Host Jonathan  is joined by Dan Paterson, a pastor, apologist and evangelist, for an exploration of the challenges and opportunities to introduce young people to the Christian good news in a culture now characterised by widespread ignorance of Christianity and growing hostility towards the faith, yet crying out for meaning.

Dan Patterson is the founder of Questioning Christianity, a ministry helping people to connect the Christian story to life’s deepest questions. He has been a pastor, lecturer and public speaker and has studied theology and apologetics in Australia and at Oxford.

The Political Animals is hosted by Dr Jonathan Cole, an academic, writer, speaker and translator specialising in political theology: the intersection of religion and politics. Jonathan was a senior terrorism analyst at Australian intelligence agency the Office of National Assessments where he worked on Islamist terrorism and the global jihadist movement. He is the author of The Reign of God: A Critical Engagement with Oliver O'Donovan's Theology of Political Authority and Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent: Mediating Scripture, Doctrine, and Political Reality.

Jonathan posts regularly about political theology, political philosophy and conservatism on Facebook and Twitter.

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