The Gravity of Justice

The Eighty-Five Martyrs of England and Wales
About this Episode
The story of Nicholas Postgate and the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales --- and why justice, like gravity, always finds its level.
circa
1679

Samuel Sewall

Samuel Sewall
About this Episode
A reflection on Samuel Sewall, and how public repentance reshaped moral responsibility.
circa
1697

Pierre Bayle

Pierre Bayle
About this Episode
Pierre Bayle championed tolerance and intellectual humility in an age of religious violence, offering a model for living with deep disagreement without dehumanization.
circa
1697

The Woman Who Sang in the Bastille

Jeanne Guyon
About this Episode
French mystic Jeanne Guyon was imprisoned in the Bastille for teaching that the interior life belongs to every soul --- and sang.
circa
1698

A Thousand Tongues

Charles Wesley
About this Episode
Charles Wesley wrote 6000 hymns that gave ordinary people a sacred voice --- and Harmonia wonders why we've stopped singing together.
circa
1738

The Light of Men

Anthony Benezet
About this Episode
The story of Quaker abolitionist Anthony Benezet and the profound spiritual distinction between forgiveness as personal work and justice as collective architecture.
circa
1750

The Cave and the Conscience

Benjamin Lay
About this Episode
The story of Benjamin Lay, the radical Quaker abolitionist who lived in a cave and refused to let good people look away from slavery.
circa
1750