Jide Ehizele
Jide Ehizele is a Christian thinker and writer focusing on faith, identity and cultural renewal. In his Substack, Southeast London Psalms, Jide wrestles with faith, politics and community from the perspective of a Black British Christian living in modern Britain. Jide is an active member of St Peter's Church, Brockley, leading theology workshops and volunteering with children’s ministry. The son of Nigerian parents, Jide was born and bred in Lewisham, Southeast London, and his day job is as a specialist consultant in the economics and planning of railway operations.
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“I want more than tolerance”
(7 minutes) For Jide Ehizele, just getting along is not good enough. We have to strive to form real communities if we are to overcome what he sees as the great threat to our national life, ‘urban nihilism’.
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Urban nihilism and the Culture of Spectacle
(4 minutes) Recent disturbances in South London reveal a deeper shift: how young people are formed, and where they derive meaning and status. Jide Ehizele explains.
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Beyond zero-sum thinking: recovering a Christian moral imagination
(5 minutes) Social gain does not have to be at the expense of another, argues Jide Ehizele.
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Let’s talk reparations
(5 minutes) Jide Ehizele offers a Christian reflection on justice beyond ideology.
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The Art of Code-switching
(5 minutes) Code-switching is really about moral imagination, says Jide Ehizele.
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We are not friends, we are acquaintances
(4 minutes) Jide Ehizele considers the shallow bonds of a plural Britain.
