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Jul 2019
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God Is Stranger: a Christian and agnosti...

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Krish Kandiah is a theologian, activist and author of books including ‘God is Stranger: What happens when God turns up?’ which has been nominated for this year’s Michael Ramsey Prize.

Tom Newman is an agnostic who ’tries on’ Christianity in a new podcast Hiding In Plain Sight. He talks to Krish about his search for faith, what he makes of the Bible, and what it would take for him to become a Christian.

Meet Krish at Unbelievable? The Conference 2019: http://www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievableconference  

For ‘God Is Stranger’ and the Michael Ramsey Prize: http://www.michaelramseyprize.org.uk/ 

For Hiding In Plain Sight: https://hipspodcast.com/

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