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Hello. I'm Simeon Burke. Welcome to Politics at the Cross+Roads, the podcast that sits at the intersection of Christian faith and political life. After a bit of a break, and as we approach mid-summer, I'm glad to be releasing a new episode. I had the pleasure of sitting down and speaking with Jonathan Chaplin about his life and work. Jonathan is Associate Fellow at Theos think tank, a member of the Divinity Faculty at the University of Cambridge and was previously the first director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, a position he held for 10 years. In this wide-ranging conversation, we spoke about Jonathan's experience of the breadth of Christian reflection on politics and ethics, his interest in Christian Democracy and why it never took of in the UK, how the government's response to the pandemic has demonstrated the strengths and limits of centralised state activity and, finally, the vital need for the churches to actively form Christians for public life. I hope that you enjoyed this episode. If you haven't already, please check out the other episodes in this series and, if you're inclined, please leave a review. Episode Notes - For Jonathan's new book, Faith in Democracy: Framing a Politics of Deep Diversity (SCM Press 2021) see https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334060239/faith-in-democracy