Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs
Are you wondering how a Christian should respond to current events? What are we to think about a world that appears to be going absolutely mad? How are we to discern the signs of the times? In this podcast, featuring The Reverend Thomas Pelham, The Reverend Daniel French, The Reverend Doctor J.A. Franklin and the occasional guest, we attempt to give some answers. Email us at irreverendpod@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter @irreverendpod or on Telegram at https://t.me/irreverendpod. We also have a youtube channel which can be found by searching Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! If you would like to support the show, which can be done from £1.50 plus VAT per month, you can join our Patreon community. Please go to www.patreon.com/irreverend
Latest episodes
Oct 15, 2020 • 60min
Critiques of Lockdown
As restrictions tighten once again in England, Jamie and Thomas critique the ostensible communitarian basis of lockdowns, arguing that they hurt the poor and marginalized the most. They suggest, following Matthew 25:31-46, that lockdowns are not the best way of recognizing the presence of Christ in all of the world's people.Mentioned in this episode:World Bank - Covid-19 to add as many as 150 million extreme poor by 2021Kaamil Almed - Hunger could kill millions more than Covid-19, warns OxfamAngus Dalgleish - Driven to despair, two of Professor Angus Dalgleish's colleagues took their own lives...Spectator TV - Andrew Neil and WHO Covid-19 Envoy David Nabarro (from minute 15)Follow us on Twitter @IrreverendPod!Support the show
Oct 9, 2020 • 57min
"The Science"
The Reverend T.J. Pelham and The Reverend Doctor J.A. Franklin discuss the status and uses of science in our society. Is there a distinctively Christian or theological response to “the science” in the context of the Coronavirus crisis? How should Christians respond to the way that science has been wielded by politicians and the media? Should we accept these things at face value or should we look for a more nuanced approach? How do we balance the effects of one set of scientific claims with the extreme amount of damage that is being caused to people who are suffering as collateral damage from the responses to the putative threat of Covid-19? Mentioned in this episode:Rowina Seidler - Why Christians Must Question the Science Right Now Karina Reiss and Sucharit Bhakti - Corona, False Alarm? Facts and FiguresDr Sunetra Gupta, Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya - Great Barrington DeclarationFollow us on Twitter @IrreverendPod!Support the show
Oct 2, 2020 • 53min
Fear of Death
Revs Jamie and Thomas discuss how the fear of death has affected our society since the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis. What is the Christian hope beyond death and how can it affect our response to this widespread fear? Is this fear rational, and what can the Christian faith say about it?Mentioned in this episode:Tom Wright - Surprised by HopeC.S. Lewis - Out of the Silent PlanetOut of proportion: People think coronavirus is more widespread, and more deadly, than official figures show (pg. 6)Follow us on Twitter @IrreverendPod!Support the show
