<p>This is the final episode in our series On Religion. The series was co-produced with Chine McDonald from Theos and Liz Slade from the Unitarians, and it is Chine and Liz who bring the series to a close.</p><p>In the episode we reference a lot of other writers in this space, as well as some art. They include:</p><p>Markus Bockmuehl who edited The Cambridge Companion to Jesus.</p><p>Gillian Rose author of Love’s Work published by Penguin in 1995.</p><p>Chine referred to this <a target="_blank" href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/assets/lost-faith-the-uk%27s-changing-attitudes-to-religion.pdf">comprehensive survey</a> of religious and spiritual attitudes in the U.K.</p><p>You can listen to Andy Burnham’s Theos Annual Lecture for 2025 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzctXZ8aylI">here</a>.</p><p>This is Christ on the Cross by Francisco de Zurbarán, a source of meditation for me on regular visits to the Art Institute of Chicago in another life.</p><p>The series feels unfinished. Later in the year, I will see if the abundance of learning that came out of the conversations settles into some sort of pattern. If it does, I will try and get that pattern onto paper.</p><p>I am going to hand over Relational Social Policy substack to a series of pieces that bring together, in summary form, what I have learned in the last eight years about the power of relationships between people, and between peoples.</p><p>The regular conversations with people whose work informs a relational social policy will go out on the Ratio Substack. It will start with a couple of my colleagues, Celestin Okoroji and Jolyon Miles-Wilson who have established a new research centre, <a target="_blank" href="https://justknowledge.org.uk">Just Knowledge</a>, to democratise data.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://thisisratio.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">thisisratio.substack.com</a>