Podcast

Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Simon Barrow. Simon is the director of Ekklesia – a Christian think tank focusing on politics, social justice and belief. Simon is a commentator, journalist, publisher, NGO consultant, adult educator/trainer and theologian.

This is part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference in May, Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom.

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Transcripts.

Links from Simon

The Jesus Candidate: Political religion in a secular age, by Paul Lusk (NSS review)

Faith and Politics after Christendom: by Jonathan Bartley

Words Out of Silence, by Jill Segger

Links from the NSS

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Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Izzy Posen. Izzy grew up in the Chasidic community and attended an illegal, unregistered school where corporal punishment was routinely used, particularly to silence children who asked questions. He is now president of Bristol University's Free Speech Society.

This is part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference in May, Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom.

Watch this episode on YouTube.

Transcript.

Links from Izzy

• All Who Go Do Not Return Paperback, by Shulem Deen
• Shtisel | Netflix
• One of Us | Netflix
• The charity helping Orthodox Jews who want to break away from their faith
• 'Why I had to leave my ultra-Orthodox family' - BBC News
• Autobiographical Talk at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London – 20th of March 2019

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Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Geoffrey Robertson QC – the internationally renowned human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster and founder of Doughty Street Chambers.

This is part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference in May, Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom

Watch this episode on YouTube.

Transcript.

Links from Geoffrey

Rather His Own Man: In Court with Tyrants, Tarts and Troublemakers

The Justice Game

The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse

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