In this episode Michael and Helen talk with <a href='https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/who-we-are/samuel-brody'>Dr Samuel Brody</a> about Martin Buber&apos;s theology of the kingship of God, and how this might influence modern politics.  Sam is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. We discuss his latest book <a href='https://iupress.org/9780253030030/martin-bubers-theopolitics/'>Marbin Buber&apos;s Theopolitics</a> , and also - briefly - <a href='https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/blog/i-thou-and-election'>this blog post</a>.

Catholic Social Theology in Northern Ireland - with new co-presenter Maria Power

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.