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Culture
Politics
Re-enchanting
1 min read

Re-enchanting... public life

People have lost confidence in leaders and institutions. Can politics and public life be re-enchanted? Lord Michael Hastings talks about bending the power of the prosperous for the poor, with Belle TIndall and Justin Brierley.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

A man in conversation laughs and throws his head back
Michael Hastings being interviewed at Lambeth Palace Library.

People have lost confidence in leaders and institutions. Can politics and public life be re-enchanted? Lord Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick is an independent peer in the House of Lords who has worked in business, education and international development. He tells Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall about growing up in Jamaica and the UK, and how his faith has led him to 'bend the power of the prosperous to the potential of the poor'.

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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Podcasts
Seen & Unseen Aloud
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Love is not an order, who prays, and The Salt Path

Exploring love from three very different perspectives

Natalie produces and narrates The Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast. She's an Anglican minister and a trained actor.

A protester wearing a Union Jack flag and hat and holding a cross, points while a man looks on.
Far right protesters, Portsmouth.
Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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In this episode we explore love from three very different perspectives: Barnabas Apsray considers Christian Nationalism - is it an oxymoron? Roger Bretherton talks about how 1-in-4 people pray or meditate daily and how beneficial that is to their life; Roger Standing walks us through The Salt Path - from real life to book to movie - the story of love against all odds and what it teaches us about ourselves.

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