BBC - Religion and Ethics

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BBC Radio 4 - Religion and Ethics

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Channel 4 Faith and belief - Today religion is scrutinised in a way that earlier generations would have found astonishing. This website looks at the past, present and future of belief.

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‘The Persistence of Faith’, Jonathan Sacks, Continuum. 
The Chief Rabbi’s essays broadcast by the BBC as the 1990 Reith Lectures.  The author argues that each faith must remain open to criticism, yet keep its separate community and contribute to the national debate about moral issues. He makes the case for a return to tradition within the context of religious tolerance.

 

‘The Heart of Religion’, by P.D. Mehta, Element Books. 
What does it mean to understand and practice the religious life? In a work which combines scholarship with deep spiritual insight Phiroz Mehta draws on more than fifty years of study and practice to interpret the meaning of spiritual evolution. He has distilled the essence of the world’s great religious traditions, from the message of the Vedas and Upanishads to the teachings of the Buddha, Jesus and Zarathushtra, to reveal the path which can lead us towards a life free from fear, greed and hatred, a life in which our actions are pure, wise and compassionate. This is the way of Transcendence which is centred in the living heart of religion.

 

The Inter Faith Network for the UK was founded in 1987 to promote good relations between people of different faiths in this country.  Its member organisations include representative bodies from the Baha'i; Buddhist; Christian; Hindu; Jain; Jewish; Muslim; Sikh; and Zoroastrian communities; national and local inter faith bodies; and academic institutions and educational bodies concerned with inter faith issues. 

www.interfaith.org.uk

 

  • Atheism - The ideas and views of people who don't believe in God.
  • Baha'i -  One of the youngest of the world's major religions.
  • Buddhism - A way of living based on the teachings of Siddartha Gautama.
  • Candomblé - A religion based on African beliefs, originating in Brazil.
  • Christianity - The world's biggest faith, based on the teaching of Jesus Christ.
  • Hinduism - Hinduism stretches back thousands of years and is the oldest world religion.
  • Islam -  Revealed in its final form by the Prophet Muhammad.
  • Jainism - An ancient philosophy and ethical teaching that originated in India.
  • Jehovah's Witnesses -  A Christian-based evangelistic religious movement.
  • Judaism - Based around the Jewish people's covenant relationship with God.
  • Mormon - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Paganism - Contemporary religions usually based on reverence for nature.
  • Rastafari - A young religion founded in Jamaica in the 1930s.
  • Santeria - Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion originating in Cuba.
  • Shinto - Japanese folk tradition and ritual with no founder or single sacred scripture.
  • Sikhism - The religion founded by Guru Nanak in India in the 15th Century CE.
  • Taoism - An ancient tradition of philosophy and belief rooted in Chinese worldview.
  • Unitarianism - An open-minded and individualistic approach to religion.
  • Zoroastrianism - One of the oldest monotheistic faiths, founded by the prophet Zoroaster.