Archbishop of Canterbury: To understand the world, we must understand religion
by Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today:
It is impossible to understand the world without understanding religion, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
Religion needs to be seen as more than “an exercise in private piety” that needs to be covered by organisations such as the BBC in order to keep some strange people happy, he said.
“Religion is a prime motivator of behaviour for both individuals and communities.”
The Archbishop was writing in this week’s Radio Times about the renewal of the BBC Royal Charter this year, the constitutional document that guarantees its independence and sets out its public duties and purpose. He said that if diversity is to mean anything, it must mean more than differences in ethnicity or personal tastes.
“Despite easy assumptions of secularity, true diversity also means paying proper attention to religion,” Welby continued.
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