Bread and Rosaries

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Adam sit down with poet and Culture Matters editor Fran Lock to talk about her new poetry collection Love Is Stronger Than Death: Mary Magdalene and the Insurrection of Jesus . They talk Christian communism, doubt as an ethical practice, Mary Magdalene’s overlooked radical role, and what Christ and Huey Newton have in common. Plus: football and Palestine solidarity; Saint...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Adam coordinate T-shirts, then draw from Adam's article in Shibboleth magazine to coordinate their critiques of how church and crown legitimise each other. They also react to the horror of an American Pope and present perhaps their most famous Saint of the Week yet! Support the show Everything Bread and Rosaries does will be free for everyone forever, but it does cost...

Send us Fan Mail Join Ben and Adam as they try to work out why online shopping feels like a spiritual experience, uncover the story of a Jesuit resistance hero who outsmarted the Gestapo, and endure Adam’s chaotic new soundboard additions. Spoiler: Yes, your headphones are ethically cursed. Support the show Everything Bread and Rosaries does will be free for everyone forever, but it does cost mone...

Send us Fan Mail Avoid God's wrath by joining Ben, Jonny, Adam and returning guest James Sholl, pastor of Toronto’s Wellspring Worship Centre , as they ask 'why did Jesus (have to) die?' Is penal substitution just divine child abuse? Does Jürgen Moltmann's solidarity theory hold up? And most importantly, how many times can Ben say the words "lick out" before we never...

Send us Fan Mail Get yourself a beer and the roasted flesh of the cutest animal you can find, then buckle up and tune in for the manliest UK-based leftist Christian podcast ever! This week the team take on The Manosphere. Can they stare into the abyss and still come back? Will they suddenly start getting defensive whenever anyone mentions Joe Rogan? Only time (about 1hr 15mins!) will tell! Support...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the big one: just how exactly do we know what we know? In episode 69 (nice!), Adam and Jonny have invited special guest Professor Oli Mould to talk with them about epistemology. Can they work out how to tell truth from lie in a post-truth world? Or will they fall prey to the postmodern neo-Marxists trying to spread their WOKE agenda? There's only one way to...

Send us Fan Mail It's finally happened! Beer Christianity's Jonty Langley has degraded himself (further?) by appearing on a lesser UK-based leftist Christian podcast! Join Ben and Adam as they quiz Jonty about the need for new leftist Christian media, as well as the new magazine that's playing its part! Jonty's links: S(h)ibboleth magazine Novel Beer Christianity podcast New Ol...

Send us Fan Mail That's right folks, it's the sequel nobody wanted! The German far-right have come second in the federal elections... everything's gonna be fine, right? Right?!! Oh God, tell us everything's gonna be fine! Adam and Ben are joined for this episode by Dr. Antonia Rumpf, Equality Officer for the Protestant Church in Bremen, who helps them look at the recent federal...

Send us Fan Mail Does the UK have a Christian far-right? Yes... yes it does. We can't believe this is even a question, but one academic paper claims otherwise. Join Ben and Adam as they take a look. NB There is no video this week because *someone* forgot to record it! Sorry about that.  Support the show Everything Bread and Rosaries does will be free for everyone forever, but it does cost mon...

Send us Fan Mail The Evangelical Alliance have been having a bit of an a recruitment drive on social media. This annoyed Adam so much that he insisted we do an episode about them and their shit! Also present for today's episode are actual bona fide  saint, Moses the Black; official enemy of the pod, Calvin Robinson, and fascist Vice President of the United States of America, JD Vance. Support...

Send us Fan Mail We planned this episode before Justin Welby announced his resignation and recorded it shortly after the news broke. It was set to be our most timely and relevant episode yet! But then Adam fell ill and couldn’t edit it in time. So, if you can, cast your mind back to last week, and this will all feel strikingly prescient—dare we say, prophetic even! Support the show Everything Brea...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Adam reflect on a year of faith leaders' moral failure in response to Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people as well as a much better response from liberation theologian, Sarojini Nadar. They also talk about Saint of the Week, St. John Chrysostom. That's right, an actual official saint for Saint of the Week! And what's up with sports journalists co...

Send us Fan Mail How is democracy used ideologically? Is it even the best way to structure society? Are there alternatives? Jonny and Adam try to get to the bottom of it and along the way run into dogs painted to look like pandas, the resurrection of a long-lost biblical tree, and the first (and possibly only!) TORY Saint of the Week! Support the show Everything Bread and Rosaries does will be fre...

Send us Fan Mail Is charity really the solution to society’s biggest problems, or is it just a sticking plaster for an evil capitalist system?! Join Ben and Adam as they critique Jon Kuhrt's lecture Grace, Truth and the Common Good , discuss this week’s Saint of the Week, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and explore why Lee Carsley refuses to sing the national anthem.  Links: Carsley not singing national anthe...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Adam take a look at the influence of right-wing hedge fund manager and media mogul, Paul Marshall's quiet reshaping the Church of England through financial influence. They also spotlight Gresham Kirkby, the Anglican priest who proclaimed his undying support for anarchism to the end, making him our Saint of the Week. The Surviving Church blog has some really interestin...

Send us Fan Mail As an established church, the Church of England occupies a unique position in the constitutional life of England and the UK as a whole.  But in the face of growing authoritarianism, how can it act prophetically?  Is it time to give up its privileged status?  Join Jonny and Adam as they discuss Adam's article Where is the Church's Prophetic Voice? and explore the tensions...

Send us Fan Mail Does the secular left need a better approach to spirituality and faith? What can it learn from religious practices? And is a materialist spirituality possible? Join Ben and Adam as they chat with author and activist, Graham Jones, about his book Red Enlightenment.   Red Enlightenment is available here! Support the show Everything Bread and Rosaries does will be free for everyone f...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a church decides to fully embrace queer inclusion? To find out, Bread and Rosaries takes a rare detour across the Atlantic where Adam chats with James Sholl, pastor of Wellspring Worship Centre, Toronto. James' Instagram Wellspring Worship Centre Support the show Everything Bread and Rosaries does will be free for everyone forever, but it does cost money to...

Send us Fan Mail From the CofE's standard 'let's not be mean' offering in #PrayYourPart,  to something a little more interesting from the Diocese of Salisbury, join Adam Spiers and Jonny Bell as they take a look at some Christian responses to the upcoming general election.  Is democracy possible under capitalism?  How does the Church intersect with power?  What does it mean to...

Send us Fan Mail So er... Russell Brand's a Christian now apparently. Join Ben and Adam as they rejoice at the news and discuss the Christian/conspiracy theorist/Fascist pipeline.  Also listen out for Saint of the Week, Joseph Brotherton. Support the show Everything Bread and Rosaries does will be free for everyone forever, but it does cost money to produce so if you wish to support the show...

Send us Fan Mail Ben, Adam, and Jonny take a look at the Cass Review into gender health care for young people, discussing some of the biases, shady characters and rhetoric associated with it.  Naturally Jonny thinks Hegel can help and Adam wants to talk about ageism again. The hosts also discuss Saint of the Week, Jacques Gaillot, best known for pissing off the pope so much that he made him bishop...

Send us Fan Mail When the echoes of history reverberate through today's headlines, understanding the past becomes essential to navigating the present. Ben Molyneux-Hetherington and Adam Spiers are joined by Dr. Peter Shambrook, author of 'Policy of Deceit: Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939', who helps us understand British manoeuvrings in Palestine prior to the establishment of the S...

Send us Fan Mail Ben, Jonny and Adam talk about the Kairos Palestine document in light of Israel's ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.  At time of publication kairospalestine.ps is unavailable, but the World Council of Churches website also has the Kairos Palestine document in full here . A longer, uncensored version of this episode is available for free on our Patreon page here . Fin...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Adam talk about the importance of Christians organising for a free Palestine and what role they can play in the movement.  Also, we know we're extremely late with this one.  Adam blames his dog... and work.  But mostly the dog.  She's a needy little bitch. Adam's blogpost about Modi Find us here: Website - breadandrosaries.com Facebook – facebook.com/BreadAn...

Send us Fan Mail To kick off the New Year and a new series, Ben and Adam are joined once again by Chris Howson who tries to defend his acceptance of a New Year's honour and talks about two very different sermons. Free bonus material here! Links: Martin Luther King and the Trumpet of Conscience Today by Jean-Charles Regine Michelle The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus by Damon Garc...