Re-Enchanting... Atheism - Alex O'Connor

Re-Enchanting · 2024-10-02

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Alex O'Connor is a well known atheist Youtube and podcast host with over 800 thousand subscribers to his channel. Unlike many online new atheists he has sought to genuinely understand his Christian and religious counterparts. This included studying theology at Oxford University, helping to re-establish a Socratic debating society in the mould of the one created by CS Lewis, and counting many Christians as his friends and acquaintances.

Belle and Justin talk to Alex about atheism, the changing tides of culture and what it would take for Alex to believe…

Alex O'Connor: https://www.youtube.com/@CosmicSkeptic

For Re-Enchanting: https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcast

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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Re-Enchanting

There’s more to life than the world we can see. Stories, guests and interviews that can re-enchant our vision of culture, science, politics and art.

Hosted by Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley. Recorded for Seen & Unseen at Lambeth Palace.

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