Prof Siddiqui will be joining a host of speakers at the British Academy panel discussion, to discuss Britain’s religious status. Just how 'religious' is Britain? Is the UK a secular state? Multi-faith? Christian? What do such definitions mean both practically for the infrastructure of civil society and culturally in terms of how we view ourselves and others? Does having a formal label actually make a difference to what happens on the ground, to the experiences and activities of individuals and local communities? Prof Siddiqui will be joining a host of speakers to discuss Britain’s religious status or lack of. Speakers Revd Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch Kt DD FBA, Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford Professor Iain McLean FBA, Professor of Politics, University of Oxford Professor Mona Siddiqui OBE, Professor of Islamic and Inter-religious Studies, University of Edinburgh Polly Toynbee, Vice-President and Patron, British Humanist Association Columnist, Guardian Thursday 28 January 2016, 6.30 - 8pm, The British Academy, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2016/Who_cares_if_Britain_isnt_a_Christian_country.cfm This article was published on 2024-03-19
