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“WHY DO GOD?”DELIA SMITH and ALASTAIR CAMPBELL were in discussion with a Q&A.;
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‘DOES POLITICS STILL NEED RELIGION?’SHIRLEY WILLIAMS and CLIFFORD LONGLEY in disucssion with Q&A; afterwards
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‘CAN WE AFFORD RELIGION?’Professor Sir JOHN SULSTON was interviewed by Guardian journalist ANDREW BROWN
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Some of the speakers in previous debates believe that religion has been pushed out of public life, marginalised, even persecuted. Others think it’s not been pushed out far enough and still has undue influence in government, schools and so on. How well does the UK ‘do’ religion in public life, and what improvements are needed?
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How has religion in Britain changed since 1945? What are the main differences between the 1950s, the 1980s and the 2010s, and what are the continuities? How does all this relate to wider social trends?
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On the one hand, how much freedom should religious people and groups have to express their convictions? On the other hand, how much freedom should there be for others to express convictions which may be hostile or insulting to religion and religious people? In both cases, where do we draw the line, who decides and how?
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Religion has always had a very public role in Britain providing welfare of various kinds, and has continued to do so even after the creation of the welfare state. Is it appropriate that it should continue to play this role in the 21st Century?
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What is ‘radicalisation’ or ‘extremism’? Is it unique to Islam? Is it always religious? Is it a new and unique phenomenon, or just a new label for certain forms of terrorist violence? And what can research tell us about its causes and how to prevent it?
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What place – if any – should faith have in our state school system, and in our schools – in both the formal curriculum (what is taught in the classroom) and informal curriculum (wider ethos of the school, including assemblies)?
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How do we live well together in an increasingly diverse society, and how does religion contribute for good or ill?
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