Gordon Brown's quiet Christian faith, with James Macintyre

Gordon Brown's quiet Christian faith, with James Macintyre

From The Church Times Podcast by The Church Times

February 12, 2026 · 22 min

About this episode

James Macintyre discusses Gordon Brown's Christian faith and its influence on his political life.

On the podcast this week, James Macintyre talks about his new book, Gordon Brown: Power with purpose, which provides a definitive portrait of the former Prime Minister and Chancellor. The conversation focuses on an aspect of Mr Brown that previous biographers and commentators have overlooked: his Christian faith, and how it guides his politics and advocacy for social justice. You can read an article adapted from the book in this week’s Church Times . James Macintyre is staff writer at the Church Times, and has previously been political correspondent for The Independent and The New Statesman — where he covered Brown’s premiership close up — and politics editor of Prospect magazine. He is co-author of Ed: The Milibands and the making of a Labour leader. Interview by Ed Thornton, Associate Editor. Gordon Brown: Power with purpose is published by Bloomsbury at £25 (Church Times Bookshop £22.50); 978-1-5266-7341-1. https://chbookshop.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781526673411/gordon-brown?vc=CT913 Try 10 issues of the Church Times for £10 or get two months access to our website and apps, also for £10. Go to www.churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader

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Host: Ed Thornton

Guest: James Macintyre

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