
Re-Enchanting
There’s more to life than the world we can see. Stories, guests and interviews that can re-enchant our vision of culture, science, politics and art.Hosted by Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley. Recorded for Seen & Unseen at Lambeth Palace.Also from Seen & Unseen:www.seenandunseen.com: Articles on current affairs, culture, media and more.Newsletters: Weekly briefings on what's happening in the worldSeen & Unseen Aloud: A podcast bringing a dose of news, on the goGodPod: A deeper conversation on theology, the world and just about everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

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May 10, 2023 • 1h 2min
Re-enchanting... Sex - Louise Perry
Louise Perry is a journalist and the author of 'The Case Against The Sexual Revolution', arguing that sex has become disenchanted in the modern West's libertarian, pornified, hook-up culture. Although the book was not written from a Christian perspective, Louise tells Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley why she has come to some surprisingly traditional conclusions about marriage, sex and relationships.For Louise Perry: https://www.louisemperry.co.uk/For Re-Enchanting: https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcast There’s more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen recorded at Lambeth Palace Library, the home of the Centre for Cultural Witness. Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall engage faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 3, 2023 • 1h 5min
Re-enchanting... History & The Coronation - Tom Holland
Can the secular West outlive its Christian past? Will the coronation remind us of our Christian inheritance? Tom Holland is a historian and author who co-hosts the popular podcast 'The Rest Is History'. His best-selling book 'Dominion' charted how the Christian revolution shaped the West's moral instincts. He chats with Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley about why modern secularists are still swimming in Christian waters, and why he has personally become enchanted by the 'greatest story ever told'. https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcastThere’s more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen recorded at Lambeth Palace Library, the home of the Centre for Cultural Witness. Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall engage faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Apr 26, 2023 • 55min
Re-enchanting... The Universe - Dr Jennifer Wiseman
Dr Jennifer Wiseman is an astronomer and Director Emeritus of the program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion for the American Association of the Advancement of Science. She is also a senior astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Jennifer talks to Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall about space exploration, including private company space flights and deep space astronomy. She describes exoplanets, stars, and galaxies, and how she sees the hand of God behind the Universe and our place in it.https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcastThere’s more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen recorded at Lambeth Palace Library, the home of the Centre for Cultural Witness. Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall engage faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 21, 2023 • 59min
Re-enchanting... Reading & Writing - Francis Spufford
Francis Spufford is an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction. His 2012 book 'Unapologetic: Why, despite everything, Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense' responded to new atheism with a unique argument for the way faith engages our hopes, failures and longings. He joins Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley to discuss the way books ignite our imagination and how the Christian story shapes his own writing.https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcastThere’s more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen engaging faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 19, 2023 • 52min
Re-enchanting... Culture - Bishop Graham Tomlin
In this inaugural episode, Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley chat with Bishop Graham Tomlin, director of the recently established Centre for Cultural Witness, about modern 'dis-enchantment' and whether there is still room for Christian faith in the contemporary West. They discuss the new podcast Re-Enchanting and the Centre's new website Seen & Unseen.https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcastThere’s more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen engaging faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 14, 2023 • 1min
Introducing Re-Enchanting - Justin Brierley & Belle Tindall
There’s more to life than the world we can see.Justin Brierley & Belle Tindall introduce a new podcast from Seen & Unseen. Stories, guests and interviews that can re-enchant our vision of culture, science, politics and art. Recorded at Lambeth Palace Library, the new home of the Centre for Cultural Witness.The Re-enchanting podcast sees hosts, Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall, talk with guests about how Christianity can re-enchant culture, politics, the arts, the sciences, history, and so much more.Despite the increasingly scientific and secular age we live in, many people are still searching for a bigger story to live by. The podcast will feature a mix of guests - both with and without faith - and explore how those who have tired of modern materialism are the ones seeking to 're-enchant' the world. This podcast is about tracing their journey and work.Series one features conversations with the likes of Tom Holland, Louise Perry, Lord Michael Hastings, Francis Spufford and Marilynne Robinson. https://www.seenandunseen.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.