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From the University of Nottingham Podcast webpage:

Dr Angus Paddison and Dr Adrian Pabst

In this podcast we hear about a major conference at the University, based on a hotly debated book by Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger.

Experts from around the world are gathering to debate major questions arising from the book, chiefly the concept of Jesus as an historical figure, Christ of faith, or both.

More information is available here and here.

Click here to listen to the podcast [audio/mpeg, 13.6 MB, 14:27 mins]

Posted by Eric Lee at 08:57 PM | Permalink

Click here to listen to a round-table discussion on Christian Socialism, a discussion including the Centre's John Milbank, from the 25 June 2007 broadcast of Beyond Belief on BBC Radio 4:

Christian Socialism

The long goodbye is almost over as Tony Blair steps down as Prime Minister this week. There has been much analysis since he announced his resignation as to the influence his faith has had on his politics. In fact some have suggested that he has been the most overtly Christian Prime Minister since Gladstone.

Like many Labour members before him, his politics and beliefs have found a unity in the principles of Christian Socialism. Indeed Tony Blair is still a member of the Christian Socialist Movement. But what is Christian Socialism and does it have a future?

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Listen to the podcast episode of Ideas from CBC Radio One On Radical Orthodoxy by clicking here:

The modern world seems bent on its own destruction. A theological movement called "Radical Orthodoxy" believes it has uncovered the roots of the modern mistake. David Cayley talks to the movement's founders and leading writers, John Milbank and Catherine Pickstock.

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