Songs of Praise is to remain Christian despite calls for it to be turned it into a multifaith programme, the BBC’s first Muslim head of religion has pledged. Aaqil Ahmed said that it was vital that religious programming promoted “diversity” but insisted that Songs of Praise would always remain Christian.
The 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species has sparked renewed debate on every angle of the naturalist’s works. Murray Watts’s new play Mr Darwin’s Tree, which premiered at Westminster Abbey earlier this month, tackles the much-debated subject of the relationship between science and religion.
Starring Andrew Harrison, this two-hour production draws on Darwin’s diaries and correspondence to explore the “shifting of certainties” on science and religion during his life. The makeshift stage in the abbey was positioned just feet away from where Darwin was buried. It was sparse, but for a solitary tree with a ladder in the middle of it. This used to symbolise Darwin’s first sketch of the tree of life. The tree of life was the metaphor he used for phylogeny, which refers to the study of evolutionary connections between organisms.
Theos - The public theology think tank
Clear thinking on religion and society
hello@theosthinktank.co.uk@theosthinktank020 7828 7777
Reports
Multiculturalism
Jonathan Chaplin argues that multiculturalism still has indispensable contribution to realising a just society.
Media Monitoring
A multifaith Songs of Praise? Not on my watch says BBC religion chief
Songs of Praise is to remain Christian despite calls for it to be turned it into a multifaith programme, the BBC’s first Muslim head of religion has pledged. Aaqil Ahmed said that it was vital that religious programming promoted “diversity” but insisted that Songs of Praise would always remain Christian.
Darwin Project
Darwin's Theory On Stage
25th November 2010
The 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species has sparked renewed debate on every angle of the naturalist’s works. Murray Watts’s new play Mr Darwin’s Tree, which premiered at Westminster Abbey earlier this month, tackles the much-debated subject of the relationship between science and religion.
Starring Andrew Harrison, this two-hour production draws on Darwin’s diaries and correspondence to explore the “shifting of certainties” on science and religion during his life. The makeshift stage in the abbey was positioned just feet away from where Darwin was buried. It was sparse, but for a solitary tree with a ladder in the middle of it. This used to symbolise Darwin’s first sketch of the tree of life. The tree of life was the metaphor he used for phylogeny, which refers to the study of evolutionary connections between organisms.
To read this article in full, click here.