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Sunday: Gender Neutral Babies, Rahmen Chisti, Persecuted Christians

Gender Neutral Babies, Rahmen Chisti, Persecuted Christians

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Gender Neutral Babies, Rahmen Chisti, Persecuted Christians

Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme by William Crawley.

A family from Bristol are bringing up their baby as gender neutral.  They say it's to help their baby avoid unconscious gender bias.  We hear from the family and discuss the theological implications of such decisions.
The deadline for responses to a report on the persecution of Christians, led by the Bishop of Truro, Philip Mounstephen, was this week.  Some organisations have raised concerns about aspects of the report and its methodology.  William talks to Rev Bonnie Evans-Hills, Coordinator for UK Coalition, who is concerned about the report and  submitted a response on behalf of a number of faith groups and academics and Andrew Boyd from Release International. 
Rehman Chisti is the Prime Minister's new Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief.  He discusses what will happen to the recommendations in the report and his priorities for his new role.

Producers:
Carmel Lonergan
Amanda Hancox

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