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Faith at the Frontiers

Faith at the Frontiers

By: Barnabas Aspray and Austin Stevenson
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A podcast that confronts challenges to the Christian faith with hope. Hosted by Dr Barnabas Aspray & Dr Austin Stevenson. Current series: Faith and the Challenges of History Previous series: Refugees, Climate Change, Science & Religion, Faith & Economics. Anticipated future series: - Religious pluralism - Christianity & Racism - The problem of evil/suffering - Exvangelicalism - Violence in the BibleBarnabas Aspray and Austin Stevenson Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Spirituality
Episodes
  • #80 Christian Patriotism is not Nationalism - with James Walters
    Jul 1 2025

    What is the difference between patriotism and nationalism? Is one of them acceptable (even desirable) from a Christian point of view?

    In this episode we interview James Walters, Professor at the London School of Economics. As an ordained priest in the Church of England, he is the first person we've interviewed who belongs to an established state church. This gives him a perspective somewhat different from the American one in which separation of church and state is the assumed norm.

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    34 mins
  • #79 Whose Christianity? Which Nationalism? - with Elizabeth Bruenig
    Jun 2 2025

    Not every Christian agrees on what a “Christian government” should look like. Whoever is in power will have to decide what form of Christianity to implement, and they are likely to claim it is the only valid kind.

    In this episode we chat with Elizabeth Bruenig, journalist for The Atlantic, on Christian Nationalism in the US. Does it really represent the values shared by all Christians? Does it have the right to speak in the name of “Christianity”?

    Thanks to Jamie Maule for sound engineering!

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    46 mins
  • #78 Nationalism is its own religion - with William Cavanaugh
    May 14 2025

    Professor William Cavanaugh, author of Migrations of the Holy and The Uses of Idolatry, weighs in on the topic of nationalism. He argues that nationalism is a religion that rivals Christianity and is therefore not compatible with it.


    Thanks to Jamie Maule for sound engineering!

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    42 mins
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