Episode 17

Hannah Scott-Joynt is joined by regular journos Rosie Dawson and Leo Devine who reflect on the religious news from the past week. They look back on the US midterm elections and Ron DeSantis' messianic claims, Catholic Bishop Paul McAleenan’s plea to the Home Secretary to tone down her language on migrants, and the new Sikh prayer book designed for use in combat zones.They are joined by Pella Thiel, a Swedish ecologist who is working to make large-scale environmental degradation an international crime called Ecocide, and Olivia Fuchs, the Eco Dharma Network Coordinator for the Network of Buddhist Organisations. They discuss their approaches to the climate crisis, the importance of faith leadership in this area, the goings on at COP27, and how they remain hopeful for change.RMC regular, Tim Wyatt, joins the team at half-time to shed light on the new Anglican movement, the Anglican Network in Europe, which has now appointed bishops and ordained clergy, and is providing a home for Anglicans concerned with the direction of the mainstream CofE over the same-sex marriage debate. On a lighter note, we hear about the neurosurgeon who came out of a coma with a renewed faith in God having experienced what he believed to be a visit to heaven – find out what it’s like on this week's episode.LinksWebsite: https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/Twitter: https://twitter.com/RelMedCentre/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/religion-media-centre/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCthZf6RVTqJki6oTQTB6qmwContact [email protected](+44) 0203 970 0709