The RE Podcast

Dec 05 2024 174 ep. 37 mins 14

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S13 E10 The One About The Woolf Institute

Dec 05 2024 46 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!If any of you want to look at how you can teach the complex socio political tensions between the Abrahamic faiths, or are teaching about interfaith relations, or maybe you want to draw out a feminist lens in your classroom, then please draw on the amazing research and services offered by the Woolf Institute.A link to all the elements we spo

S13 E9: The One About Tisha B'Av

Nov 28 2024 38 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!This may be something you have never heard of, it is certainly a new piece of subject knowldge for me. Tisha B'Av, which translates as the 9th of Av is an annual fast day in Orthodox Judaism which takes place at the beginning of August. It serves to remember the Jewish suffering from the past - specifically the destruction of the first and

S13 E8 The One About Atheism

Nov 21 2024 62 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!One thing we love is the messiness of RE! In the current worldviews approach we embrace this messiness and strive to accurately the diversity within worldviews. In this episode I speak to Dr Lois Lee, senior lecturer at the University of Kent. We look at the diversity of belief within the Nones - an area which called fall prey to simplifica

S13 E7 The One About The Institute For The Impact Of Faith In Life

Nov 14 2024 66 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!https://iifl.org.uk/Faith's transformative power takes center stage as we welcome Dr. Jake Scott, Director of the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life. Join us for an enlightening conversation on how faith is not only surviving but thriving amid growing secularism and religious diversity in the UK. Discover how historical influences an

S13 E6 The One About Mental Health and Faith

Nov 07 2024 54 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!What happens at the intersection of faith and mental health. Can a personal faith support you through this or create an extra layer to navigate as you try to reconcile your experience with a loving God. In this honest, authentic and hopeful conversation, I ask Claire Gough about her lived experience of being a Christian with depression, anx

S13 E5: The One About Social Media Theology

Oct 10 2024 54 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!One of the things I love doing this podcast is it introduces me to things I didn't know were a thing but love learning about. This chat with Rev Pippa White is so significant for many reasons. For Christians, this is a real challenge to them for whether they are inhabiting the spaces of the younger generation. Jesus used the common communic

The One With The Jihadist REINCARNATED

Oct 03 2024 40 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!This is one of my favurite episodes because of how powerful, emotional and authentic it was. I chat with former Islamist - Sohail Ahmed. His story is true, honest and relatable as he tells us what led him to become an extremist and what eventually led him to leave that life behind. It's linked to identity, sexuality, atonement, purpose and

The One About Interpretting Genesis REINCARNATED

Oct 03 2024 50 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!In rememberance of LGBTQIA History Month, we remember this GLORIOUS chat with Rev. Andy Fitchet, we look at the damage that traditional and literal interpretations of Genesis have had on women and LGBTQIA Christians. Andy talks openly about his own difficult journey and the dangerous practices of the Church to heal people of 'gayness'. We d

The One With The Reverend Steve Chalke Part 1 REINCARNATED

Oct 01 2024 57 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!To continue with the 4th Anniversary celebrations of the RE Podcast, I want to reincarnate some of my favourite episodes.To start here are the chats with the Reverend Steve Chalke from season 2, and the one on restorative justice from season 7.Not only is Steve one of my childgood heroes, I love what he says about love and salvation and hom

4th Anniversary of The RE Podcast Episode

Sep 30 2024 16 mins

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!In this episode I look back over the first 4 years of The RE Podcast using questions from you lot. And it's an occupational habit that RE teachers ask great questions! Giles Gough - What for you, is the best and worst part of podcasting?Karen Steele - What’s been your favourite RE podcast? Also, what inspired you to start; where did you f