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Re-enchanting
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Sabina Alkire: re-enchanting the human faces behind poverty

Professor Sabina Alkire talks about how we can re-enchant our capacity for justice and compassion in tackling global poverty

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Professor Sabina Alkire directs the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford. Sabina has been involved in developing methods of measuring multidimensional poverty and her work is used to address development issues in countries around the world.

Sabina is ordained in the Anglican Church. Belle and Justin explore how her Christian faith maps onto her work in engaging poverty and development and how we can re-enchant our capacity for justice and compassion in tackling global poverty.

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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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Seen & Unseen Aloud
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Pope Francis, chocolate, phones, and Narnia

New episode: reflecting on Francis, chocolate seasons, smartphones, and a theatre review.

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

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