'Uncommon Ground' - Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams, Alex O Connor & more. A sneak peek of our brand new show

The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God

Justin Brierley

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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While you're waiting for Season 3 of Surprising Rebirth to drop... how about listening to Justin's brand new show? He's back in the moderator's chair hosting conversations between Christians, atheists, skeptics and seekers in this new podcast and video show.'Uncommon Ground' features leading figures from the world of atheism, psychology, science, culture, literature and theology. Recorded in the beautiful setting of Yarnton Manor, Oxford, they’ll be debating purpose in the universe, meaning in life, faith, atheism and the deepest questions of existence. But this isn't just another debate-fest. 'Uncommon Ground' asks each guest to spell out the other's position. Connecting before correcting. Disagreeing well by understanding each other better. Season 1 will feature:Richard, Dawkins & Rowan Williams - on God & science.Alex O Connor & Glen Scrivener - on whether Christianity gave us our morality.Jonathan Pageau & Joe Folley - on whether art and beauty points to God. Anil Seth & Iain McGilchrist - on consciousness and the brain.Paul Davies & Emily Qureshi-Hurst - on whether the universe has a purpose. Elizabeth Oldfield & James Marriott - on whether there’s purpose in life.Stephen Meyer & Phil Halper - big bang cosmology and the fine tuning of the universe. Philip Pullman and Francis Spufford - on literature, meaning, imagination and religion. ...and more to be announced. Subscribe here: https://justinbrierley.com/uncommon-ground-podcast/ Get access to every episode TWO WEEKS early when you support: https://justinbrierley.com/support-me/ Watch episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3rZ-nZe04d8G6kwNOMpuI8vQ4Qx3rVEQ Stay up to date - and get free chapters from both my books - by subscribing to my newsletter: https://justinbrierley.com/get-justins-newsletter/ A production of Think Faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Conversations matter, but today's polarised echo chambers are making it harder for us to hear each other.
0:10.4	That's why I want to tell you about our new show, Uncommon Ground.
0:14.7	Hi, it's Justin Briley here, just popping up on your surprising rebirth feed in between seasons
0:19.5	to point you in the direction of our next
0:22.1	brand new podcast from think faith uncommon ground where we'll be making conversations great again
0:28.8	recorded in the beautiful surroundings of yanton manor oxford i'll be joined for each episode by two
0:34.9	big thinkers with very different views on science, faith, philosophy and
0:39.7	God.
0:40.5	But we won't simply be adding to the cacophony of the culture wars.
0:44.2	We'll be aiming to find uncommon ground, aiming to connect before we correct, disagreeing
0:50.5	well by truly understanding each other.
0:53.7	Our opening season features leading figures
0:55.8	from the world of atheism, psychology, science, culture, literature and theology. They'll be
1:02.1	debating purpose in the universe, meaning in life, faith, atheism and the deepest questions of existence.
1:10.6	I am quite sympathetic, I think, to the idea that we're living in an infinite multiverse.
1:15.6	Fine-tuning or information density, these are things we know from experience come from minds.
1:20.6	The Christian mythos is the most profound mythos that I have ever discovered anywhere in the world.
1:28.3	One thesis is that the thing that we lost is belief in Christianity.
1:33.3	Maybe that's true, maybe it's not.
1:35.3	I'm so excited to bring you these conversations that reach beyond the echo chambers,
1:40.3	the kind that we really need right now.
1:42.3	Sometimes my guests will find common ground.
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