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Politics and religion. Two things you're not supposed to talk about, because whenever people do it seems to end up in arguments😠, fights👊 and - worst of all - flame wars on social media🔥🔥🔥

What you really need is some calm, objective and informed chat from two people who've been in the game long enough to know what they're talking about. Unfortunately, you've got us instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Holy Political Podcast is a fortnightly podcast about Christianity and politics. We interview some of the most interesting and impressive Christians in UK politics today, discuss political questions affecting Christians, and look at the good, bad and bizarre ways Christians get involved in politics.

It's mainly accurate, somewhat entertaining, and hopefully helpful. Give it a try! 🎧👌😁

Jul 31, 2017

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For our second summer special, we continue chatting to Dr Stephen Backhouse about whether patriotism is a Christian virtue, or whether Christians should steer well clear.

In this second half, we look at how Christians should think about engagement in local...


Jul 31, 2017

Click here to fill out our 2 min listener survey (please!)

For our first summer special, we chat to Dr Stephen Backhouse about whether patriotism is a Christian virtue, or whether Christians should steer well clear.

In this first half, we look at the attitude of Jesus and the early church, at whether patriotism is...


Jul 17, 2017

We look back at Tim Farron's dramatic resignation, with two brilliant political thinkers - former Liberal and Lib Dem MP, Lord David Alton, and Nick Spencer, Research Director at Theos and editor of the new book 'The Mighty and the Almighty', which looks at the public faith of political leaders over the past 40 years....


Jul 3, 2017

We chat to experienced campaigner James Newhall, who ran David Burrowes' re-election campaign in Enfield Southgate, about what it's really like to run a campaign on the ground.

And we look at the newly minted DUP, plus a small but significant change to abortion provision in the UK.