Religion in schools is too important to marginalise

Jan 28, 2024 by

by Michael Nazir-Ali, The Times: The recent debate over Michaela School’s ban on prayer raises profound questions about spiritual education. Much ink has already been spilt about the decision by Michaela School in northwest London to ban...

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Ofcom will continue to collect data on religious broadcasting “for the foreseeable future”

Jan 24, 2024 by

from Religion Media Centre: The Media Bill going through parliament will end the requirement on public service broadcasters (PSBs) to include specific genres of programmes on religion, science and arts. Concerns have been raised that...

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Lord Harries calls for national plan for Religious Education to bring radical improvement

Jan 19, 2024 by

from Religion Media Centre: The former Bishop of Oxford, Lord Richard Harries, has called for a national plan to bring about radical improvement in Religious Education. He told a Lords Grand Committee that local SACREs, standing...

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China is failing to persuade women to have more children. Or any children

Jan 18, 2024 by

by Michael Cook, Mercator: China’s population has declined for the second year in a row, despite desperate government incentives to persuade women to have children. In 2023, the number of people fell by 2.08 million to 1.410 billion. The...

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Roger Bolton warns of “dramatic collapse” in TV religious programming

Jan 12, 2024 by

from Religion Media Centre: Broadcaster and journalist Roger Bolton says there has been a dramatic collapse in the number of religious programmes shown by public service broadcasters in the last decade. He told Premier Christian News that...

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Get religion or get lost

Jan 9, 2024 by

by David Landrum, Artillery Row: In the early 20th century, the numbers of Christians in the Middle-East were reduced greatly by the “unremembered” Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides. At that time, roughly 10 per cent of people living...

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