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Sunday: Religious News Review; Hospital Chaplain; Religion and Vaccine Scepticism

03/01/2021

Religious News Review; Hospital Chaplain; Religion and Vaccine Scepticism

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Religious News Review; Hospital Chaplain; Religion and Vaccine Scepticism

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Emily Buchanan.

For our first programme of 2021 we brought together three journalists to talk about the big religious news stories of the past year and what they expect to be reporting on in the next. Emily Buchanan is joined by Justin Cohen, News Editor at The Jewish News, Aina Khan a freelance journalist who writes for Al Jazeera among others and Ruth Gledhill, Multi-media Editor of the Catholic magazine The Tablet. 

As hospitals across the country struggle under the strain of the current spike in coronavirus cases we hear from Yunus Dudhwala, Head of chaplaincy at Barts Health NHS Trust, about the work they are doing to support both patients and staff. 

And what role does religion play when it comes to vaccine scepticism? Emily Buchanan talks to Dr Eric Stoddart, lecturer in practical theology at the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics, University of St Andrews and Dr Hina Shahid, Chair of the Muslim Doctors Association.

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