Together for the Common Good Podcast

Adrian Pabst argues that Catholic Social Thought is the most coherent body of ideas for social renewal, a gift to the world. In practical, grounded terms, he sets out how this tradition not only conceptualises a more just economy anchored in the dignity of the person and of work, but also reconciles the estranged interests of capital and labour, finance and production.Adrian Pabst is Professor of Politics at the University of Kent, author of Postliberal Politics: The Coming Era of Renewal, and Deputy Director at The National Institute of Economic and Social Research. An acknowledged expert in Catholic Social Thought and political economy, Adrian is among the leading figures seeding a growing cross party consensus for economic and civic renewal.This lecture was given on 23 May 2023 as part a series of nine lectures featuring speakers from different traditions who draw on Catholic Social Thought to explore how the Christian tradition can be a blessing on public life and discourse. Introduced and curated by Jenny Sinclair, these talks were held in partnership with Lincoln Cathedral and CCLA.Learn more at www.togetherforthecommongood.co.ukListen to our sister podcast, Leaving Egypt, where we read the signs of the times and look to local stories of hope in these times of unravelling. Get full access to Together for the Common Good at t4cg.substack.com/subscribe

Addressing the mission of the Church of England in light of Catholic Social Teaching, Malcolm Brown explores the Anglican legacy for the common good and asks how it might become a church for England.Malcolm Brown is the Director of Mission and Public Affairs for the Church of England, and Visiting Professor in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Winchester. He is author of Anglican Social Theology: Renewing the Vision TodayThis lecture was given on 18 October 2022 as part a series of nine lectures featuring speakers from different traditions who draw on Catholic Social Thought to explore how the Christian tradition can be a blessing on public life and discourse. Introduced and curated by Jenny Sinclair, these talks were held in partnership with Lincoln Cathedral and CCLA.Learn more at www.togetherforthecommongood.co.ukListen to our sister podcast, Leaving Egypt, where we read the signs of the times and look to local stories of hope in these times of unravelling. Get full access to Together for the Common Good at t4cg.substack.com/subscribe

Looking through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching and its focus on human flourishing, Edward Hadas examines the effects of modernity on the human being, and asks whether, in the modern world, we can truly be who we were created to be.Edward Hadas is a Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford and a freelance journalist. An expert in Catholic Social Teaching, he teaches and lectures in Oxford and elsewhere and is the author of many books, including Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking Through Catholic Social Teaching.This lecture was given on 27 September 2022 as part a series of nine lectures featuring speakers from different traditions who draw on Catholic Social Thought to explore how the Christian tradition can be a blessing on public life and discourse. Introduced and curated by Jenny Sinclair, these talks were held in partnership with Lincoln Cathedral and CCLA. Get full access to Together for the Common Good at t4cg.substack.com/subscribe

Maurice Glasman explores the forces undermining democracy and the importance of voluntary human association in defence of the sacred. Addressing reform of the polity through the lens of Catholic Social Thought's conception of political economy, he emphasises the civic inheritance of the vote, and its renewed significance in the abandoned places.Lord Glasman is an Englsh political theorist, Labour life peer and Professor of Politics at St Mary’s University. He is author of Blue Labour: the Politics of the Common Good (Polity, 2022). He is also director of The Common Good Foundation which is involved in local community organising work in Grimsby.This lecture was given on 12 July 2022 as part a series of nine lectures featuring speakers from different traditions who draw on Catholic Social Thought to explore how the Christian tradition can be a blessing on public life and discourse. Introduced and curated by Jenny Sinclair, these talks were held in partnership with Lincoln Cathedral and CCLA.Learn more at www.togetherforthecommongood.co.ukListen to our sister podcast, Leaving Egypt, where we read the signs of the times and look to local stories of hope in these times of unravelling. Get full access to Together for the Common Good at t4cg.substack.com/subscribe

Jenny Sinclair is founder director of Together for the Common Good, a UK charity dedicated to spiritual and civic renewal. Drawing on Catholic social thought, T4CG helps people across the churches make sense of this time of seismic change and discern their unique vocation for the common good.Learn more at www.togetherforthecommongood.co.ukListen to our sister podcast, Leaving Egypt, where we read the signs of the times and look to local stories of hope in these times of unravelling. Get full access to Together for the Common Good at t4cg.substack.com/subscribe

Jenny Sinclair, founder of T4CG, discusses Catholic Social Thought, just responsibility, and the church's role in societal renewal. Topics include individual responsibility, common good, and engaging in actions for justice. The podcast explores loving friendship, Catholic Social Teaching, decentralized society, moral responsibility, and community engagement.

In this short opening episode, Ben Curran talks with Jenny Sinclair about her vision for the Lincoln Lecture Series, a series of nine lectures held in partnership with Lincoln Cathedral and CCLA.Jenny explains that Together for the Common Good is dedicated to spiritual and civic renewal and that the aim of this series is to show how the Christian tradition can be a blessing on public life and discourse. Jenny talks about the speakers who come from a range of traditions, each drawing on Catholic Social Thought to show how God calls us to engage with the world. Jenny describes briefly the focus of each lecture - from political participation and civic life, to what it means to be human, from economic reform to the dignity of work, from people and planet, to social peace.Jenny Sinclair is founder director of Together for the Common Good, a UK charity dedicated to spiritual and civic renewal. Drawing on Catholic social thought, T4CG helps people across the churches make sense of this time of seismic change and discern their unique vocation for the common good.Ben Curran is Head of Communications with Together for the Common Good.Learn more at www.togetherforthecommongood.co.ukListen to our sister podcast, Leaving Egypt, where we read the signs of the times and look to local stories of hope in these times of unravelling. Get full access to Together for the Common Good at t4cg.substack.com/subscribe