Nomad Podcast

We have a humanitarian disaster unfolding on our doorstep. Many of us feel frustrated at our government's half-hearted response, yet we feel overwhelmed and powerless to do anything ourselves.  In this episode we hear from Adel Hamad,...

Why is the Church divided into over 40,000 denominations? Why do Churches in the same town often have very little to do with each other? Why are Christians always fighting on social media? It doesn't seem much like the one new humanity Jesus came to....

Professor joins us on the podcast to help us get our heads round the complexities of Israel/Palestine. Gary was a student at the university of Beirut, he now lecturers in the US on the New Testament and the Theology of the Promised Land. He...

Apparently the vast majority of us feel uncomfortable talking about death, and haven't spoken to anyone about our end of life wishes. thinks this is having a profoundly negative effect on society. So he pioneered the movement where people...

- author of - was a successful pastor. But as his disillusionment with the institutional nature of church grew, he decided to walk away and begin to search for the church Jesus was building. 20 years later he says this was one of the best decisions....

With Pentecost almost upon us, we offer you our 7th and final refection. Associate Professor of Psychology, and , has the privilege of closing our this series. We hope you've found these reflections helpful. See you later on in the Church calendar....

In our sixth instalment of our Pentecost for Progressives series, we bring you . Roger teaches political theology at  and has pioneered a movement around the idea of Kenarchy, by which he means ‘self emptying power’. You can read...

brings us our fifth Pentecost for Progressives reflection. Rachel is a Church of England priest, and is poet in Residence at Manchester Cathedral. She's also transgender, and brings something of her experience of wrestling with identity and faith...

Our Pentecost series continues with a jazz inspired reflection from Sharon Putt. Sharon is a theologian, and author of Razing Hell and Executing God.  The creation of Nomad’s thoughtful, ad-free content is entirely funded by our equally...

Our journey towards Pentecost continues. This week's refection comes from freelance community theologian and author, Ann has researched and written on everything from the spirituality of public transport, through to the spirituality of ageing. But.....

Here's our second Pentecost reflection for you. This time Alastair McIntosh reflects on how his understanding of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit has changed and evolved, from one of judgement to one of spiritual activism.  The creation of...

We've got a new Nomad Spirituality series for you, Pentecost for Progressives. Each week between Easter and Pentecost we'll be giving you a reflection from someone who's been through a faith shift/deconstruction, or who just views the faith with...

As well as our usual interview shows we like to give you some food for thought focussed around the Church Calendar. This Easter we've asked the Jesuit Priest, Father James Martin to reflect on how he relates to the suffering and resurrected Jesus. If...

Easter is upon us, so we thought it was a fine time to look at the atonement again. So we popped down to Bristol to chat with Alan Mann. Alan asks the question, what could the atonement mean for a society that doesn't consider itself sinful in any...

is a theologian best known for advocating universalism (see our with him on this very topic). More recently he's turned his attention to writing about . In this book he systematically lays out all the weirdness of the biblical universe, with its fla...