Faith at the Frontiers

Barney, Carmody, and Bethany are back for an episode on the Ukraine War. We discuss questions like:

The article from The Tablet that we refer to is here. Tune in to join the conversation!

Thanks to Jamie Maule for his sound editing.

This episode produced in collaboration with The Tablet.

Barney, Carmody, and Bethany are back for a third episode on how we conceptualize climate change. We address questions like: 

Join us for a rollicking ride through these questions!

This episode is produced in collaboration with The Tablet.

Thanks to Jamie Maule for sound engineering!

These questions and others are discussed by Carmody, Bethany, and Barney in a follow-up to the previous episode. 

This episode is produced in collaboration with The Tablet.

Thanks to Jamie Maule for the sound editing! 

We tend to think about climate change in terms of crisis, apocalypse, and personal responsibility. But is this the best way to understand what is going on? Barney chats with Drs Carmody Grey and Bethany Sollereder about how we conceptualise the changes that are going on in our world, and how there are other surprising ways to interpret them.

Thanks to Jamie Maule for audio editing! 

This episode is produced in collaboration with The Tablet.

Seeing refugees as a ‘global phenomenon’ is dangerous because it may cause us to lose focus on the needs of particular refugees in our locality, says Cardinal Michael Czerny, under-secretary for the Migrants & Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development at the Vatican. The first step in cultivating a welcoming attitude is to open our eyes to the vulnerable people in our midst, who many things prevent us from seeing. This leads to four verbs of action that characterize how we should respond not only to refugees but to any vulnerable people we encounter: welcome, protect, promote, and integrate. 

This is a powerful interview that gets at our heart’s attitude towards those on the margins of society. 

Check out the resources on the Migrants & Refugees Section website.

This podcast is produced in collaboration with The Tablet. 

Many thanks to Jamie Maule for his audio editing! 

What evidence is there that the Bible is pro-foreigners? What about the xenophobic parts of scripture? Should we only care for ‘legal’ immigrants? How do we live out the biblical vision of the stranger as kindred? Barney puts these questions & others to Professor Mark Glanville of Regent College in a powerful and moving episode that unfolds the beauty of God’s compassion and love for every part of his creation.

Check out Mark’s book, Refuge Reimagined.

This episode is produced in collaboration with The Tablet.

Thanks to Jamie Maule for sound editing this episode! 

Following the Liverpool bombing on November 14th by Emad Al Swealmeen, newspapers like the Telegraph and Express have accused the church of helping potential terrorists to remain in the UK by allowing them to convert to Christianity and helping them ‘game the system’. In this episode, Barney interviews Professor Anna Rowlands and Dave Smith (who we also interviewed in episode 4) to discuss whether these accusations are true, and whether the church should be doing so much to help asylum seekers.

Also check out the Broadcasting House coverage of the same event.

This podcast is produced in collaboration with The Tablet.

Thanks to Jamie Maule for his sound editing!

What does the Bible really say about loving the stranger? How can Old Testament law guide our national immigration policy? What criteria should governments use to decide who to admit into their territory? In this episode we put these questions and more to James Hoffmeier, professor of Old Testament and author of The Immigration Crisis: Immigrants, Aliens, and the Bible (2008), a popular and influential book in its time although currently out of print.

This podcast is produced in collaboration with The Tablet.

The most political episode so far. Should nations have an ‘open borders’ policy? Or do they have the right to restrict entry to whom they choose? Should the secular state be expected to enact Christian principles? In this episode, Barney puts these hard-hitting questions and others to Luke Glanville, Professor of International Relations at Australia National University. It’s a no-nonsense episode that gets straight to the heart of the controversies!

Check out Luke’s book, Refuge Reimagined.

This podcast is produced in collaboration with The Tablet.

Many thanks to Jamie Maule for his audio editing work!

This is an unusual episode because Barney is not interviewing, but interviewed for a course on 'contemplative well-being' by Nadya Pohran. Nadya asks Barney lots of questions about the Sermon on the Mount and its relation to social action and contemplation. Only the first 30 minutes are about refugees, but the rest is there in case you find it interesting. 

Hope you enjoy the episode! 

This podcast is produced in collaboration with The Tablet.