Sunday (Religious)

Facing the Fallout - Edward Stourton and guests discuss how the nation and the church can move forward after this week's report about paedophile Priests in the diocese of Dublin; Top of the class - we hear the results of an independent report into faith schools and their success in fostering community cohesion; Swiss Referendum - Imogen Foulkes tells Edward why Switzerland is voting on a possible ban on the construction of minarets; In Good Shape - English Heritage reports on the state of...

Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week.

Stem Cells - Southern Baptist Dr Richard Land and Muslim theologian Omar Sultan Haque discuss Obama's decision to lift the ban on stem cell research British Catholics - Trevor Barnes reports on the hopes of ordinary Catholics for the next Archbishop of Westminster Dalit Testament - Father Monodeep Daniel on a new Bible commentary for India's "untouchables" Calling God - Dutch artist Johan van der Dong has set up an answerphone for God Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor - the outgoing Catholic...

The cholera epidemic sweeping Zimbabwe; Are Faith Schools failing children from poorer backgrounds?; How football is repairing wounds between Turkey & Armenia; The life and times of Patriarch Alexiy II; The British missionaries charged with sedition in The Gambia; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years on: report by Trevor Barnes and discussion with Lord Harries & Massoud Shadjareh.

The controversial novel The Jewel of Medina nears publication in both Britain and America; An argument erupts after the Bishop of Pittsburgh is forced from office; A leading advertising consultant on the drive to get people Back to Church; The vicar who's taking the Church to an employment tribunal over working conditions; And the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, on the credit crunch and his opposition to Robert Mugabe.

Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, both familiar and unfamiliar.