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Sunday: Asylum Conversions, the Power of Prayer, 'Sexualised' Jesus

26/06/2022

Asylum Conversions, the Power of Prayer, 'Sexualised' Jesus

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Asylum Conversions, the Power of Prayer, 'Sexualised' Jesus

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

Sunday's interview last week with Weymouth Baptist Church has led to a great deal of debate about whether church leaders are backing fraudulent asylum claims. The home secretary is now investigating how the asylum system deals with migrants who have converted to Christianity. We talk to the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani on the churches role in asylum.

Religious leaders across different faiths united to offer their prayers for King Charles following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis. How is personal faith challenged by a cancer diagnosis and how do different faiths and modern science approach the idea of praying for someone’s health in times of sickness? We hear US neuroscientist Joshua Brown and Kishori Jani, a teacher of Hindu scripture who runs popular social media channels featuring mantra chanting.

Spanish artist Salustiano García Cruz's depiction of a handsome, youthful Jesus on a poster in Seville has become the source of controversy. The painting, which shows a young and muscular Jesus in a loincloth, has critics – largely conservatives on social media – calling the image "offensive", "evil", and too "sexualised" for Holy Week. We take a look into how Jesus has been depicted in art over the centuries with Dr Siobhan Jolley, Art and Religion specialist at the National Gallery.

PRESENTER: EMILY BUCHANAN
PRODUCERS: ALEXA GOOD AND ROSIE DAWSON
EDITOR: DAN TIERNEY

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