Sunday's interview last week with Weymouth Baptist Church has led to a great deal of debate about whether church leaders are backing fraudulent asylum claims. The home secretary is now investigating how the asylum system deals with migrants who have converted to Christianity. We talk to the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani on the churches role in asylum.
Religious leaders across different faiths united to offer their prayers for King Charles following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis. How is personal faith challenged by a cancer diagnosis and how do different faiths and modern science approach the idea of praying for someone’s health in times of sickness? We hear US neuroscientist Joshua Brown and Kishori Jani, a teacher of Hindu scripture who runs popular social media channels featuring mantra chanting.
Spanish artist Salustiano García Cruz's depiction of a handsome, youthful Jesus on a poster in Seville has become the source of controversy. The painting, which shows a young and muscular Jesus in a loincloth, has critics – largely conservatives on social media – calling the image "offensive", "evil", and too "sexualised" for Holy Week. We take a look into how Jesus has been depicted in art over the centuries with Dr Siobhan Jolley, Art and Religion specialist at the National Gallery.
PRESENTER: EMILY BUCHANAN PRODUCERS: ALEXA GOOD AND ROSIE DAWSON EDITOR: DAN TIERNEY
Turkey and Syria Earthquake; Patriarch Kirill & KGB claims; C of E Synod; Prevent review
The 'living saint' and the sex cult; Frank Field's belief; chant music at the Grammys
Spiritual Bear; Better Sermons
Same Sex Marriage and the Church of England
Catholicism after Benedict. Faith in Prison, Shamanism
Repairing Relationships; Faith in Prisons; Embracing Failure.
Remembering Pope Benedict XVI
Jesus Rock; The Morality of Striking; Clemency for Prisoners
Warm spaces; Iranian protest; Christians in Qatar; Lords reform.
The future for Christianity, Benin Bronzes, Otis Williams and Silent Night
Islamic Art; Faith & Politics; Favourite Carols
Courtney Pine, Qatar and Fifa, New Anglican Denominations
Wayside Pulpits, Leicester Inquiry, Women in Qatar
Same-Sex Marriage and the Church of England; Meat-Free Fridays; Bellringing for the King
Hindu PM; Brazil elections; Religious relics; Nasheed choir
Politics and Trust; Sikh Community Kitchens; Poetry and Faith
British embassy in Israel; Diwali; Iranian hijab protests.
Themed weddings; Muslims and mental health; Jake Thackray
Iran and the Hijab; Faith in the reign of King Charles; Rural Church Monuments
Elvis's Faith; Black British Muslims; Cathedral Music
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