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The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Season one

with Justin Brierley

Could the tide of faith be coming in in our generation? Dive into a robust exploration of a potential spiritual awakening.
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This long-form documentary podcast, presented by Justin Brierley, tells the story of why new atheism grew old and secular thinkers are considering Christianity again.

Featuring interviews with secular and Christian thinkers this series accompanies the book 'The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God'. Interested in the book? Click here.

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Episode 22: Are We Seeing A Christian Revival? LIVE from the UnHerd Club - Justin Brierley, Alex O'Connor, Elizabeth Oldfield & Freddie Sayers

Justin was recently invited to the UnHerd Club in London to defend the thesis of The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God.

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Episode 23: Emerging from the Meaning Crisis - The death of Daniel Dennett and rebirth of Jordan Hall

Do we have free will? Many leading atheist voices say 'no', contributing to a meta-crisis and a mental health crisis.

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Episode 24: Alex O’Connor & Justin Brierley - Is The Rebirth Real? Edinburgh Debate

Justin and atheist youtuber Alex O'Connor debate Justin's 'Surprising Rebirth' thesis and whether the Bible is the foundation of Western morality.

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Episode 25: The Believing Brain - How Iain McGilchrist rediscovered the soul

Why did atheist neuroscientist Christoph Koch recently lose a 25-year-old bet on consciousness?

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Episode 26: Psychedelics and the Search for God - Ashley Lande’s surprising journey to faith

The boom in mind-expanding drugs even seems to be opening up some people to the possibility of God. But are there dangers to taking shortcuts to the transcendent?

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Episode 27: Guillaume Bignon - A French atheist's surprising conversion

Atheist Guillaume Bignon set out to disprove a Christian's faith. However, his investigation turned up evidence that he could not easily dismiss.

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Episode 28: Is The Tide Turning? Gen Z and the Asbury Awakening

According to recent data, the next generation is remarkably open to spirituality - could the 'Asbury Awakening' be evidence of a renewal bubbling up among Gen Z?

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Episode 29: The Problem with Church - Recovering from power, politics, scandal and abuse

A series of high-profile scandals have rocked the evangelical church. How can the the church recover from abuse and leadership failures in order to meet the rising tide of meaning seekers?

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Episode 30: Surprised by God - 3 ways to welcome the returning tide of faith

If the 'Sea Of Faith' is coming in again, how can the church lean in to the 'Surprising Rebirth' phenomenon?

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The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God podcast is a production of Think Faith in partnership with Genexis, and support from The Jerusalem Trust and the Christian Evidence Society.
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