'Responding To The Rebirth' - Glen Scrivener and I were joined by speakers Elizabeth Oldfield, Bishop Mike Royal, Prof John Lennox, Dai Woolridge, Rhiannon McAleer, Al Gordon, Rev Daniel French and Sarah Yardley.
I present highlights from the London conference, including, talks, videos, panel conversations and audience Q&A.
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In this Season 2 finale, I ask: 'What's next for the Surprising Rebirth?'
When the podcast series launched in 2023, many were skeptical of a 'Surprising Rebirth'. However, two years later, some say statistical evidence is pointing towards a 'Quiet Revival'.
But there has been pushback too... I interrogate the data, hearing objections and responses from sociologist David Voas and Bible Society researcher Rhiannon McAleer.
Peter Dray of IFES charts Gen Z spirituality, while podcaster Elizabeth Oldfield and journalist James Marriott discuss the rise of 'Full Fat Faith' converts.
Australian church leader Mark Sayers and British MP Danny Kruger also tackle the vexed question of whether far right politics is co-opting Christianity as the search for a better story continues.
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You can also watch some of the conference footage in this first of two compilation videos! Purchase the full conference videos at: rebirthconference.net
Molly Worthen is an academic and journalist who has spent much of her career chronicling the history of religion in the USA. Two years ago she joined me and Belle for Re-Enchanting, to talk about her own unlikely journey to faith as an adult convert to Christianity.
She returns to talk about her new book ‘Spellbound’ - charting America’s love affair with charismatic leaders in religion and politics. Today we attempt to re-enchant… ‘Charisma’.
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin MBE is Bishop of Dover and Bishop in Canterbury. An utter trailblazer: she is the Church of England’s first black female bishop, was the first female Chaplain to the Speaker to the House of Commons and a Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II. She is also the author of her autobiography – The Girl from Montego Bay – in which she shares her story with raw and unflinching honesty.
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Just wanted to message and say I've very recently (at the age of 36) become a Christian. Your book 'why I'm still a Christian' and your podcast have been incredibly helpful in answering a lot of the questions I’ve held after my whole life being an atheist/agnostic… thank you.”
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