Coronavirus and religion – update 3 April 2020
UK BBC local radio is to broadcast weekly reflections from Muslim faith leaders during the coronavirus outbreak. The first was on Friday morning at 0550
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UK BBC local radio is to broadcast weekly reflections from Muslim faith leaders during the coronavirus outbreak. The first was on Friday morning at 0550
By Lianne Kolirin UK news The first four doctors to die of the Coronavirus in Britain, while fighting on the pandemic’s frontline, were all Muslim.
By Linda Woodhead When faced with a biblical plague, the British turn not to God but the National Health Service. It is our national religion,
By Lianne Kolirin UK • A trainee Anglican priest stranded on the Solomon Islands has told The Times that he is likely to be one
By Tim Maby, 31 March 2020 The national lockdown to protect against the spread of Covid-19 is having a major effect on a stream of
Coronavirus and religion update – 31 March, 2020 More than half (55%) of American adults have prayed for an end to the spread of the
By Tim Wyatt, 30 March 2020 Here are the latest religious news stories from across Britain and around the world. JUDAISM: The coronavirus continues to
How do we explain the phenomenon of hundreds of thousands of people stepping outside their homes to applaud the NHS, while more than half a million people have signed up as volunteers? People’s sense of society is organised around what they take to be sacred; and public phenomena like #Clapforourcarers, or the act of signing up to be NHS Volunteers, have a symbolic significance, as people experience a sense of being part of a wider moral community
Here are the latest religion news stories from across the UK and overseas. UK Clap for our carers – sacred NHS At 8pm last night
By Tim Wyatt, 26 March 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate world headlines, here are the latest religion news stories: The Pope, Vatican
