Category - thought for the day

Newspaper calls for non-religious voices on radio faith slot

staff writers — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:04:24 +0000

The Guardian newspaper has joined a growing list of people calling on the BBC to open its Radio 4 Thought for the Day slot to non-religious as well as religious voices. TFTD is broadcast on the flagship Today programme at 07.50 each day.

BBC launches major new TV show on belief and ethics today

staff writers — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:54:41 +0100

The BBC is launching a new major TV programme called The Big Questions this weekend. Its aim is to move the discussion of diverse beliefs and ethics out of a narrow 'religion' bracket, and to respond creatively to the debates taking place in modern Britain.

Turmoil in the financial markets, Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 21st August 2007

Press Office — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:22:19 +0100

Ekklesia's director looks at the turmoil in financial markets and the fallout from subp

Heathrow protests, Indian independence and Mahatma Gandhi, BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day, 15 August 2007

Press Office — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:27:31 +0100

Jonathan Bartley looks at the noble tradition of nonviolent civil disobedience includin

Slotting in religion

Simon Barrow — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:50:43 +0100

In the debate about Thought for the Day, there's a difference between creating space for spirituality ('spirited takes' on life, you might say) and stranded or sealed "religious broadcasting".

Losing our (radio) religion?

Simon Barrow — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:39:59 +0100

Simon Barrow suggests that how the churches see their engagement with culture, including spaces like the BBC's Thought for The Day, is shaped by the question about how God has been turned into an artefact under Christendom.

Family, politics, violence and God

Simon Barrow — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:40:19 +0100

There, I knew that headline was sure to grab somebody's attention. There are four new comment articles up right now...

Why we need to rid ourselves of the 'god of the slots'

Simon Barrow — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:15:44 +0100

The church looking for ‘God slots’ in relation to culture is like religion seeking a ‘God of the gaps’ in relation to science: a huge mistake. The Gospel points us elsewhere.

Bishops should face the music over BBC Radio 1

Press Office — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:04:30 +0100

Ekklesia has responded to the suggestion made today by the Anglican Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, Senior Church of England spokesperson on Communications and Bishop John Arnold

Thomas Moore responsible for Thought for the Day?

Jonathan Bartley — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:50:22 +0100

I have been mulling over the debate on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme at the end of last week, about whether humanists, agnostics, atheists, or others who do not subscribe to the major world religions, should be able to contribute to Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot.