In this episode, Helen and Matthew speak with <a href='https://www.nes.edu/facultystaff/middleton-richard/'>Dr Richard Middleton</a>, Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary, Rochester. Our conversation centres on ideas discussed in Richard&apos;s book <a href='http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/the-liberating-image/231440'>The Liberating Image</a>. We discuss the extent to which the biblical creation myths endorse or challenge violence in the ancient and modern world.

The myth of Islamisation in Central Asia - with guest John Heathershaw

Conversations about places where faith and politics overlap, with particular interest in extremism and violence. Run by the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence www.csbvbristol.org.uk. Meet our hosting team. Helen Paynter is a Baptist minister and biblical specialist, and director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Matthew Feldman is an expert on the radical right and director of the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right, although he speaks here in a private capacity. Maria Power is a Catholic social historian and an expert on peace-making initiatives in Northern Ireland. She is director of the Human Dignity Project at the Las Casas Institute, Oxford and research associate at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Michael Spalione is a political theologian and research associate at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. We usually have an invited guest. Conversations focus on a diverse range of topics, such as antisemitism, the myth of redemptive violence, BLM, Islamism, and MAGA.     Music at the beginning and end of each episode was from "Pride Cometh", used by kind permission of FALL Hardcore.