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Two Popes, A Green Christmas, and God and the Election

Two Popes, A Green Christmas, and God and the Election

Ben Ryan comments on why the role that religion played in the election has been described as unprecedented and worrying. 15/12/2019

There was no sense in which any of the political parties in this election wanted to engage with religious groups in any kind of positive sense, says Ben Ryan on BBC Radio 4 Sunday.

You can listen to Ben from 22.55 here.


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Ben Ryan

Ben Ryan

Ben Ryan is Home Affairs Adviser at Church of England. He was Head of Research at Theos until late 2019. He is the editor of Fortress Britain? Ethical Approaches to Immigration Policy for a Post–Brexit Britain (JKP 2018) and the author of Theos reports on chaplaincy, the EU, the Catholic charity sector, mental health and ecumenism.

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Posted 15 December 2019

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