Everyday Ethics

BBC Radio Ulster

Provocative weekly debate on moral, religious and ethical issues.

  1. -1 ДН.

    Pope Leo’s First Year, Star Wars Spirituality

    This week marks one year since Pope Leo’s installation. Officially known as the “Mass for the Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome” the ceremony drew hundreds of thousands to Rome while millions watched on TV. One year on how is the Pope doing in the wake of high profile disagreements with the Trump Presidency. Audrey talks to papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, Catholic Theologian Dr Anna Rowlands and Elise Ann Allen, Senior Correspondent with Crux Magazine in Rome. Closer to home we hear from Father Martin Magill and Rev Steve Stockman who, through their work with the 4 Corners Festival, have met both Pope Francis and Pope Leo. This week the latest movie in the Star Wars Universe is released. Audrey talks to Rev Professor David Wilkinson, Astrophysicist, Methodist Minister and Star Wars fan about the religious imagery that runs through the movies.

    57 мин.

  2. 10 МАЯ

    Forgiveness, Transubstantiation, Lebanon

    As a 10 year old coming home from school one day in Creggan in 1972, Richard Moore was shot by a soldier who fired a rubber bullet. He was blinded in one eye, and lost his other one. Years later he met that soldier and forgave him. Audrey talks to Richard along with poet and playwright Damien Gorman, who is the new head of peacebuilding with Richard’s charity Children in Crossfire. Transubstantiation has divided Christians for centuries but what is it and why do Protestants not believe it? Theologians Dr Tina Beattie and Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick give us a guide. And the untold story of Lebanon where 1.2 million people have been displaced by war in the Middle East. Audrey talks to Safa Hijazeen, the Middle East director for the development and relief organisation Tearfund.

    57 мин.

  3. 26 АПР.

    Just War Theory, Sudan, Climate & Faith

    Pope Leo’s repeated calls for peace has put the focus on the Catholic Church's Just War Theory- something which went on to form the basis of international law. But is that Theory withering today - both from the religious and political lexicons? Audrey speaks to Professor Tobias Winwright - considered the world's leading authority on Just War - he's currently in Maynooth university, and theologian Dr Elaine Storkey. It's described as the world's biggest humanitarian disaster - 14 million people forced from their homes, and yet the situation in Sudan barely makes the news. As the current conflict enters its 4th year Audrey talks to Birke Herzbruch from Trócaire, who has recently returned from Sudan. Professor Katharine HeyHoe is the Chief Scientist at Nature Conservancy. She will be in Belfast soon to give the annual McCosh Lecture at Queens University. Ahead of the visit she spoke to Audrey about Faith, climate change and why small actions matter. The new Michael Jackson movie has been panned by critics with accusations that it whitewashes the singers past and makes no mention of the child molestation charges he faced. He's not the first artist to be accused of heinous crimes but how are we supposed to view their work- whether it's music, poetry, books, art or films? Audrey speaks to Dr Leon Litvack, from the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen's University and by BBC Music Presenter Steven Rainey.

    57 мин.

  4. 19 АПР.

    Trump v Pope Leo, Spirituality of Space, Climate Theology

    President Trump doesn’t like Pope Leo, accusing him of being weak on crime and bad on foreign policy. The leader of the Catholic Church says he will keep speaking out for peace and the gospel. In a week where Trump also released a picture of himself in a Christ like pose healing the sick, we ask why he continues to be popular with US Christians? Audrey talks to Mark Finlay – a Presbyterian from East Belfast who now works in Washington with US politicians and leaders- about the differences in faith, language and politics on the other side of the pond. As the crew of Artemis II return safely to earth Audrey speaks to Rev Professor David Wilkinson from Durham University about why space travel has a profound spiritual affect on astronauts. This weekend the 1926 Census Records for the Irish Free State are released. Dr Marie Colman from Queens University looks at the first post -partition evidence of population changes and movement across the border. And what does a Theology of Climate Failure look like? Should we accept that we have failed already and start planning for a different future. Oxford Academic Bethany Sollereder thinks so.

    57 мин.

  5. 5 АПР.

    Easter Hope

    On this Easter Sunday morning we ask if there more darkness than light in our lives? More hopelessness than hope? Where can the light and hope be found in a world that's full of pain, conflict, poverty and hate? Journalist Liz Kennedy, Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick from Ulster University and by Dr Naomi Green, assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain join Audrey Carville to share their sources of hope. Fr Carlos Ferrero, parish priest in the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza. He tells us how this Easter will differ from the last two years. Later this morning, Pope Leo will deliver his first traditional Easter Urbi et Orbi address from the balcony in St Peter's Square in Rome. Much attention will be on it, particularly following his sermon on Palm Sunday when he spoke out strongly against those leaders who start wars. Journalist and long time observer of the Vatican, Austen Ivereigh, gives us his assessment of Pope Leo's comments. And as the NASA Artemis 2 spaceflight heads towards the far side of the moon, we hear from space communicator Dr Niamh Shaw who was present at the launch, and space journalist Kate Arkless Grey, about why they think space exploration matters when there are so many challenges on the ground on Earth.

    57 мин.

  6. 29 МАР.

    International Aid Cuts, Freya India, Artemis II

    This week the British government announced its Aid priorities which include reducing the amount spent on aid by £6 billion by 2027. Along with the cuts to USAID by the Trump Administration what will be the impact on programmes around the world. Audrey talks to Rosamond Bennett from Christian Aid Ireland, Sean Farrell from Trocaire and Dominic McSorley from Concern about making the case for aid in turbulent times. Author Freya India talks to Audrey about how the architecture of life has changed for young women and how many are struggling to cope in the online world. At the start of Holy week we hear from Jim Deeds and Liz Hughes about this years Darkness to Dawn meditations and other Easter coverage. And fly to the moon. Science Educator Niamh Shaw tells us why humans are returning to the moon for the first time in decades.

    57 мин.

  7. 22 МАР.

    Antichrist, Living Wage, Psalms

    Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel went to Rome this week and gave a closed door lecture about the Antichrist, just a stone's throw from the Vatican. Audrey talks to CNN’s Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb about what happened and also his new book American Hope, what Pope Leo the 14th means for the church and the world. The Living Wage is 25 years old but what role has it had in raising people out of poverty when the wealth inequality gap is bigger than it has ever been? Audrey talks to two people who were there at the start - Bernie Harris who is orginially from Sligo but has worked as a nurse in east London for more than 40 years and Paul Regan is a retired methodist minister and Mary McManus the Living Wage co-ordinator for Northern Ireland. Peterson Toscano is this years Artivist in Residence at the Imagine Festival. He talks to Audrey about his journey from Evangelical to Quaker and the bumps along the way after he spent years in Conversion therapy. A newly composed suite of psalms based on the experiences of victims and first responders during the Troubles is to be launched by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland this week. Audrey talks to Rev Dr Karen Campbell who along with her husband David has composed the new works.

    56 мин.

  8. 15 МАР.

    Grief, Armageddon, Silence

    Later tonight Irish actress Jessie Buckley will find out if she has won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in the adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet. It's a film about family, love, grief, and the aftermath of losing a child. Audrey talks to psychotherapist Julia Samuel about how the film forces you sit with the rawness of grief. Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain whose son Benedict was tragically drowned while on honeymoon tells us what has helped him in the aftermath of such incredible loss. “Blessed be the Lord my rock who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle”- the US government quoting scripture to explain the sacrifice of war in Iran. Theologian Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick tells us what the Book of Revelations says and how it has been interpreted by the Church over the centuries to make claims about the end of the World and the Battle of Armageddon Silence- it's been used for hundreds of years, in books, plays, poetry...the irony of that is profound. Audrey talks to Oxford Professor Kate Mcloughlin about her new book which traces 12 centuries of literature uncovering the power and possibilities of silence. And this week 300 delegates will be meeting in the Archdiocese of Armagh to ask how do we pass on the faith to the next generation? Audrey speaks to Michael Router, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Armagh; and Janet Forbes the diocesan Youth Coordinator.

    55 мин.
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Provocative weekly debate on moral, religious and ethical issues.

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    2007 - 2026
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