Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse


Latest Episodes

Re-release: Abortion, Adoption and Down Syndrome Part 1
June 28, 2022

In light of current events, we are re-releasing the conversation Stephen had with Virginia Linzee and Andrea Lippke in August 2021 about Abortion, Adoption and Down Syndrome. This is the first of a tw

11. Sermon on the Mount : Judging Swine in Matthew 7:1-6
June 28, 2022

Judging Swine. The eleventh of a series on the Sermon on the Mount, from Matthew 7:1-6.

Natalia-Nana, decolonisation, disability and misogynoir
June 21, 2022

Natasha Beckles sits down with Natalia-Nana, who is a specialist in equity, diversity, inclusion and liberation. They discuss incarnation, the bible and the church, misogynoir and Child Q, as well as

10. Sermon on the Mount : Anxious? Matthew 6:25-34
June 14, 2022

The tenth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. From Matthew 6:25-34. We have created a culture of all-pervasive fear, anxiety, and dread about "having enough." How might the way of Jesus help us es

Curtis Holtzen, the God who Trusts
June 07, 2022

Dr Curtis Holtzen is a professor of philosophy and theology at Hope International University in California. As well as his most recent book The God Who Trusts, he is the coeditor of Connecting Faith a

Guns. Again.
May 31, 2022

In light of recent and apparently perennial gun violence in America we have decided to re-issue a previous Tent Talk on Buying Swords in Luke 22.

9. Sermon on the Mount : Wealth vs Riches, Matthew 6:19-24
May 24, 2022

The ninth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Wealth vs Riches in Matthew 6:19-24. How do we come to terms with the fact that the god of money has shaped us much more than the God of mercy, the Go

Norman Wirzba, food, land and this sacred life in a wounded world
May 17, 2022

Norman Wirzba is a leading figure in the field of fields. He cares about farming, food, our connected lives and the justice that is inherent in living at peace with the land. Along with frequent colla

8. Sermon on the Mount : The Lord's Prayer and Knowing God's Will, Matthew 6:7-15
May 09, 2022

The eighth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Has the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:7-15 become old hat? What if we were meant to know God's will as we pray through it daily, but understanding God's

Kelly Brown Douglas, wonderful womanist hope and the renewed imagination
May 03, 2022

The Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas joins the Tent in conversation with Dr Selina Stone and Revd. Natasha Beckles. Brown Douglas is a ground-breaking womanist theologian and Dean of the Episcopal Div