The Sacred is a podcast about the things we cherish and hold dear to us. In episode 10, we speak to novelist Neil Griffiths about love as a sacred value.

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In the tenth episode of The Sacred, Elizabeth Oldfield speaks to Neil Griffiths, a British novelist and the founder of the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. He is the winner of the Authors’ Club First Novel Award, and has been shortlisted for best novel in the Costa Book Awards.

Neil talks about love as a sacred value, how writing helped him explore religious ideas and conversations in absence of a religious household. He also talks about his inspirations for writing novels, and how literature can teach patience and compassion.

Elizabeth also speaks to Theos’ Natan Mladin about an upcoming project on debt, and how money can be reflective of religious and spiritual values.

The Sacred is produced by Hussein Kesvani and No Country Media.

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