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Mar 09 2025 463 ep. 43 mins 6.5k
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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

  Religion & Spirituality
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Putin & the US Christian right; Pope and Poetry; Covid Day of Reflection

Mar 09 2025 43 mins  
Ronald Reagan, Republican president and hero of right wing cold warriors, once famously described the Soviet Union as the Evil Empire. Today many conservative Christians on America's political right apparently admire the current Kremlin regime and, indeed, its leader Vladimir Putin. We have had to come to terms with all sorts of ideological summersaults during the crisis over Ukrai

Ukraine, CofE Safeguarding, Oscars

Mar 02 2025 43 mins  
After days of intense diplomatic drama over Ukraine, and as President Zelenskyy visits the UK, we debate the morality of making peace. The Ukrainian President’s meeting with US President Donald Trump ended in a tense confrontation. It had all begun politely but descended into a verbal bust-up. Mr Trump said it made for good television, but with thousands of lives at stake—not t

JD Vance Munich speech; Museum of the Bible scandal; historic interfaith peace accord

Feb 16 2025 38 mins  
Jewish and Muslim leaders have signed an historic agreement which they hope will transform community relations in the UK. But does the Reconciliation Accord go far enough? Ludovic Mohamed Zahed is an Islamic scholar and cleric who is challenging conventional understandings of his faith and has written a new book about his journey as a gay imam.The acclaimed Manchester Rock Band Dov

Synod & Safeguarding; Religion & Gen Z; USAID

Feb 10 2025 43 mins  
Former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell talks to Edward Stourton about the move to dismantle USAID after Vice President JD Vance accused it of 'spreading atheism'.We hear from author Christopher Gasson and his poll of Gen Z and their views on religion which suggests a majority describe themselves as 'fairly spiritual'.Independent safeguarding is the big topic at

Bishop of Liverpool resigns; Rowan Williams; Israel-Gaza latest

Feb 02 2025 43 mins  
It has been yet another tumultuous week for the Church of England, which has seen another bishop resign and yet more pressure on the interim leader, Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell. Julie Etchingham speaks to the Archdeacon of Liverpool, the Venerable Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, who signed the letter asking her Bishop to step aside, and hears from Alicia Kearns, Shadow Minister

Trump & the Bishop; Kerouac's Buddhist years; Ceasefire latest

Jan 26 2025 44 mins  
Emily Buchanan hears reaction from the US to the biggest religious news story of the week: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and her sermon addressed to President Trump at the National Prayer Ceremony.It's the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day and we're live at Auschwitz-Birkenau ahead at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp. A new book of previously unpublished wo

Gaza Ceasefire, Pope Francis' memoir, Franklin Graham

Jan 19 2025 43 mins  
Ed Stourton and guests, from the Middle East and the UK, reflect on the start of the Gaza Ceasefire.Pope Francis has brought out a memoir - "the first by a sitting pontiff" according to the publishers. Two Catholic writers with contrasting views on Francis’ papacy review the book for us.And the American Evangelical leader Franklin Graham speaks to ‘Sunday’ ahead of his promin

Places of worship and LA wildfires; Nobody Wants This Jewish romcom and grooming gangs

Jan 14 2025 43 mins  
This week France marked the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had a history of lampooning Muslim leaders, including the prophet Mohammed. To discuss the long term impact of these events we are joined by Nabila Ramdani, a writer and commentator known for her strong views on the position of Muslims in France.‘Nobody Wants

Jimmy Carter's faith; The Bible in Doric & 2025 for the C of E

Jan 05 2025 43 mins  
The six days of public ceremony to mark the passing of former President Jimmy Carter are underway in the US. Emily Buchanan hears from David Coffey, former General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain about the importance of Mr Carter's faith to his Presidency and life out of office.Among those honoured by the King at New Year is Gordon Hay from Aberdeenshire. He tells S

‘Coolcation’ pilgrimages; The Catholic author who inspired Wicked; Faith in Space

Dec 29 2024 38 mins  
In this last ‘Sunday’ of the year, Emily Buchanan looks back at 2024 and forward to 2025.2024 has been a record breaking year for one of the world's busiest pilgrimage routes - the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The rising numbers of pilgrims, as well as the soaring summer temperatures, mean more people are considering ‘coolcation’ pilgrim trails in countries li