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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.

16th May Read more  

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Multiculturalism

Jonathan Chaplin argues that multiculturalism still has indispensable contribution to realising a just society.

8th February Read more  

Upcoming Events

What Women Want

22nd May 2012, 7 for 7.30pm, Oasis Centre Waterloo

 

It has been said women make up half the world’s population, yet do two thirds of the world’s work, earn one tenth of the world’s income and own less than one per cent of the world’s property.

Has the time come for the Church to step forward and take action on issues such as gender equality and women’s rights to challenge the power of men?  Join us as we debate, consider and discuss the issues surrounding women’s empowerment in both the UK and throughout the world.

On the panel will be:

  • Mary Kenny: Journalist, author, member of the Master of the Guild of Catholic Writers and public speaker.
  • Rose Hudson-Wilkins: Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.
  • Helen Goodman: Labour MP for Bishop Auckland and member of the Christian Socialist Movement.
  • Paul Valentin: International associate director for Christian Aid overseeing it’s development work in 47 countries around the world.
  • Elizabeth Hunter: Director of Theos, the religion and society think tank which provides research and commentary on the place of faith in public life.

Chaired by Steve Chalke OBE, Founder, Oasis Global & Stop The Traffik

Tickets are £5 and can be booked here. 

 

 

Christianity and the Flourishing of Universities

24-25 May 2012, University of Oxford
 
On both sides of the Atlantic, cash-strapped governments have been cutting funding to universities, especially the humanities, all the while pressing them to focus on training students for the labour market.
 
The response of professional academics has ranged from resigned compliance to histrionic indignation. But the crisis has also prompted healthy self-reflection and soul-searching, raising questions such as: What are universities really for? What goods do they serve? Do they exist to educate or to train? Are the humanities a cultural luxury or a social necessity?
 
In the context of this public controversy, the McDonald Centre’s May conference will gather leading scholars from a variety of disciplines in to think about what Christianity has to offer the flourishing of universities. 
 
Speakers: Nigel Biggar (Oxford), Sarah Coakley (Cambridge), Jean Bethke Elshtain (Chicago), David Ford (Cambridge), Paul Griffiths (Duke), Richard Hays (Duke), David Hempton (Harvard), Mark Noll (Notre Dame), Miroslav Volf (Yale), John Witte (Emory), Nicholas Wolterstorff (Yale)
 
For more details click here