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A multifaith Songs of Praise? Not on my watch says BBC religion chief
Songs of Praise is to remain Christian despite calls for it to be turned it into a multifaith programme, the BBC’s first Muslim head of religion has pledged. Aaqil Ahmed said that it was vital that religious programming promoted “diversity” but insisted that Songs of Praise would always remain Christian.
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Jonathan Chaplin argues that multiculturalism still has indispensable contribution to realising a just society.
Theos Team
Elizabeth Hunter
Director
elizabeth.hunter@theosthinktank.co.uk
@TheosElizabeth
Before joining Theos in August 2011, Elizabeth had worked for the BBC in both television and radio, and also for the Church and Media Network. She has an MA in Theology from King's College London.
Nick Spencer
Research Director
nick.spencer@theosthinktank.co.uk
@TheosNick
Nick Spencer worked as a researcher and consultant for Research International, The Henley Centre, the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity and the Jubilee Centre before joining Theos. The author of several Theos reports and a number of books, including Darwin and God (SPCK, 2009) and Freedom and Order: History, Politics and the English Bible (Hodder and Stoughton, 2011).
Paul Bickley
Senior Researcher
paul.bickley@theosthinktank.co.uk
Paul Bickley is the Senior Researcher at Theos. With a background working in Parliament and public affairs, he holds an MLitt from the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews. Paul is author of Coming off the Bench and Building Jerusalem? Christianity and the Labour Party. Paul is married to Rebecca, and has two sons, Ernest and Arthur.
Alanna Macleod
Executive Assistant
alanna.macleod@theosthinktank.co.uk
Consultant researchers
Stephen Backhouse
Stephen Backhouse writes in the areas of politics, public policy and religion. He has worked and researched at McGill University in Montreal, and at the University of Oxford, where he is now based. His current project involves providing a theological assessment of religious nationalism.
Jonathan Chaplin
Jonathan Chaplin is the first Director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics. He took up the position in September 2006. He is a specialist in Christian political thought, and is author or editor of six books and many articles in this field, intended both for academic and for wider audiences.
Ian Christie
Ian Christie is Research Fellow in the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey, and Coordinator of the Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group. He has focused on questions of sustainability since the 1980s and worked with Theos on issues of Christianity and sustainable development.
Elizabeth Green
Elizabeth Green is a graduate of Oxford University. She taught at secondary level for a number of years and holds an MA in Education Management from King's College, London. Elizabeth has just completed a DPhil in Education at Green Templeton College, Oxford.
Andrew Partington
Andrew Partington is based at Trinity Union Church, an international church in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. His PhD thesis explored the contribution of bishops to the House of Lords during the Thatcher years. He is married to Michaela and they have two children, Daniel and Jemimah.
Roger Trigg
Roger Trigg is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick and currently Academic Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Kellogg College, Oxford. He is the author of a number of books, most recently Religion in Public Life (OUP).
Advisory Group
Baroness Elizabeth Berridge
Dr Anna Rowlands
Francis Davis
Benjamin Janes
Jill Kirby
Canon Dr Ann Holt OBE
Rob Hutton
Dr Daniel Kruger
Dr David Landrum
Dr Anna Robbins
Revd Canon Lucy Winkett