Matters of Life & Death

Coronavirus: Technology - part 1

19 Jun 2020
39:36

One of the perhaps unexpected results of the coronavirus pandemic is how it has thrown up some fascinating debates about technology. Many countries, including the UK, have been grappling with if and how they could use Bluetooth apps to try and trace...

Coronavirus: Death and spirituality during a pandemic

26 May 2020
38:24

For many years death has been described as perhaps the final taboo in British society. Rarely it is deemed polite to mention the uncomfortable fact that one day we all will die, let alone try to bring faith or spirituality into that conversation. But...

Coronavirus: Life in the NHS

16 May 2020
34:48

Protect the NHS. It has been one of the key government slogans, designed to inspire us to stay with the lockdown so that hospitals do not get overwhelmed by coronavirus patients and services collapse under the pressure. In today's episode we examine...

Coronavirus: The ethics of triage

13 May 2020
34:03

First come, first served? Or key workers and politicians before everyone else? How can doctors decide who to treat in a healthcare emergency when there are not enough beds or ventilators to go around? Triage, the practice of working out who to care f...

Coronavirus: Thinking as a Christian during Covid-19

29 Apr 2020
36:32

Our third episode on coronavirus zooms in to focus on how Christians should be thinking and acting during the pandemic. We ask how we might square this global crisis with our belief in a sovereign and loving God and if we should look for anything goo...

Coronavirus: How this pandemic is unlike anything before

27 Apr 2020
33:10

In this second episode in our series on coronavirus, we explore how Covid-19 is different to plagues in the past. Building on what we learned about how Christians in generations before us responded to similar crises, how should we be navigating these...

Coronavirus: Christians in times of plague

23 Apr 2020
33:58

Our first ever episode of Matters of Life and Death kicks off a short series on coronavirus. Today we take a lightning tour through the history of the church, going all the way back to the Roman Empire, to try and see how Christians have responded to...