Faith leaders including the Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal Vincent Nichols have welcomed a new report which calls for better support for asylum seekers. It comes from a commission set up to consider how refugees might be helped to integrate into society more easily. It makes a series of recommendations and suggests that the current system creates barriers to asylum seekers who want to quickly make good use of their existing skills and qualifications. The government says it's committed to ensuring refugees can take positive steps towards integration as they rebuild their lives in the UK.
It's 300 years since J S Bach's setting of the Passion narrative from St John's gospel was first performed on Good Friday at the St Nicholas Church in Leipzig. This week many of the UK's cathedrals and churches will be marking the anniversary by performing it. The composer, conductor and singer, Bob Chilcott celebrates the work and reflects on what is one of the most revered of all musical settings of the Passion.
Does religious education at school help young people when they get a job? Lord Karan Bilimoria, a former president of the CBI, thinks it can. He believes RE helps young people to navigate the complexity of modern belief and the diversity of worldviews in the UK today. The businessman, who is from the Zoroastrian tradition, has launched a campaign urging employers to support higher standards in religious education. We hear from Lord Bilimoria, and also from the National Secular Society who feel there are better ways to equip young people for the workforce.
Presenter: Edward Stourton Producers: Jonathan Hallewell and Alexa Good Editor: Dan Tierney
The bible in BSL, the Rabbi and Kim Kardashian, and Rev Dr John Sentamu
Rumi: The Musical, Asylum seeker conversions, Mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland
Europe's Best Cathedrals, FW. De Klerk's faith, and could Joe Biden be banned from Communion?
Leonard Cohen's Spirituality; Is Faith Being Left Out Of COP 26?; St Cuthbert
Black Muslims, COP26, Divali
Last rites as an 'emergency service', Lebanon crisis, 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'
Church crawls, Religious toys, Jewish Fringe Festival
Ben Fogle; Halal Student Finance; Day of the Scientist
03/10/2021
"Brown" Bouquets; Faith After The Pandemic; Deborah Feldman
Psalm 23 Garden, Sanctuary, Muslim Sibling Rivalry
Turban confusion, Jewish heritage, Hong Kong Christian activists
British Muslims views on Afghanistan, Vaccine inequity, The traditions of the Jewish New Year.
Religious minorities in Afghanistan, The rise and fall of Christian Ireland, George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’ 50 years on
Afghan refugee crisis; Women's rights under the Taliban; Cardinal Nichols on our moral responsibility for Afghanistan
Aretha Franklin influence, 'Conversion therapy' ban, Vaccine refusal among US evangelicals
08/08/2021
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25/07/2021
Women at Hajj; Football and Racism and Universal Credit
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