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Passion Plays Bring Crucifixion to Life: How A Easter Tradition Was Born

1 week ago | religionunplugged.com | Angela Youngman

LONDON — Horses, donkeys, doves plus over 100 actors and volunteers are set to take London’s Trafalgar Square on Good Friday, as they bring the story of Christ’s Crucifixion vividly to life. It’s an event that has become an integral part of Easter celebrations, attracting thousands of spectators, while also embracing people of all faiths and even those of none. Over the past decade, Passion Plays have become a feature of U.K. life.
Coat on a pilgrimage carries a patchwork of hopes for a greener earth

2 weeks ago | religionmediacentre.org.uk | Angela Youngman |Oliver Bowring

By Angela YoungmanA patchwork coat with a long train, carrying prayers and hopes for the environment, is on a pilgrimage though the UK, resting overnight in churches and religious centres. To date it has travelled more than 1,500 miles, borne on the shoulders of hundreds of people. This month, it is journeying through Norfolk. Nobody knows just how many people have worn the coat, simply because there have been so many that the organisers have lost count.
Coat of Hopes’ Endless Pilgrimage: Spreading Messages of Climate Action Across the UK

2 weeks ago | religionunplugged.com | Angela Youngman

Photos courtesy of Coat of Hopes Churches and religious groups have provided resting places in each location. In Norwich, for example, it was housed by the Quakers and walked to different churches in the city enabling as many people as possible to visit it and wear it. Not all are individuals: Schools, community and religious groups also visit. There are also interfaith events involving talks from an accompanying walker. Organizer of the interfaith events is the Rev.
New Ways To Grapple With Faith: How Churches Are Wrestling With Bible Stories

1 month ago | religionunplugged.com | Angela Youngman

Gareth “Angel” Thompson, founder & CEO of Kingdom Wrestling. said David and Goliath is “a match between a small wrestler and a large wrestler.” “For the Resurrection story, we have a good guy and a bad guy,” he added. “Someone approaches with money, the good guy gets beaten up, put in a coffin and the lights go out. When they come on again, the good guy is in the ring — alive and well. We explain the story, keeping it basic and interesting.
Wow!: UK cathedrals witnessing how art is helping trauma survivors in Nigeria

1 month ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Angela Youngman |David Adams

ANGELA YOUNGMAN reports on a touring exhibition revealing how the work of British artist Hannah Rose Thomas has helped women who have experienced sexual violence in northern Nigeria…Norwich, UKFinding hope in the midst of traumatic persecution is never easy, but for a group of Christian women in northern Nigeria, art has provided an outlet. “While I was drawing, I started feeling happy because now the world will know about our pain.
‘Islamesque’: The Story Of The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe’s Religious Monuments

1 month ago | religionunplugged.com | Angela Youngman

(REVIEW) Did Muslims influence the construction of Europe’s great religious structures, such as Mont St. Michel, Durham Cathedral, the Basilica of Santiago de Compostela, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Cappella Palatina in Sicily? Researcher and author Diana Darke argues that the connections between Islamic and Christian cultures during the medieval period were much stronger than commonly believed. This cross-fertilization of cultures had a significant impact on society, religion and culture.
Tea makes the world go round

1 month ago | britishmuslim-magazine.com | Angela Youngman

Tea makes the world go round – and stopping for a cup of tea is popular in countries worldwide. The UK has been a big tea drinking nation since the seventeenth century. At one point, the cost of tea was so expensive that ladies used to lock it up in little boxes and make a big ceremony out of adding some to the tea pot when their friends came round. Poorer families would often reuse tea leaves several times.
UK Cathedral Dean Embarks on Camino Pilgrimage to Support Homeless Through Music

1 month ago | religionunplugged.com | Angela Youngman

Helping the homeless through music has inspired the dean of Sheffield Cathedral to undertake a 620-mile (1,000 kilometers) sponsored walk along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail. Joining her on this journey, which started on March 1, are Tom Daggett, the cathedral's director of music, and Emily Cooper, the music and liturgy administrator and a member of the cathedral’s choir.
Conversations: Tony Thompson, author of 'Building Multicultural Churches'

2 months ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Angela Youngman |David Adams

ANGELA YOUNGMAN speaks to Tony Thompson about his new book on multi-cultural churches, challenges he encountered in writing it and the role multi-cultural churches can play in the community…Norwich, UKGrowing up in 1960s Luton, Tony Thompson took for granted accepted views on race as the norm. It was only after becoming a committed Christian that he began to question those views.
Wow!: UK Quakers join with Open University in peace course

2 months ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Angela Youngman |David Adams

ANGELA YOUNGMAN reports on a new initiative between the Quakers in Britain and Open University…Norwich, UKA unique collaboration between the Quakers in Britain and Open University has resulted in the launch of a new Peace Education course. Part of the promotional material for the new course. PICTURE: Courtesy of Quakers in Britain. Isabel Cartwright, peace education manager for Quakers in Britain, told Sight the project had been years in gestation.