" by Double-F the King (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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  •  "Uplifting House" by RoyaltyFreeMusic

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Historian Lívia Roberge joins Adam and Lu on their quest to explore the story of Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers!  On the way they discover why former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro hates alligators and why it's definitely 'Wars of the Three Kingdoms' rather than 'English Civil War' or 'English Revolution'!

Elmbridge Museum's 'Surrey Diggers Trail' where you can find Liv's blog.
Liv's Twitter(X?) - @LivLeFay

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Outro: 'The Digger's Song' by Chumbawamba, used with permission.
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Ben is joined by Sarah to discuss some of the recent safeguarding news in the Church alongside her research into spiritual abuse. For a lighter topic, we discuss people dying in an exploding submarine.

Content warning - With the exception of the opening segment, almost the entirety of this episode deals with issues of abuse in the church. Whilst we don’t describe any acts of abuse in any detail, we do talk extensively about the nature and  impact of spiritual abuse. Please do skip this episode if this isn’t something you feel able to deal with at this time.

Sarah can be found on Twitter @SarahL_MH. She can be emailed at sm2556@pgr.aru.ac.uk

The twitter account @needs_light is a useful resource for ongoing safeguarding issues within the church. They have a timeline of events at Soul Survivor here: https://mrsglw.wordpress.com/2023/05/14/the-soul-survivor-situation-a-timeline/

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Even by our standards, there are a lot of tangents in this one. Ben and Adam talk about nostalgia (bad), peasant revolts (good), Lord of The Flies (bad), The Beatles (good) and Justin Welby (complicated).

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Have you heard the good news?  We sure have and it sounds kinda communist!

Adam's article can be found here.

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Outro: 'A 2nd Devil' by Toussaint Morrison.
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Ben and Adam fight back from technological adversity to talk about the National Sociali... er... I mean National Conservatism conference. 

Content warning - we talk about the murder of Jordan Neely, a black homeless person, from about 29 minutes in until about 37 minutes in.

The articles Ben talks about are: https://itself.blog/2023/05/15/who-is-my-neighbor/ and https://defector.com/jordan-neely-just-needed-some-help

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• Outro: 'Synthwave 80' by RoyaltyFreeMusic.
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  • 'Futuristic Beat', 'Uplifting House', and 'Retrowave' by RoyaltyFreeMusic 
  • 'Beauty Timelapse' by ComaStudio 
  • 'Jazzy Abstract Beat' by Coma-Media
  • 'Epic Hollywood Trailer' by Daddy s Music. 

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The gang attempt to be positive.  The results are mixed.  Welcome to the left!

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The gang are joined by writer, researcher, education adviser and Alexander technique teacher Dr. Jenny Fox Eades to talk about motherhood, autism, wellbeing in education, and much more!   You can find her at her website jennyfoxeades.com.

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Returning guest Jonny Bell joins us* to talk about his first (almost) year as a Methodist presbyter.  He talks about working as a queer communist minister, listening and finding common ground with those you disagree with.  He also nerds out about dead philosophers.

*By 'us' we mean Adam as Lu and Ben were unfortunately not about for this one.  Presumably they were conspiring to take over the show.

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We also use "My Magnificent Sea" by Rations, available here.
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We are joined by returning guest Chris Howson, who guides us through some reflection on liberation theology, critical pedagogy, and corporate worship. He also tells us about his extremely eventful night of 3 parties, his love of graveyards, and what he is banned from doing on Halloween.

Sorry if Ben's audio goes a bit wonky, we had some technical issues!

Article on Hillsong is here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/hillsong-under-investigation-by-charities-regulator-over-explosive-allegations-aired-in-parliament

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Come and join us as we toast future SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland, Kate Forbes' progressive new vision for Scotland - Christian fundamentalism!

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The Church of England is up to its usual shenanigans, so we are too. We talk through the latest goings on with the battle for same-sex marriage in the Church of England, and we promise it's the last time we will do so for a while! There's also all the usual fun of Mind Grapes, Saint of the Week and wild detours off topic.

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Our outro is an edit of Leap of Faith by Mr Jukes.

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It's late, it's cobbled together from multiple sessions and for a bit of it you can hear Ben's washing machine on a spin cycle, but the hotly anticipated Episode 28 is here! We chat through things that have been happening, most of them bad. Ben and Adam make bad attempts at time machine noises. There is a discussion of what we want to happen to our bodies when we die, and a new character "Dr Bonesy" is added to podcast canon.

We mention the wonderful Geez magazine, which can find more information about at https://geezmagazine.org/

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The crew try to work out just how sinful alcohol is by thinking about the Church's history with it as well as their own!

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Our outro is "Enemy (Alcohol)" by Mess, available here.
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Luca von Badass joins Ben and Adam once again, but this time with full cohost status! The gang talk about strikes, unions and the birth of the sweet baby Jesus.  This Christmas special is not late because there are 12 days of Christmas.  Fight me.

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Our outro is "Christmas Time" by Will Heikoop, available here.
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Ben and Adam are joined by Luca von Badass (definitely their real name) to talk about inclusion, bishops supporting equal marriage, and who should be kicked out!

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Our outro is "Slow Revolution" by Alexi Murdoch.

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Adam is joined not by Ben, who got called into work at the last minute, but by the Rev'd Robin Hanford.  Robin and Adam return the podcast to the topic of Remembrance and ask if a radical Remembrance is possible.

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Web – https://hanford.me.uk/

"The Parable of the Old Man and the Young" by Wilfred Owen is read by Lauren Minto-Simpson.

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Our outro is "Europe is Lost" by Kae Tempest.

We also use audio from the Imperial War Museum's interviews with Dr. Reginald Saxton available at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008531 used under IWM non-commercial licence ©IWM 8735

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A spectre is haunting the podcast, no sadly not communism, but the next best thing: special guest Emma Holton.  Should Christians celebrate Halloween?  Are light parties cool?  Should Ben watch Star Trek?  All will be answered in the most spooktacular episode of Bread and Rosaries yet!

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Our outro is Walking With a Ghost by Tegan and Sara

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Last episode was far too positive, so we balance it out by getting real depressing this week. We talk through a variety of things, partially because we are interested in them but mostly because Ben didn't read the article he was meant to.  We offer half-baked thoughts on the recent Italian and Brazillian elections, and compare Theology Slam to It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

Content Warning - Police violence, murder, racism. From around 28 minutes, for roughly 10 minutes we discuss the killing of Chris Kaba.

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In response to a listener's question, we try to work out why we still bother with faith and the church, despite everything we moan about on every podcast. We have tried out very best to be positive this week, but theres still plenty of complaining and being annoyed, because we are grumpy leftists.

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We're back after our month off. We recorded this before the Queen died, so we don't talk about that all, which may be a nice break for some of you. We also had some audio issues with the second half of the podcast, so we had to use a much worse audio source than usual, so the quality of the sound is much worse than usual. Sorry! This week we welcome Liz Truss as our leader, and discuss the role Christian identity plays in UK politics. We also both are heretics.

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In our final episode before we take a summer break for Ben to move house, we chat to Damon Garcia about his excellent book The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus.

You can buy the book here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-god-who-riots/damon-garcia/9781506480374

You can find more of Damon here: https://damongarcia.com

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Our outro is Leap of Faith by Mr Jukes.

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We've missed the last episode due to the horrors of Ofsted and Covid, our two least favourite acronyms, but we're back to talk about strikes. With 2022 shaping up to be a year of industrial action, it seemed a good time to think about strikes. We also chat a little bit about the Tory Leadership Election, Roe v Wade, and why we're the Velvet Underground of podcasts (Ben said Ramones, but he meant Velvet Underground, and feels pretty embarassed about the mistake.)

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We like to think we're fashionably late to the COVID-19 party, but it may just be that we're both perpetually late people.  This episode is also two days late so I guess the evidence is stacking up...

In this episode Ben and Adam talk about COVID conspiracy theories, the Church's response to the pandemic and links between climate change and epidemics. They may also slip into heresy... again...

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Our outro music is Level of Concern by 21 Pilots

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In celebration of HM the Queen's platinum jubilee, Bread and Rosaries is proud to present this super-mega bumper edition of the show! In this episode we discuss the wonders of monarchy, including segments on recent comments from the Archbishop of Canterbury about HRH the Duke of York and his benevolent efforts to combat sex trafficking.

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Our outro music is Eat the Rich by Motörhead

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Jonny, a Methodist minister in training and a married gay man, joins us to talk about the decision of the Methodist Church to allow same-sex marriages in their churches.

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Our outro music is Dancing Queen by Abba

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We're back!! After a long break, we have returned with a slightly looser episode looking at atonement theories, whether we really have to pray for our leaders, and chatting about a Rowan Williams article. We go on a lot of tangents in this one, including Adam's bookcase of shame and Ben proving that he did learn something at school after all.

The Williams article we talk about is here.

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Our outro music is God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols

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Official wife of the podcast, Sarah Molyneux-Hetherington, joins us for her second episode, this time helping us think through what purity culture looks like in the UK.  If that doesn't do it for you, listen anyway as she and Ben finally spill the beans about what happened on their wedding night!  There's a couple of slight changes in audio where we've had to stitch things together, including a segment recorded after Sarah went to bed which is why she doesn't talk about the economics of purity culture at all.

Content note: Between roughly 15 minutes and 17 minutes, and roughly 31 minutes  and 33 minutes, Sarah talks briefly about sexual assault. Please do skip these segments if that's what's best for you. Sarah has asked us to assure our listeners that she is in a much better place than she describes previously being in during the episode.

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Our outro music is The King by Sarah Kinsley.  

Additional music includes Lights Are On by Tom Rosenthal, Satellite by WYS, and The Loophole by Garfunkel and Oates.

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Content note: between 16 minutes 40 seconds and 21 minutes, we discuss child sexual abuse fairly extensively. Please do skip past this segment if that's what's right for you.

Our short break ended up taking 6 months, but we are back! Recorded a couple of months ago, in this episode we talk about Hillsong church, debate who was the biggest Hillsong fanboy and discuss what drugs Jesus would distribute. We discuss a documentary that can be watched on BBC iPlayer here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000y2g7/storyville-hillsong-church-god-goes-viral

You can find us, and a bunch of other cool stuff relating to leftism and Christianity, here: https://msha.ke/christianleft/ 

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Our outro music is Mobile by The Mountain Goats

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Because the way our episodes are numbered aren't already stupid enough, we've added letters into the mix. We fired off some hot takes that got cut from last week's episode in order to keep the run time below an hour, but we didn't want to deprive the world of our nonsense, so here's a bonus episode. This is a very rough and ready cut, but we thought we'd throw it out with very minimal editing. We chat about some big names - NT Wright, Keir Starmer, Eugene Peterson - and we're actively rude about at least two of them.

Content note: Between roughly 25 minutes and 29 minutes of the podcast, we discuss sexual and spiritual abuse in detail. We then discuss the issue for the rest of the episode. Please do skip this segment if that's what's best for you.

You can find us, and a bunch of other cool stuff relating to leftism and Christianity, here: https://msha.ke/christianleft/ 

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It's been a while but we're back with just the two of us, and we take the chance to dive straight into some heavy stuff! We talk about the wave of protests that have been happening in the UK, and the police response to them. We try and think about the way in which the Church works to legitimise police violence, and then try to find some resources from within Christianity to oppose this and support protest.

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Our outro music is Walking in the Snow by Run the Jewels. "Never forget in the story of Jesus, the hero was killed by the state."

Our theme song is good morning by Amine Maxwell, available here: https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell/good-morning 

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We are joined by the writer, artist and activist Harriet Williamson to talk about CS Lewis and his books the Chronicles of Narnia.  We also discuss post-lockdown anxiety, the real reason women shouldn't be in battles, and our groundbreaking theory that Aslan represents Jesus.

Content note: Between roughly 12 minutes and 22 minutes of the podcast, we discuss mental health issues and the supposed exorcism of demons that cause mental health issues. We also touch on child sex abuse, and reference abuse in the church more generally. Please do skip this segment if that's what's best for you.

You can find Harriet on twitter at @harriepw, and her website is https://www.harrietwilliamson.com. She is editor-in-chief of the brand new digital magazine sulk, which you can find on twitter at @sulkmag. The article of hers we discuss can be found here: https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/social-anxiety 

You can find us, and a bunch of other cool stuff relating to leftism and Christianity, here: https://msha.ke/christianleft/ 

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Our outro music is Caroline by Arlo Parks.

Our theme song is good morning by Amine Maxwell, available here: https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell/good-morning 

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We are joined by Rev. Chris Howson to celebration the tenth anniversary of the release of his book A Just Church: 21st Century Liberation Theology in Action. Chris reflects on how some of the ideas and themes of the book have played out over the last ten years, and what role liberation theology can continue to play in UK Christianity. We also talk about Covid deaths in vulnerable communities, the role of the monarchy, and Adam's face.

Chris's book can be bought here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/a-just-church-9781441199928/

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Our outro music is Hold Fast by Django Django.

Our theme song is good morning by Amine Maxwell, available here: https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell/good-morning
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This is the second half of our fascinating conversation with Anthony Reddie, one of the foremost proponents of Black Liberation Theology in the UK. We released the first part of this conversation last week, and it is also well worth listening to. In this episode, we discuss the relationship between American and British Black Liberation Theologies, being a Christian in leftist circles, and jazz music. Anthony also offers his reflections on Black Lives Matter in the UK,  and the younger generation of Black Liberation Theologians.

Anthony tweets at @AnthonyGReddie and his website is www.anthonyreddie.com

Petition in support of Revd. Jarel Robinson-Brown is here: http://chng.it/Kf7NWykTjL

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Our outro music is My Queen is Ada Eastman by Sons of Kemet feat. Joshua Idehen. We also feature the song Liamuiga (Cook Up) by Courtney Pine, live from Later... with Jools Holland.

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This is part one of a conversation we were extremely lucky to have with Anthony Reddie, one of the foremost proponents of Black Liberation Theology in the UK. Anthony introduces us to some of the ideas of British Black Liberation Theology, and how it enabled him to remain Christian in the face of white supremacy. We also send our love and solidarity to the Stansted 15 and migrants currently detained in Napier Barracks.

Anthony tweets at @AnthonyGReddie and his website is www.anthonyreddie.com

This is a fantastic article by one of the Stansted 15: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/02/stansted-15-quashed-conviction-terrorists-deportation-hostile-environment

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Our outro music is You Ain't The Problem, by Michael Kiwanuka.

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We are joined by the brilliant Rachel Sales, to start what will undoubtedly be a recurring conversation about autism. We talk about the way gender affects both the experience of autism and the diagnostic process, as well as the inauguration of Joe Biden and the church's approach to the welfare states. Rachel explains Quidditch to us, Adam talks about his love for Kamala Harris and Ben predictably becomes the first person to be beeped out on the podcast.

Rachel tweets at @RachelSales55 and @ftchocoholic.

The article we talk about is here: https://bit.ly/3ocObFN

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The sad piano music in the episode comes courtesy of Thom Yorke and his song Dawn Chorus, and, sticking with the Radiohead theme, the outro music is Lianne La Havas' cover of Weird Fishes.

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Come to be concerned about Christian Concern, stay to enjoy Adam wanting to make Justin Bieber Archbishop of Canterbury and Ben being unable to say the word "truth".  We also talk about the danger of fascism in the UK, question whether Jesus was a collaborator, and get extremely bored reading a Keir Starmer article.

Was Jesus a Collaborator? - https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/was-christ-a-collaborator

Kier Starmer - https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/18-december/comment/opinion/do-not-let-the-pain-define-2020

The tweet about Kier Starmer - https://twitter.com/MarikaRose/status/1339955117483814914

Damon Garcia: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oATeNWHHdew

More on The Christian Legal Centre being extremely dodgy - https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2018/04/on-the-naughty-step-the-questionable-ethics-of-the-christian-legal-centre/amp/

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Outro music is Faith Healer by Julien Baker, which is also in episode along with Amen Brother by The Winstons and Sorry by His Holiness Archbishop Justin Bieber.

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We are joined by Sarah, who has now officially been on more podcasts than she has listened to, to discuss 2020 and how much we all enjoyed it. This is a pretty loose and chilled episode and we really go hard on the classic themes of the show: how terrible the British immigration system is, how horribly transphobic the UK is, and good old-fashioned Christian homophobia. We also look forward to 2021 and see if we can muster some optimism. A very happy new year to anyone who has found the patience to listen to one of these this year.

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The outro music is not Millennium Prayer, but I Know The End by Phoebe Bridgers. There's also clips of LCD Soundsystem's cover of (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang, televangelist and Trump booster Paula White praying the worst prayer you've ever heard, and the very funny YouTube video where someone has turned Alex Jones rants into a Bon Iver-style indie folk song. You can find the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGAAhzreGWw

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We are joined by the brilliant Damon Garcia, a liberation theologian and YouTuber, to talk about Christmas. We whine about the new coronavirus rules in the UK, complain about the way capitalism ruins Christmas, and suggest some ways in which Christmas might actually be good after all. Controversially, we actually talk about the bible quite a bit in this one, and condemn ourselves to eternal torment for not taking it all literally. Adam also talks about his deep desire to be a mall Santa.

Check Damon out here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DamonCanFreestyle
https://www.patreon.com/damongarcia
Twitter - @whoisdamon

The video we talk about, the Dangerous Centrism of a Carol Philosophy, is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sYvKEgkSic 

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Adam added some christmassy sleigh bells to it, which basically makes him a DJ doing a remix.

The outro is Hey Guys! Its Christmas Time! by Sufjan Stevens. I know we already did a Sufjan outro, but he embodies the spirit of Christmas so I did it again.

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Adam rants about remembrance, poppies and the church. Ben rants about the EHRC report into Labour. Neither of us care enough to rant about the American elections. There's not one but two Simpsons clips in the episode, so you know its going to be good.

The Politics Theory Other episode we mention is #100 Corbyn, Labour, and the EHRC report w/ Barnaby Raine.

Adam's written about this stuff before on his blog:
Reflections on Remembrance & Nationalism
The Poppy Appeal: State Militarism in Fancy Dress
Truth, Freedom of Speech, and the Poppy

Other, smarter people than us have written good stuff too:
Too Much, Too Young? A Christian Response to the UK’s Recruitment of Child Soldiers by Robin Hanford
From the classroom to the frontline – schools must be careful what they teach kids about the army by Jonathan Parry

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Our outro song is Warchild by The Cranberries, which is very depressing and therefore seemed appropriate for this week's episode.

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We chat about The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, its interesting financial arrangements, and what on earth Christian Heritage means. We also talk about Barbados, breaking international law and David Icke. 

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Our outro is This Is What You Did by This Is The Kit, who are the most underrated band in the UK. There's also a snippet of Blue Crow by Hayden Thorpe.

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