The Examined Faith

The Examined Faith — Dr. Philip Towner on Why Greek Still Matters Most readers assume a good English Bible is enough. Dr. Philip Towner thinks something quietly disappears in every translation, and that learning biblical Greek — slowly, a page at a time — is how you get it back. In this episode of The Examined Faith, Tuppy Morrissey speaks with biblical scholar Dr. Philip Towner, a New Testament s...

Most pastors say they value both truth and compassion. Dr Aaron Edwards thinks that framing is already the problem. In this episode of The Examined Faith, Tuppy Morrissey speaks with theologian, author, and preacher Dr Aaron Edwards — a man who lost his academic post for a tweet, and hasn't stopped talking since. In this episode: Why "pastoral" and "bold" are not opposites...

What is it really like to study theology at Oxford University, and can it deepen your Christian faith, or shake it?  Tuppy Morrissey sits down with Alina Khokhlova, an Oxford theologian who specialised in the ancient Syriac language (a branch of Aramaic language closely related to the tongue spoken by early Eastern Christians), to explore what studying theology formally can offer believers today....

Can studying Islam deepen your Christian faith? In this episode of The Examined Faith, Tuppy is joined by his brother Dr. Fitzroy Morrissey, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Pembroke College, for a wide-ranging conversation on two of the world's great Abrahamic faiths. Fitz brings a rare perspective: a committed Christian who has spent h...

"I realised it's actually real — it's all real, and it all ties into the passion and the cross, and it's part of this far greater love story between God and mankind." Charlotte joins Tuppy to explore the Eucharist and the Real Presence. Charlotte is Communications and Events Officer at Fidelium London, a lay-led network of Anglo-Catholic young adults in London, and she bri...

Creation, Theosis, and Becoming Human: Charles Foster on Orthodox Christianity, Nature, Animals, and the Image of God Host Tuppy Morrissey interviews Oxford fellow and writer Professor Charles Foster about creation and what it means to be human, drawing on Foster’s book Being a Human and his nature-immersion experiments. Foster argues modern life estranges us from the cosmos and that humans are sh...

In this episode, Fr Thomas Plant—Anglican priest, theologian, and author specialising in Christian Platonism and the thought of Dionysius the Areopagite—joins Tuppy Morrissey for a wide-ranging conversation. Together they explore Dionysius, Shin Buddhism, and the theological imagination of C.S. Lewis, reflecting on transcendence, the nature of the good, apophatic theology, myth, and desire, and ho...

Christopher Landau ReSource: https://www.resourcingrenewal.org Twitter/X: @TalkChristianly Loving Disagreement (Amazon UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loving-Disagreement-Christopher-Landau/dp/1803760125 FaithWave FaithWave: faithwave.app Although short, the Letter of James is one of the most demanding texts in the New Testament: practical, confrontational, and impossible to ignore. In this episode,...