The issue of converting asylum seekers to Christianity has been in the headlines this week with accusations that some clergy are naive or too eager to help asylum seekers stay in the country. We talk to a Baptist elder with experience of converting and helping asylum seekers.
Jaz from Traitors won the respect of TV audiences with the way he played the gameshow, but he revealed it was his Sikh faith that guided him through the show and helped him be a true Faithful.
The film Samsara – which has just reached our cinemas – has attracted some great reviews despite the fact that you are encouraged to watch part of it with your eyes closed. It tells the story of the journey of the soul of an elderly woman in Laos to its reincarnation as goat in Zanzibar. Edward speaks to director Lois Patino and Dechen Pemba from the Tibetan Film Festival who went to see it on our behalf.
There was another bust up over same sex blessings in the Church of England this week. A Bishop resigned from the process, and 130 people wrote a letter in protest at what they believe are delays to a trial to test out separate services of blessing. Edward talks to Professor Helen King and Dr Ian Paul, both members of General Synod and hears from a couple waiting for their special day in church.
A year of celebrations to mark 1500 years since the death of St Brigid are underway in Ireland. Edward talks to Derry Girls actress Siobhan McSweeney and historian Dr Mary Condren about why she's a feminist saint fit for the 21st century.
PRESENTER: EDWARD STOURTON PRODUCERS: CATHERINE MURRAY & JAMES LEESLEY EDITOR:TIM PEMBERTON
State funeral; Radical generosity; Folk songs in church
The Queen and Faith
Pope John Paul I; Pakistan floods; Disability at church
Liverpool shooting; Great cathedrals; Russian Jews
William Shatner, Bahá’is in Iran, Class in the Church of England
14/08/2022
Beyoncé and Faith, Gordon Brown and Pastor Mick; Lambeth Conference
31/07/2022
The Pope in Canada, faith groups at the Commonwealth games, the theology of Stranger Things
Faith and Tory Leadership Contest; Krishna Das and his Spiritual Journey; Stories marking 50 years of Uganda Asians in the UK
10/07/2022
Hajj Pilgrimage Bookings Chaos, Racial Justice in the Church of England, Wedding Fees
Hong Kong and faith; Traveller theology; Qawwali for a modern age.
The Church of England and slavery; Ukrainian military chaplains; Should the Lords Spiritual be scrapped?
Rwanda Asylum Scheme; Bible Readings and Prime Ministers; Musician Jim Seals and his Bahai faith.
05/06/2022
The Archbishop of Canterbury on Reconciliation; Religion and social care; US Christians divided over gun law reform.
'Replacement theory' and Christian nationalism in the US; the Sufi Muslim pacifist who turned British resistance agent
The arrest of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen; The history of black nuns; A Russian Quaker
The Bible on Screen; Religious Clashes In India; A Quaker Approach To School Behaviour
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