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Biology
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Psychology
Re-enchanting
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Iain McGilchrist: re-enchanting the brain

Can we re-enchant our view of the world by re-engaging a ‘right hemispheric’ view of life, love and faith?

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and philosopher, and author of the books The Master And His Emissary and The Matter With Things.

Iain’s thesis on the left and right hemispheres of the brain has been highly influential. He believes ‘left hemispheric’ thinking has come to dominate much of modern culture in negative ways.

He speaks with Belle and Justin about whether we can we re-enchant our view of the world by re-engaging a ‘right hemispheric’ view of life, love and faith.

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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?

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Creed
Grace
Hospitality
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Krish Kandiah: radical hospitality

New GodPod episode: why foster, adopt and welcome.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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The first GodPod of 2025 is a ‘theological mystery tour’ through the life and works of the one and only Dr Krish Kandiah OBE. Graham, Michael, and Jane quiz Krish on his theological influences and his life of radical hospitality – touching on his experiences of fostering and adoption and advocating for refugees.

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