Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time: Church of England communications teams are leaving X en masse: but is this principled resistance or performative politicking? BBC News presenter hisses when hearing young rapper refer to Jesus Christ as his hero. Will Reform be a fascist government? La...

Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back for 2026 talking about the big issues in church and state. This time: The King's Christmas Speech: How Christian (or not) was it? A large majority of Church of England worshippers would redirect funds from the Church if slavery reparations go ahead. And Rowan Williams says mass migration is good because of all the...

The Irreverend New Year re-start is delayed due to family illness. Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin gives an update, asks for your prayers, and shares some spiritual reflections on times of suffering and difficulty. For updates on Jamie's son, Alex, subscribe to Jamie's blog Good Things:  https://jamiefranklin.substack.com/ Support the show

Revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time: Controversy around incoming Archbish Sarah Mullaly: did she follow up safeguarding dossier sufficiently before London priest committed suicide? The Church of England says Christmas is not cancelled in new promotional video. But who was saying it was? Tommy Robinson carol s...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with equally out-of-step cleric Sam Norton. Rev Sam is a "green" climate sceptic, a former Brexit MP candidate and advocate for what he calls "civic nationalism". In this special interview we cover the following topics: Sam's early work for the Department of Environment and how he became a "Green" S...

Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to talk about the biggest and most interesting issues in church and state. This time: CofE bishops bash Christian Nationalism AGAIN and start a counter-campaign against Tommy Robinson’s Christian carol service. Pope Leo says people who think Islam is a threat to Christianity are really anti-immigration and want...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with author, classicist and medical doctor Alexander Chula to talk about his most recent book Goodbye, Dr Banda: Lessons for the West from a Small African Country . In the book and conversation, Chula argues that the legacy of colonialism in countries like Malawi, although flawed in some respects, was overwhelmingly positive and incl...

Revs with a true difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the most interesting stories in church and state this week. This time: The hilarious Your Party conference shenanigans: they couldn’t organise a bun fight in a bakery and yet they want to take over the whole economy! The Dean of Salisbury says wear tacky Christmas jumpers because God is “tasteless” and “doesn’t mak...

Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about a packed couple of weeks of news. This time: The Covid Enquiry says it should have all been harder, faster and quicker. Guess what our reaction is? Rev Kate Bottley hits the headlines for saying she watches reality TV and has doubts. But is this the best approach to ministry today? Christian Nationalis...

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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin responds to the recent Sky News investigation into an apparent resurgence of "far right" Christianity in Britain. But what exactly is the nature of this ostensibly extreme and politicised version of Christianity and might it not altogether be a bad thing? All with be revealed in this special episode! Follow Jamie's new Theology...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about King Charles III's trip to the Sistine Chapel to pray with the Pope, the Wild Card campaign group's plea to the new Archbishop to focus her efforts on "rewilding" church lands, and more in-depth thoughts on the GAFCON/Church of England split at the end of the episode. He also interviews founder of Th...

Church of England Revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time: the Archbishop of York wishes everyone a Happy Diwali; Cathedral graffiti in Canterbury; the end of the Living in Love and Faith Process?; a split in the Global Anglican Communion; and much more as ever. Enjoy! You make this podcast possible. Please support...

The Church of England's Church Commissioners are ear-marking £100million (or is it £1billion?) for slavery reparations. Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology and Member of the House of Lords, Nigel Biggar says that this idea is ethically dubious and amounts to thinly-veiled self-flagellation in an effort to appear relevant to a post-Christian society in the face of the Church's dwindling...

Church of England vicars with a difference Tom Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down down for a special livestream reaction to the selection of Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. What are the implications for the global Anglican Communion? What is the role of the Archbishop anyway? Why stay in the Church of England? And what are our hopes for the future? We also touch...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin is joined by the Rev'd Dr Duane Miller, missionary to the Islamic world and scholar in contextual theology with a particular focus on Islam. They talked about the challenges with demographic change and Islamic political theology, how Christianity offers a distinct vision for politics than Islam, how to share Christ with Muslims, what Musl...

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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and state. This time:  The Charlie Kirk Funeral: Erika Kirk forgives but Trump offers only hatred for his enemies. Is the right in danger of engaging in the politics of hate too? Church leaders condemn the Unite the Kingdom march as "far-right", but is this a fair...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down in-person with David (Lord) Frost in a wide-ranging conversation on faith and politics, including never before heard insight into David's conversion to Christianity. Topics include: David's recent conversion to Roman Catholicism and what attracted him to Christianity in the first place. The role of Christianity in the Publi...

Church of England rev with a difference sits down with comedian and commentator Nick Dixon to talk about the murder of Charlie Kirk and some of the responses to his death. This conversation was recorded for Nick's podcast The Current Thing . We discuss:  -The appalling response to Charlie Kirk’s murder from Alastair Campbell, Stephen King, and many more  -The disturbing comments from the Oxfo...

Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time: The appalling murders Charlie Kirk and Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and what this says about American society and identity politics more generally. Angela Rayner resigns from the government over dodgy tax dealings. The arrest of Graham Linehan for hu...

If you enjoyed this episode, why not book now to attend the upcoming live interview recording in Winchester with Lord Frost! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irreverend-live-jamie-franklin-interviews-lord-frost-tickets-1536201733739?aff=oddtdtcreator   Church of England vicars Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin are joined by Lord Frost. David Frost had been at the heart of the UK Governme...

Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time: Creation-tide liturgy approved by the Church of England: but is this simply more climate change propaganda? Classical Christian school King Alfred's forced to close due to Labour's tax raid on private education. Angela Rayner...

Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time: Two tier justice? As Labour councillor who urged crowd to slit the throats of Southport protestors freed. Multi-faith chaplain made new Principal at a major Church of England training college. Is immigration driving religious belief in Britain and more on...

Church of England rev with a difference, the Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin, sits down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and State. This time: Kemi Badenoch, the Problem of Evil and Cultural Christianity. Thought for the Day Guests slams Jenrick's "xenophobia" and BBC is accused of political bias (again). Update on the trial of the Rev'd Dr Bernard Randall as CofE refuse...