Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs A Christian Response to Russia-Ukraine
Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week focussing mainly on issues arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It is important to note that, although we discuss these events abstractly, we pray for peace and for God's comfort for all of those who are suffering.
Topics:
- Just War Theory vs. Christian Pacifism
- The need to understand a situation before being opinionated about it
- Sense of discomfort over being told what to care about and when by the corporate media.
- Should Christian leaders spiritualise warfare?
- Worrying black and white morality applied to the situation.
- Simplistic take leading to demonisation of all Russian people and Russian culture.
- The clampdown of freedom of speech and free exchange and rush towards conformity and virtue-signalling.
Timings:
00:00-14:53 Banter/Notices
Daniel's New Podcast, Catacomb FM
14:53-31:06 Revelation 4:1-11, Heavenly Worship and True Authority
31:06-40:12 Theological Reflection of Just War Theory vs. Christian Pacifism
40:12-1:27:05 General Discussion of the Invasion of Ukraine
1:27:05 Email of the Week: Drawing a line for now under the Canadian Truckers' Freedom Convoy
Links:
Good Podcasts and Videos on Ukraine Situation:
TRIGGERNOMETRY - The Truth about the War in Ukraine
David Starkey - Putin’s Power and Western Impotence
Unherd with Konstantin Kisin - Did the alternative media got Ukraine wrong?
Pavel Stroilov, Christian Concern - Isn’t Putin Christian? What should Christians think about the Russian President?
Brendan O' Neil - Tom Tugendhat and the worrying rise of Russophobia
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