Apportioning Blame-Anglican Church v BBC in relation to sexual abuse and vicarious liability
The veteran MP and “Bolsover Beast” Dennis Skinner dubbed the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s recent criticisms of the BBC’s handling of sexual abuse an instance of the pot calling the kettle black. Realistically, is in the unedifying war of words between the...
Cake cases: gay marriage, freedom of expression in Northern Ireland and the USA
The US Supreme court will soon delivered its verdict on a case involving a Christian baker with objections to same sex marriage. Followers of the Lee v Ashers Baking Co litigation may experience a sensation of déjà vu, but only up to a certain point. Although the...
Fostering-Religion does matter (just not in the way some tabloids suggest)
The facts behind what has become known as the Tower Hamlets case remain unclear. Press reports stated that a five year old girl of Christian heritage had been placed with an extremely conservative Muslim family, encouraged to learn Arabic, made to take off her cross...
Turkish schools to drop Darwin, but some UK schools are still teaching Creationism
The announcement that Turkey is to remove teaching about human evolution from secondary education has reignited debate about the relationship between Science and Religion in the twenty-first century.The official line from the Turkish Government is that this material...
Zerbanoo and Mark Gifford
We’ve talked a little bit about Zoroastrianism, the second question, and I know that we talked about that partly as well, but why did you either choose, or choose to remain in the faith tradition that you described?ZG - I couldn’t help myself. I just am a Zoroastrian....
Dinah Crystal
How would you describe your religious beliefs and identity?Traditionally, Jewish. Both my parents were Jewish and from a traditional Jewish background and it was just the way I was brought up. My mother came out of Berlin in 1938 on Kristallnacht, she had ongoing...
Janette Wilson
How would you describe your personal beliefs and identity in relation to religion?I suppose, if we’re being very legalistic about it, I’m a Presbyterian. I’m a member of a congregation of the Church of Scotland here in Edinburgh. I grew up in the Church, Sunday...
Philip Bird
How would you describe your beliefs/identity in terms of religion?The census form is a bit rigid and doesn’t give you many choices; the nearest definition would be ‘Christian’. I had a Christian upbringing, and was a chorister in a cathedral when I was younger. The...
Professor Ronald Hutton
How would you describe your religion or ideology?My religious and ideological identity, at least ideology with reference to religion or spirituality is a private matter. And this is a deliberate and important stance, because I frequently play a role as an expert...
Shaina Huleatt
How would you describe your religious/ideological identity?I try to follow Jesus as simply and completely as I can. For me, this means living in community with other believers to share my entire life and energy in seeking to live for the Kingdom of God and share the...
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